Boot.ini correction

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I connected to my usual Win2K computer a second harddisk as the boot
disk to do some work and then turned off the computer so that the second
disk could be removed.
When I started the computer next time, the boot menu appeared showing
"default" without any partition information or os information as the
first choice.

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Prof Japanese"
/fastdetect
Default (highlighted)

If I don't select the installed Win2K, the computer proceeds and
crashes. Namely, "Default" is a false OS that does not exists in the
computer.
After I booted to the usual Win2K, I examined the boot.ini. It
consists of a normal text containing the installed Win2K and nothing else.
Where is this "default" written or where does this come from? How can I
remove it so that the computer's real default becomes Win2K as it used
to be? Please help.
 
Beyond said:
I connected to my usual Win2K computer a second harddisk as the boot
disk to do some work and then turned off the computer so that the second
disk could be removed.
When I started the computer next time, the boot menu appeared showing
"default" without any partition information or os information as the
first choice.

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Prof Japanese"
/fastdetect
Default (highlighted)

If I don't select the installed Win2K, the computer proceeds and
crashes. Namely, "Default" is a false OS that does not exists in the
computer.
After I booted to the usual Win2K, I examined the boot.ini. It consists
of a normal text containing the installed Win2K and nothing else.
Where is this "default" written or where does this come from? How can I
remove it so that the computer's real default becomes Win2K as it used
to be? Please help.
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Change the rdisk value in the Default line so that it reads: rdisk(0)

Do not delete the Default= line! The file should be like so:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Prof Japanese"
/fastdetect

John
 
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