How do I remove dual boot on XP??

[caveman]

Rebooted this evening and got the good old "Invalid boot.ini" file error so did the usual thing of bootcfg /rebuild which also went well except the bit where it should say fastdetect I put NTDETECT so like a tit, I did bootcfg/rebuild again and now I have the option of which identical copy of XP i wish to boot from, so naturally I`d like to get rid of one of them, so can someone point me in the right direction please??

Thanx:p

[cyberskye]

Edit boot.ini and remove the reference to the OS you no longer want.

[The Dude]

Right click on my computer and select advanced, then startup and recovery. Set the one you want and remove the checkmark for display list. I think you can actually edit from there in XP, i'm on 2k.

[richardc]

I think you can actually edit from there in XP,

you are correct - you can - there is an EDIT button.

[caveman]

done it from within XP and it still gives me the choice of which I want to boot

[The Dude]

Did which ? edit the file or change the selection? Did you set your timeout to "0" ?
This my boot.ini, 2k installed to first partition on first drive.
[boot loader]
timeout=0
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
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Recovery Console" /cmdcons

[richardc]

My XP - only one OS - is on C:\ - Disk 0 - partion 1
by boot.ini looks like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=7
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

[The Dude]

Originally posted by richardc
My XP - only one OS - is on C:\ - Disk 0 - partion 1
by boot.ini looks like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=7
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

Change the timeout=7 to timeout=0 and the menu won't display. It will immediately load the default selection. Ignore the last line of my boot.ini. I have the recovery console installed to my hard drive and I can run it by using f8 to bring up the menu.

[caveman]

thanx guys, done it (I think) had to do it from within XP on both versions of the XP`s listed and it seems to have gone for now:D

Thanx once again guys;)

[The Dude]

Glad you got it sorted out. I guess I wasn't paying attention:sleep: I mistook richardc's last post for your's:rolleyes: