Deleting A Boot up option

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Stephen

Hi

For awhile I had two versions of Windows on my computer. I've since deleted
one but I still get it as a boot up option on power up.

I had this a few years back and stumbled acroos the solution by accident so
I know somewhere theres a command I need to delete.

Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Cheers

Stephen

PS XP Home edition
 
Stephen said:
Hi

For awhile I had two versions of Windows on my computer. I've since deleted
one but I still get it as a boot up option on power up.

I had this a few years back and stumbled acroos the solution by accident so
I know somewhere theres a command I need to delete.

Can anyone point me in the right direction.
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run msconfig

and edit boot.ini


be sure to have your current system listed as default

then merely delete the unused system
 
Stephen said:
Hi

For awhile I had two versions of Windows on my computer. I've since deleted
one but I still get it as a boot up option on power up.

I had this a few years back and stumbled acroos the solution by accident so
I know somewhere theres a command I need to delete.

Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Cheers

Stephen

PS XP Home edition
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Hi,
On your Desktop Right Click My Computer and Select Properties from the drop
down list.
On the System Properties click on Advanced Tab then on Start up and recovery.
On startup and Recovery window, under system startup option clcik on the
Edit button and there you will have the boot.ini you can edit or remove the
line for the operating system you don't want.

****Note***** to be sure you will not delete the right line for the
operating system you want to keep do the following:
When you boot up and offered the boot option write down the line which you
always log on with on a piece of paper also you can safe the boot.ini with
another name as a recovery copy before editing, if you done the procedure
wrong.
When logged in do the above and note the line or compare the line on the
piece of paper and the one on the boot.ini and remove the one doesn't match.
Your boot.ini will looks liek this after editing:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Another; open a run command and type in: msconfig click [OK]
On the System Configuration window click on Boot.ini Tab, there click on
Check all Root paths and you can edit there.
HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass
 
Stephen said:
Hi

For awhile I had two versions of Windows on my computer. I've since deleted
one but I still get it as a boot up option on power up.

I had this a few years back and stumbled acroos the solution by accident so
I know somewhere theres a command I need to delete.

Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Cheers

Stephen

PS XP Home edition
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Graphically:

From within WinXP, Start > Run > Msconfig, Boot.ini Tab > "Check
all Boot Paths."

Manually:

1) Click Start > Run, Type "Cmd" and then press <Enter>.

2) Type "Cd\" and then press <Enter>

3) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini -h -r -s" and then press <Enter>

4) Click Start > Run, Type "Notepad c:\boot.ini" and then press <Enter>

5) Edit the file to removed the extraneous line, save it, and then exit
Notepad.

6) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini +h +r +s" and then press <Enter>

7) Close the command console.


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Check All Boot Paths

Start | Run | Type: msconfig | Click OK |
Boot.ini tab | Check All Boot Paths button |
A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations | Confirm you want to remove the entry and reboot

[[Check All Boot Paths - This button will check the boot paths for all
operating systems listed in the BOOT.INI to ensure they point to a valid
operating system. ]]

Msconfig image
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/16/20784/msconfig.gif

If there is only one you will get:
It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for Microsoft operating systems are OK.

A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations.

Similar to this...
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It appears that the following line in the BOOT.INI file does not refer to a
valid operating system:

"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional " /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn"

Would you like to remove it from the BOOT.INI file?
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