multiple boot choices in win 2000 pro

[Jim Mesiano]

How do I get rid of one of the choices? when my machine
boots it gives me 2 choices(both are windows 2000 pro)one
is corrupt and just gives me a error(disk drive or
controler is not working). So I want to get rid of this
one but cannot find any help on this.

 

[john]

not to sure how to get rid of it completely. but you can
tell your machine to automatically boot to a specific OS.
right click my computer > properties > advanced > start up
and recovery > select the default OS > and set the time to
0 seconds to display list of operating systems. Then when
you boot up it'll automatically boot the that OS.

 

[Matt]

Edit the boot.ini file (make a copy of it first!!), and
remove the entry that is not needed....be aware that if
you remove the wrong entry you may need a bootdisk if you
can't reboot!!

can find boot.ini in the root of c:\ (may need to change
view to enable you to see it, and also modify the
attributes)

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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 as desired to remove the reference to the corrupt
installation, save it, and then exit Notepad.

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

7) Close the command console.


Bruce Chambers

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[Alan]

Will the last post will get rid of the choice upon startup
or the 'second' errant installation?

I have the same problem in desiring to get rid of one of
my installed choices (not just the option upon startup).

-----Original Message-----
Greetings --

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