Erase 98

[Dan B]

I installed XP pro on a new to me computer that supposedly
had no OS. Now, when booting it gives a choice of XP or
Win 98. If I choose 98 it takes me to a C prompt and that
is it. I want to remove what is left over from 98 but
how? XP works normally.

[Dave Patrick]

Remove the option you no longer want from boot.ini found in the root of the
system partition. Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View, then radio button for
"Show hidden files and folders", then uncheck the box for "Hide protected
operating system files"

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"Dan B" wrote:
> I installed XP pro on a new to me computer that supposedly
> had no OS. Now, when booting it gives a choice of XP or
> Win 98. If I choose 98 it takes me to a C prompt and that
> is it. I want to remove what is left over from 98 but
> how? XP works normally.

[Dan B.]

My boot.ini contains the following, what should I delete?

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\ = "Microsoft Windows"

Thanks for your help!

>-----Original Message-----
>Remove the option you no longer want from boot.ini found
in the root of the
>system partition. Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View,
then radio button for
>"Show hidden files and folders", then uncheck the box
for "Hide protected
>operating system files"
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
>
>"Dan B" wrote:
>> I installed XP pro on a new to me computer that
supposedly
>> had no OS. Now, when booting it gives a choice of XP or
>> Win 98. If I choose 98 it takes me to a C prompt and
that
>> is it. I want to remove what is left over from 98 but
>> how? XP works normally.
>
>
>.
>

[Dave Patrick]

Delete the line;

C:\ = "Microsoft Windows"

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"Dan B." wrote:
> My boot.ini contains the following, what should I delete?
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
> Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
> C:\ = "Microsoft Windows"
>
> Thanks for your help!