Getting read of unfinished install

[Guest]

Hi

A long while ago, on my laptop that has Windows XP Pro on it, I started to
install in a second partition, Windows Server 2000. But I changed my mind
while installing, and never completed that install. Since then I have 2
problems:

1) every time I restart my laptop, that unfinished Windows 2000, although
second in the list of bootable OS, is selected by default, so if I don't look
at the screen at that moment, it always start the install of Win2k again. How
can I tell it that my default boot should be the FIRST item in that list,
i.e. Win XP Pro ?

2) Although I have Partition Magic, it can't find that 2nd partition. How do
I go about finding, and getting rid of, the 2nd (Win2K) partition ?

Thanks for help
Balex

 

[Guest]

Had similar problem and this seemd to work. Posted elsewhere-can't remember
where though. Go here and try: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=888023

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Check All Boot Paths

Start | Run | Type: msconfig | Click OK |
Boot.ini tab | Check All Boot Paths button |
A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations | Confirm you want to remove the entry and reboot

[[Check All Boot Paths - This button will check the boot paths for all
operating systems listed in the BOOT.INI to ensure they point to a valid
operating system. ]]

Msconfig image
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/16/20784/msconfig.gif

If there is only one you will get:
It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for Microsoft operating systems are OK.

A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations.

Similar to this...
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It appears that the following line in the BOOT.INI file does not refer to a
valid operating system:

"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional " /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn"

Would you like to remove it from the BOOT.INI file?
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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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