Remove dual boot option in startup?

[Humboldt]

I found a lot of references on ways to do this but they all seem to differ.

I had a dual boot Ubuntu/XP.

Deleted the Ubuntu partition a while ago but still get the prompt of which to use on startup.

I can use msconfig boot.ini to reduce the 30 seconds to 3 seconds but what is the proper way to remove the dual boot completely?

I read I can use the XP disk and fixmbr but I have no clue where my original disk is and am too lazy to find my backup copy file and burn it, so am wondering if there're any other ways.

Thanks

[Sava700]

Right click My computer, properties, Advanced system setup/Advance/Startup and Recovery... then click settings and you should see a Edit button under the pull down menu showing whats listed.. just remove what you don't want there and click save.

[Faust]

not 100% sure what is going on.

is it the GRUB (linux) boot menu youre seeing? or the windows bootloader? in either case its an easy fix.

[24giovanni]

You could also download easybcd, click on add/remove entries and delete it in there. It should then just have the XP entry.

[Faust]

Originally Posted by 24giovanni

You could also download easybcd, click on add/remove entries and delete it in there. It should then just have the XP entry.

BCD is the replacement for boot.ini (Vista or newer MS bootloader). if it were previously a Ubuntu/Vista install youd be spot on. unless easybcd also can edit boot.ini from his XP install.

[Humboldt]

Originally Posted by Sava700

Right click My computer, properties, Advanced system setup/Advance/Startup and Recovery... then click settings and you should see a Edit button under the pull down menu showing whats listed.. just remove what you don't want there and click save.

Will take a look, thanks Sava

[Humboldt]

Originally Posted by Faust

not 100% sure what is going on.

is it the GRUB (linux) boot menu youre seeing? or the windows bootloader? in either case its an easy fix.

Doesn't look Linuxy, white DOS-ish on a black screen?

[Humboldt]

Originally Posted by Sava700

Right click My computer, properties, Advanced system setup/Advance/Startup and Recovery... then click settings and you should see a Edit button under the pull down menu showing whats listed.. just remove what you don't want there and click save.

Same as the way I posted in my first post, just a different way of getting there

My boot.ini says:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"

So I can safely delete C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"?

[Faust]

Originally Posted by Humboldt

Same as the way I posted in my first post, just a different way of getting there

My boot.ini says:


So I can safely delete C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"?

yessir

[Humboldt]

Thanks for the help guys

[YeOldeStonecat]

Yeah using the Windows installer for Ununtu (WUBI)...just makes an entry in boot.ini. Normal full separate partition *nix installs would use Grub as Faust was guessing.

[24giovanni]

Originally Posted by Faust

BCD is the replacement for boot.ini (Vista or newer MS bootloader). if it were previously a Ubuntu/Vista install youd be spot on. unless easybcd also can edit boot.ini from his XP install.

thx faust, didnt know that.

[Faust]

and dont forget to unlock the file so you can edit it. by default should be greyed out. from the command prompt:

CD \
ATTRIB boot.ini -R -S -H


otherwise you wont be able to save the changes.

[Faust]

Originally Posted by 24giovanni

thx faust, didnt know that.

no worries, bud. bcd is a little harder to work with as its all from the command prompt using bcdedit (or easybcd as the more user-friendly 3rd party method). doing something as simple as renaming a XP or win2k install (will appear as "older version of windows" or something in the OS list) could b as easy as a simple notepad/text edit with boot.ini. with bcdedit would read something like: bcedit set {ntldr} description "Windows XP Professional" . why it was made so cumbersome ill never know.

[Humboldt]

Worked fine, thank you.