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| Thread ID: 35576 | 2003-07-16 05:56:00 | Win 2000 Pro dual boot drama | Supertrooper (2510) | Press F1 |
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| 160252 | 2003-07-16 05:56:00 | I have a machine that has Win 2000 and during the boot process it brings up two options - Win 2000 (current OS) and Win 98 (previous OS which has been removed from the hard drive). Under Windows XP I am aware that this problem can be solved by running MSCONFIG and editing the boot.ini file. However Windows 2000 does not have MSCONFIG - and I can not locate the boot.ini file. How do I get rid of the Win 98 option? |
Supertrooper (2510) | ||
| 160253 | 2003-07-16 06:28:00 | You can simply remove the display multple OS's by right clicking My Computer - Properties - Advanced - Startup and Recovery. Win2k won't allow you to edit the Boot.ini file while it is running. The only way is to boot using a win98 floppy and then at the command prompt type edit c:\boot.ini This won't work if you have formatted using NTFS. Not sure if the service packs have made it possible to edit this file or not now but I know you couldn't before. |
Odin (227) | ||
| 160254 | 2003-07-16 06:28:00 | Quickest and easiest way would be to disable the boot menu so that the PC automatically loads win2k. Right-click My Computer then select Properties. Select Advanced tab then Startup & Recovery button. Make sure the default OS is Windows 2000 and untick the Display list of OS's for ???? seconds. Restart the PC to test it! |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 160255 | 2003-07-16 06:29:00 | Doohh! Betten to it! | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 160256 | 2003-07-16 06:30:00 | LOL :D | Odin (227) | ||
| 160257 | 2003-07-16 06:39:00 | You can edit the boot.ini file now in win2k. You need to go into any explorer window (thats Windows Explorer NOT internet explorer :)) then goto Tools - Folder Options - View and untick Hide Protected Operating System Files and click Yes to the warning that pops up. You should now be able to see the boot.ini file in C:\ You might also have to remove the Read Only tick from the properties of the file. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 160258 | 2003-07-16 06:41:00 | FYI , I have been told that if you have access to XP, copy msconfig file to win2000 machine and works happily. | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 160259 | 2003-07-19 11:12:00 | Thanks to all who replied regarding this. Haven't had much experience with Win2K or XP before but I tell you what - I'm sure learning fast! | Supertrooper (2510) | ||
| 160260 | 2003-07-19 11:45:00 | Yeah I can relate to that, been there, done that, still learning. | Pheonix (280) | ||
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