Remove Second Operating System from Booting Operation

[Bill]

A file in my operating system (Windows 2000 Professional)
became corrupt to the point that I could not boot the
machine. Since I had a few files that had not been backed
up, I didn't reinstall the OS using the format drive
option and the repair options didn't work.

The hard drive was partitioned, so I install the OS on the
second partition, saved the unsaved work and then
installed 2000 on the C drive using the formatting option.
I then formated the D drive where the second operating
system was installed. The OS works fine now, however when
I boot I am prompted to pick one of two OS's (both 2000).
The second one no longer exists because it was eliminated
when I formatted the D drive. How can reference to the
second OS be eliminated from the boot sequence?

 

[Bill]

Bruce,

Thanks for the advice. I already had my folder options set
to view hidden files. I searched for boot.ini (using
boot.*) with no results. Did I miss something?

Thanks,

Bill

 

[Ript]

open up a command prompt, go to c:\
do an "attrib -r -h -s boot.ini"
now "edit boot.ini"

[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"




in this case, the C:\ = "Microsoft Windows" is the 2nd os, I would
delete thoes lines and have something like this...


[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