I connected to my usual Win2K computer a second harddisk as the boot
disk to do some work and then turned off the computer so that the second
disk could be removed.
When I started the computer next time, the boot menu appeared showing
"default" without any partition information or os information as the
first choice.

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Prof Japanese"
/fastdetect
Default (highlighted)

If I don't select the installed Win2K, the computer proceeds and
crashes. Namely, "Default" is a false OS that does not exists in the
computer.
After I booted to the usual Win2K, I examined the boot.ini. It
consists of a normal text containing the installed Win2K and nothing else.
Where is this "default" written or where does this come from? How can I
remove it so that the computer's real default becomes Win2K as it used
to be? Please help.

Beyond X wrote:
> I connected to my usual Win2K computer a second harddisk as the boot
> disk to do some work and then turned off the computer so that the second
> disk could be removed.
> When I started the computer next time, the boot menu appeared showing
> "default" without any partition information or os information as the
> first choice.
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Prof Japanese"
> /fastdetect
> Default (highlighted)
>
> If I don't select the installed Win2K, the computer proceeds and
> crashes. Namely, "Default" is a false OS that does not exists in the
> computer.
> After I booted to the usual Win2K, I examined the boot.ini. It consists
> of a normal text containing the installed Win2K and nothing else.
> Where is this "default" written or where does this come from? How can I
> remove it so that the computer's real default becomes Win2K as it used
> to be? Please help.

Change the rdisk value in the Default line so that it reads: rdisk(0)

Do not delete the Default= line! The file should be like so:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Prof Japanese"
/fastdetect

John