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Deleting Dual-Boot
What's the best way to get rid of a dual-boot setup? I have 2 hard drives
with XP Pro on both. (long story) My C: drive is formatted NTFS the D: drive Fat32. (if that makes a difference) Someone told me to use a boot-disk and at the DOS prompt type "sys C:" Will that do the trick? Thanks |
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Deleting Dual-Boot
"Patch" wrote in message ... What's the best way to get rid of a dual-boot setup? I have 2 hard drives with XP Pro on both. (long story) My C: drive is formatted NTFS the D: drive Fat32. (if that makes a difference) Someone told me to use a boot-disk and at the DOS prompt type "sys C:" Will that do the trick? edit boot.ini remove the entry for the OS you don't need you can then delete that installtion just do not format your C: drive boot.ini is a hidden file in your root directory if you are not sure of what you are doing... format a floppy on your machine (NOT from a win9x machine) then copy over boot.ini ntdetect.com and ntldr test the floppy first to be sure you can boot from it |
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Hi,
Do not "sys C:", that would be a serious error. Simply open boot.ini in notepad and remove the unwanted entry from the [operating systems] section. (just type C:\boot.ini into a start/run prompt) -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Patch" wrote in message ... What's the best way to get rid of a dual-boot setup? I have 2 hard drives with XP Pro on both. (long story) My C: drive is formatted NTFS the D: drive Fat32. (if that makes a difference) Someone told me to use a boot-disk and at the DOS prompt type "sys C:" Will that do the trick? Thanks |
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Hi Nutcase, long time no see. Question, since both boots are XP, how do I
know which one to remove? I want to boot to the one on my C: drive. "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, Do not "sys C:", that would be a serious error. Simply open boot.ini in notepad and remove the unwanted entry from the [operating systems] section. (just type C:\boot.ini into a start/run prompt) -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Patch" wrote in message ... What's the best way to get rid of a dual-boot setup? I have 2 hard drives with XP Pro on both. (long story) My C: drive is formatted NTFS the D: drive Fat32. (if that makes a difference) Someone told me to use a boot-disk and at the DOS prompt type "sys C:" Will that do the trick? Thanks |
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Better yet, here is my Boot.ini, tell me how to set it for booting from C:
[boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect Thanks "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, Do not "sys C:", that would be a serious error. Simply open boot.ini in notepad and remove the unwanted entry from the [operating systems] section. (just type C:\boot.ini into a start/run prompt) -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone |
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Back up your boot.ini as a safeguard if you're concerned.
Open the original & replace with - [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="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn -- johnf Better yet, here is my Boot.ini, tell me how to set it for booting from C: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect Thanks "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, Do not "sys C:", that would be a serious error. Simply open boot.ini in notepad and remove the unwanted entry from the [operating systems] section. (just type C:\boot.ini into a start/run prompt) -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone |
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Hi,
[boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOW S Means you are not booting from the first primary drive, but rather the second. [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn Second partition on the drive that you are booting from. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect First partition on the primary drive. Which one you delete depends on how you are configured. Boot.ini will not indicate which drive is seen as "C". -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Patch" wrote in message ... Better yet, here is my Boot.ini, tell me how to set it for booting from C: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect Thanks "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, Do not "sys C:", that would be a serious error. Simply open boot.ini in notepad and remove the unwanted entry from the [operating systems] section. (just type C:\boot.ini into a start/run prompt) -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone |
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Well, I don't know what I've done then, Rick - funnily enough (old age,
probably) I've never picked up on that particular entry before. I used to have dual boot on 1 drive a year or so ago, but now only have one OS partition (C) - the other (D) data only on a S-ATA. It appears XP automatically may pick up the OS drive when you only have one - I'd be interested in your comments, then I'll change partition (2) to partition (1) & see what happens. My current setup is Part 1. - XP, Part. 2 Data only. (I also have a 2nd. partitioned drive (E & F), both for data only, but doubt if that affects the equation. An odd one. -- johnf Hi, [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOW S Means you are not booting from the first primary drive, but rather the second. [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn Second partition on the drive that you are booting from. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect First partition on the primary drive. Which one you delete depends on how you are configured. Boot.ini will not indicate which drive is seen as "C". -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Patch" wrote in message ... Better yet, here is my Boot.ini, tell me how to set it for booting from C: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect Thanks "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, Do not "sys C:", that would be a serious error. Simply open boot.ini in notepad and remove the unwanted entry from the [operating systems] section. (just type C:\boot.ini into a start/run prompt) -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone |
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Hi,
This is what the system will identify as the system and boot partitions in the diskmanager: default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn The first will be the system partition (where the boot files lie), and the latter two entries in the [operating systems] will be boot partitions (where the OS's available for booting are). This one: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect is likely the IDE drive, I suspect the other is your SATA drive. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "johnf" wrote in message ... Well, I don't know what I've done then, Rick - funnily enough (old age, probably) I've never picked up on that particular entry before. I used to have dual boot on 1 drive a year or so ago, but now only have one OS partition (C) - the other (D) data only on a S-ATA. It appears XP automatically may pick up the OS drive when you only have one - I'd be interested in your comments, then I'll change partition (2) to partition (1) & see what happens. My current setup is Part 1. - XP, Part. 2 Data only. (I also have a 2nd. partitioned drive (E & F), both for data only, but doubt if that affects the equation. An odd one. -- johnf Hi, [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOW S Means you are not booting from the first primary drive, but rather the second. [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn Second partition on the drive that you are booting from. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect First partition on the primary drive. Which one you delete depends on how you are configured. Boot.ini will not indicate which drive is seen as "C". -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Patch" wrote in message ... Better yet, here is my Boot.ini, tell me how to set it for booting from C: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect Thanks "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, Do not "sys C:", that would be a serious error. Simply open boot.ini in notepad and remove the unwanted entry from the [operating systems] section. (just type C:\boot.ini into a start/run prompt) -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone |
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