Getting rid of dual boot!

[Dean J Garrett]

Hello,

I have a PC that had a dual boot: Win2K Pro and Win ME. When booted to Win2K
Pro, I upgraded to Win XP Pro and everything went well. I was hoping,
however, that the Win ME would go away, but it is still there. I'd like to
get rid of Win ME for good.

I notice that there are both

C:\windows and
C:\winnt

Which one has XP and which has ME? Which can I delete? How do I get rid of
the prompt at boot-up time which lets me select the OS? I've looked at the
boot.ini file, but I'm not sure what to delete.

THanks!!

 

[Bill James]

Since you upgraded the Windows 2000 instance to Windows XP, then the c:\winnt is almost certainly your Windows XP folder, since that is the default name for Win2K and XP doesn't change it when upgrading. As far as editing boot.ini, if you still can't figure it out then best to copy and paste the current contents as a reply to this thread.

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[Guest]

Boot in windows and delete win nt. If it says access denied go here, HOW TO:
Take Ownership of Files:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;268019 once you
delete it go to start run type: msconfig then go to boot.ini and click
"Check All Boot Paths" click ok blah blaH restart and you wont see it again =)

 

[sgopus]

He wants to get rid of ME not XP, winnt is the XP partition
he wants to keep that.
to edit the boot.ini open it using notepad and delete the
line that refers to Windows.
save it, reboot, the only option you will have now is XP.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Start/run cmd, then type PATH and hit <enter>. The statements should point
out where you WinXP installation is. As I suspect it is not C:\Windows, this
is likely the folder you will want to delete.

Start/run C:\boot.ini, copy/paste the contents into a reply.

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Best of Luck,

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Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

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[Michael Ortega]

Hello Dean

To get rid of the prompt to boot just open up run type "msconfig" hit enter
then click the boot.ini tab in the box you should see [operating systems]
with win2k and ME there, just delete the one you don't want.

Michael Ortega

 

[Rock]

Boot in windows and delete win nt. If it says access denied go here, HOW TO:
Take Ownership of Files:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;268019 once you
delete it go to start run type: msconfig then go to boot.ini and click
"Check All Boot Paths" click ok blah blaH restart and you wont see it again =)

Justin, you need to quote the message you're responding to, otherwise
there is no way to know who/what you are answering.

 

[Michael Stevens]

Hello,

I have a PC that had a dual boot: Win2K Pro and Win ME. When booted
to Win2K Pro, I upgraded to Win XP Pro and everything went well. I
was hoping, however, that the Win ME would go away, but it is still
there. I'd like to get rid of Win ME for good.

I notice that there are both

C:\windows and
C:\winnt

Which one has XP and which has ME? Which can I delete? How do I get
rid of the prompt at boot-up time which lets me select the OS? I've
looked at the boot.ini file, but I'm not sure what to delete.

THanks!!

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Remove a dual boot.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#Remove
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