Remove Win2000 Boot Loader

Hi,

Does anyone know how to get the Windows 2000 boot loader (or whatever it is
called) off of a hard drive? That is, the part when the computer is booting
and the white, text mode progress indicator runs. When I install Windows XP
on a new hard drive, that progress bar is not there, but I can't get rid of
it from any drive that has been a boot drive for Windows 2000.

Thank you,
DEJ

There is a dangerous way... And that is running "fdisk /mbr", but it will
also remove ALL PARITIONS. I suggest you to remove all other harddisks
before clearing the MBR.

Another way for doing it is to use the excellent linux tool "dd"... But
that's even more dangerous ;-).

// Chen

"danjam" <djameson@childrensoncologygroup.org> skrev i meddelandet
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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to get the Windows 2000 boot loader (or whatever it
is
> called) off of a hard drive? That is, the part when the computer is
booting
> and the white, text mode progress indicator runs. When I install Windows
XP
> on a new hard drive, that progress bar is not there, but I can't get rid
of
> it from any drive that has been a boot drive for Windows 2000.
>
> Thank you,
> DEJ
>
>

"danjam" <djameson@childrensoncologygroup.org> wrote in message
news:uxOqpZvUEHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to get the Windows 2000 boot loader (or whatever it
is
> called) off of a hard drive? That is, the part when the computer is
booting
> and the white, text mode progress indicator runs. When I install Windows
XP
> on a new hard drive, that progress bar is not there, but I can't get rid
of
> it from any drive that has been a boot drive for Windows 2000.
>
> Thank you,
> DEJ
>

If you get rid of it then Win2000 won't load! To make it invisible,
just set timeout=0 in the hidden file c:\boot.ini.

This is incorrect: fdisk /mbr will restore the Windows Master Boot
Record. It will certainly not delete any partitions.


"Chen" <weeblie@h.o.t.m.a.i.l.com> wrote in message
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> There is a dangerous way... And that is running "fdisk /mbr", but it will
> also remove ALL PARITIONS. I suggest you to remove all other harddisks
> before clearing the MBR.
>
> Another way for doing it is to use the excellent linux tool "dd"... But
> that's even more dangerous ;-).
>
> // Chen
>
> "danjam" <djameson@childrensoncologygroup.org> skrev i meddelandet
> news:uxOqpZvUEHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to get the Windows 2000 boot loader (or whatever it
> is
> > called) off of a hard drive? That is, the part when the computer is
> booting
> > and the white, text mode progress indicator runs. When I install
Windows
> XP
> > on a new hard drive, that progress bar is not there, but I can't get rid
> of
> > it from any drive that has been a boot drive for Windows 2000.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > DEJ
> >
> >
>
>

In news:evzoFpxUEHA.2408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Chen <weeblie@h.o.t.m.a.i.l.com> typed:

> There is a dangerous way... And that is running "fdisk /mbr",
but it
> will also remove ALL PARITIONS.


Sorry, that's not correct. It doesn't remove partitions at all.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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> This is incorrect: fdisk /mbr will restore the Windows Master Boot
> Record. It will certainly not delete any partitions.

Well, in an case, the FDISK commands won't work in 2000 or XP, never has,
and never will!

Well, just checked it up, you're right. fdisk is not destroying the
partition table, but you should be awear of that the partition table is in
MBR too (at the end of the sector).

// Chen

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> This is incorrect: fdisk /mbr will restore the Windows Master Boot
> Record. It will certainly not delete any partitions.
>
>
> "Chen" <weeblie@h.o.t.m.a.i.l.com> wrote in message
> news:evzoFpxUEHA.2408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > There is a dangerous way... And that is running "fdisk /mbr", but it
will
> > also remove ALL PARITIONS. I suggest you to remove all other harddisks
> > before clearing the MBR.
> >
> > Another way for doing it is to use the excellent linux tool "dd"... But
> > that's even more dangerous ;-).
> >
> > // Chen
> >
> > "danjam" <djameson@childrensoncologygroup.org> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:uxOqpZvUEHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to get the Windows 2000 boot loader (or whatever
it
> > is
> > > called) off of a hard drive? That is, the part when the computer is
> > booting
> > > and the white, text mode progress indicator runs. When I install
> Windows
> > XP
> > > on a new hard drive, that progress bar is not there, but I can't get
rid
> > of
> > > it from any drive that has been a boot drive for Windows 2000.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > DEJ
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Yes, true, it won't work inside 2k or XP... But you can start from a
bootdisk (www.bootdisk.com) instead!

// Chen

"Tom" <noway@nothere.com> skrev i meddelandet
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>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:%23VkSz%23xUEHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > This is incorrect: fdisk /mbr will restore the Windows Master Boot
> > Record. It will certainly not delete any partitions.
>
> Well, in an case, the FDISK commands won't work in 2000 or XP, never has,
> and never will!
>
>

But... don't forget that boot.ini is a "hidden file" and
"write-protected"... ;-)

The easiest way for changing it is to use msconfig. (start->run, msconfig,
OK)

// Chen

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> skrev i meddelandet
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>
> "danjam" <djameson@childrensoncologygroup.org> wrote in message
> news:uxOqpZvUEHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to get the Windows 2000 boot loader (or whatever it
> is
> > called) off of a hard drive? That is, the part when the computer is
> booting
> > and the white, text mode progress indicator runs. When I install
Windows
> XP
> > on a new hard drive, that progress bar is not there, but I can't get rid
> of
> > it from any drive that has been a boot drive for Windows 2000.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > DEJ
> >
>
> If you get rid of it then Win2000 won't load! To make it invisible,
> just set timeout=0 in the hidden file c:\boot.ini.
>
>

"Chen" <weeblie@h.o.t.m.a.i.l.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, true, it won't work inside 2k or XP... But you can start from a
> bootdisk (www.bootdisk.com) instead!

Still wrong, you cannot use a bootdisk to fix XP. If you use a bootdisk, the
only thing that the FDISK utility will do is delete the non DOS partition or
if XP was FAT**, then it can remove that too. But it does not have the
ability to fix the boot configuration (especially so if the install is
NTFS). It does not have the ability to work as a setup disk for loading XP.

The only thing FDISK can do other than to delete, is to set different
partitions as "active" in the case of different OSes being loaded onto their
own Primary partitions. But there are bootloaders that are faster and more
efficient than FDISK is.