System Startup List

[tampamarty]

Hi.

I recently upgraded to Win 2000 over a Win 98 system. Now when it boots, it shows both "Windows 2000 prof" and "Windows" as bootable OS's . Since I converted to NTFS and removed the \WINDOWS directory, the second option is not valid. My question is:
How do I modify this sytem boot options list to remove the other options?

Thanks for any help,
Marty Griffith

[Andy-S]

Marty,

You need to edit your boot.ini file to remove the entry for Windows. The boot.ini file is normally resident in the root directory and has system, hidden attributes.

You need to remove the attributes before editing the file. This can be done by typing attrib -s -h boot.ini at teh command prompt. When editing is complete re-apply the attributes by typing attrib +s +h boot.ini

Your boot.ini file should look something like the one below.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
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:\="Microsoft Windows"

Remove the line with Microsoft Windows.

[tampamarty]

Thank you.
I thought I looked at that file, but apparently I missed that last line.
I really appreciate your help.

Marty