Remove second boot option

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eXistenZ

Windows 2000

When windows boots I am offered 2
operating systems both named Windows2000
The first is the correct one - the second one does not exist.
I can boot to the first one by pressing enter.
How do I get rid of the second one?

Thankyou for any help with this.
 
Thankyou for your reply.
I have tried to locate the boot.ini file on my machine
and tried various google sites relating to this but still cannot locate it.

Do you, or anyone else have any other suggestions?
 
it is under c:\

you might have to select "Show hidden files and folders" as it is a hidden
file

really, don't get me wrong, but
I am not sure if you should delete at all,
if you make an error, you can get into trouble
 
How To Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=311578

Boot Options in a Boot.ini File
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d..._b6707f0b-f96b-48f1-a8ff-ce2d9675dc22.xml.asp

From one of the MSDN links above:

Editing in Notepad

You can edit use a text editor, such as Notepad, to edit the Boot.ini
file. However, because this method is prone to error, use it only when
Bootcfg is not available.

Before editing the Boot.ini file, you must remove the file attributes
that Windows uses to protect the file from inadvertent changes. When the
Boot.ini file is on an NTFS drive, you must be a member of the
Administrators group on the computer to change its attributes.

Use the following procedure to prepare the Boot.ini file for manual
editing. This procedure removes the system, hidden, and read-only
attributes of the file.
To configure the Boot.ini file attributes for editing

1. At a command prompt, navigate to the root of the boot directory.
2. Type the following text at the command line:

attrib -s -h -r Boot.ini

System, hidden, and read-only attributes are removed from the file.
3. When your editing is complete, you can restore the file
attributes to protect the Boot.ini file. However, Ntldr can use the
Boot.ini file with any attribute set. At a command prompt, type the
following text:

attrib +s +h +r Boot.ini

This restores the attributes that protect the Boot.ini file.

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John
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Try Start > Run c:boot.ini

Thankyou for your reply.
I have tried to locate the boot.ini file on my machine
and tried various google sites relating to this but still cannot locate it.

Do you, or anyone else have any other suggestions?
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Andy thanks a million!
After numerous searches and posts over the
past 3 days your simple
solution worked perfectly.
I removed the second reference to Windows2000
and now my machine boots up perfectly.
I never thought to use Run c:boot.ini

Thanks again.

eXistenZ
 
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