Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Setup

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Mahendra.

Hi I'm a Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional user, using
Service Pack 2.
I was trying to install SP3, but also installed Windows
2000 Pro which I
stopped midway.
Now everytime I startup, the options that I get to choose
from are
1) Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
2) Microsoft Windows
3) Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Setup
instead of the first two which I used to get formerly, I
want to get rid of the
third one - can u help,
Mahendra.
 
Edit boot.ini located in the root of the system partition (usually C:\)

boot.ini will be something like;

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Windows 2000 Setup"

Change it to;
(note the 'default=' line must also change. rdisk and partition values may
be different for your system.)



[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect

Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View, then radio button for "Show hidden files
and folders", then uncheck the box for "Hide protected operating system
files" to locate the files in the system partition.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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:
| Hi I'm a Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional user, using
| Service Pack 2.
| I was trying to install SP3, but also installed Windows
| 2000 Pro which I
| stopped midway.
| Now everytime I startup, the options that I get to choose
| from are
| 1) Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
| 2) Microsoft Windows
| 3) Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Setup
| instead of the first two which I used to get formerly, I
| want to get rid of the
| third one - can u help,
| Mahendra.
 
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