XP Install without dual OS

[Forrest]

I would like to know how to eliminate the assumption by an install
of WindowsXP as being for a dual OS whenever I try to install XP
on a hard drive which has more than one partitions. Each time I
do this I get an XP which begins by requiring me to choose which
OS I want to run. I want to set up a sytem which has three OS
and I expect to install Boot Manager as the method by which
a choice is made at startup.

Dual would be fine if limited to two OS, but I want three OS
choices and I need to get learn how to get the XP install to
avoid assuming a dual OS installation is intended.
Thanks,

 

[purplehaz]

XPonly installs on the partition you tell it to. If it sees another os
already it goes dual boot, if it doesn't see another os it doesn't. If you
have just one xp install but it still asks you to pick which xp to boot to,
then you need to edit the boot.ini file and delete the extra xp boot option.
A normal boot.ini should look like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[Alex Nichol]

I would like to know how to eliminate the assumption by an install
of WindowsXP as being for a dual OS whenever I try to install XP
on a hard drive which has more than one partitions. Each time I
do this I get an XP which begins by requiring me to choose which
OS I want to run. I want to set up a sytem which has three OS
and I expect to install Boot Manager as the method by which
a choice is made at startup.

Dual would be fine if limited to two OS, but I want three OS
choices and I need to get learn how to get the XP install to
avoid assuming a dual OS installation is intended.

If you start from a boot of the CD, *not* by running from an existing
system, then it will do a simple install in the partition specified (and
make it the active partition). If you intend to use a Boot manager,
best to get that installed after system 1; then use it to hide other
partitions from the new installation while you set that up, to
eliminate any confusion