OS boot options

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Ihad win2000 and winXP in different partitions. When booting I was prompted
to choose from which OS to start.
Then, I delete the partition containing XP and now I don't know how to avoid
having the two options for booting. How can I fix it?
The default option is XP, at least I want to have 2000 as default.
Any help appreciated.
 
Your current C:\boot.ini file probably looks like this.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect


Make it look like this:

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


You can edit it in notepad. The file will be hidden. The quickest way to
deal with that is to edit it in edit.com by doing:

Win+R
Edit C:\boot.ini

Then just edit it in there instead of notepad, if you have a mouse phobia
like me.

Ray at work
 
Thanks very much !!
Ray at said:
Your current C:\boot.ini file probably looks like this.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect


Make it look like this:

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


You can edit it in notepad. The file will be hidden. The quickest way to
deal with that is to edit it in edit.com by doing:

Win+R
Edit C:\boot.ini

Then just edit it in there instead of notepad, if you have a mouse phobia
like me.

Ray at work


ROG said:
Ihad win2000 and winXP in different partitions. When booting I was prompted
to choose from which OS to start.
Then, I delete the partition containing XP and now I don't know how to avoid
having the two options for booting. How can I fix it?
The default option is XP, at least I want to have 2000 as default.
Any help appreciated.
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