boot.ini

[Armstrong Wong]

How can I safely remove boot.ini?

I don't need multi-boots. Only single Windows XP was installed in
c:\Windows. Windows XP is all I need.

However, once I deleted boot.ini, Windows starts to complain the missing
boot.ini when booting up. Please help. Thanks in advance.

Armstrong
Hong Kong

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Go to Start > Run and type: MSCONFIG , and hit enter.
Click on the BOOT.INI tab and then click on "Check All Boot Paths"
to delete incorrect boot paths.

If the above does not work for you, then:

Right-click MY COMPUTER and select:

Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Edit

CAREFULLY edit your boot.ini file to remove the SECOND entry.
Your boot.ini file should then look similar to this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| How can I safely remove boot.ini?
|
| I don't need multi-boots. Only single Windows XP was installed in
| c:\Windows. Windows XP is all I need.
|
| However, once I deleted boot.ini, Windows starts to complain the missing
| boot.ini when booting up. Please help. Thanks in advance.
|
| Armstrong
| Hong Kong

 

[Armstrong Wong]

Hi Carey,

Thanks for your quick reply.
If I reduce timeout=5, is it okay? Does it make any difference if the PC is
installed with Windows XP only? Will it speed up the boot process?

Armstrong
Hong Kong

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You can set the time out to any number, but it will not
decrease boot time if you have only one operating system
installed.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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:

| Hi Carey,
|
| Thanks for your quick reply.
| If I reduce timeout=5, is it okay? Does it make any difference if the PC is
| installed with Windows XP only? Will it speed up the boot process?
|
| Armstrong
| Hong Kong

 

[Armstrong Wong]

Hi Carey,

Again, thanks for your quick help.

Armstrong
Hong Kong

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Boot.ini is a Windows system file; it cannot be deleted. Moreover, it's a
completely innocuous file, so there's no reason to remove it.

 

[Alex Nichol]

How can I safely remove boot.ini?

I don't need multi-boots. Only single Windows XP was installed in
c:\Windows. Windows XP is all I need.

It is essential to have a boot.ini. When you boot it is what tells the
loader where to look for the Windows folder. Even if there is only one
instance of windows around, it is not necessarily in C:\Windows (mine
isn't for one)

If the file is missing, there will be a message and the boot will make
the assumption of C:\Windows - and if it is right that will load. But
you are only wasting time by not having a correct boot.ini to say.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Thanks for your quick reply.
If I reduce timeout=5, is it okay? Does it make any difference if the PC is
installed with Windows XP only? Will it speed up the boot process?

You can reduce it to 1 if you want: If there is only one chose, so that
a menu does not get displayed anyway, I don't think it will make any
difference at all. It merely sets the delay, after displaying the menu,
before the default is taken