changing dual booting back to "non-dual". (only one OS)l

[oer]

hi,

I moved a HDD from my old system (Dual Booting. Operating systems:
1)WindowsXP Professional 2)Win 98 SE) to my new system. Now my old system
wont boot properly because WindowsXP was on the disk that was removed and
Windows XP was default (timeout 30 sec. )

I want to edit the boot.ini so that defalt is Win98 and timeout 0 sec. Is
this possible?

Here is my original boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)Windows
[operating systems]
mult(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\windows="Microsoft WindowsXP
Professional"/fastdetect/NoExecute=Optin
c:\="Microsoft Windows"

Which lines do i edit and how?

By the way, what does rdisk mean?

Øivind

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

hi,

I moved a HDD from my old system (Dual Booting. Operating systems:
1)WindowsXP Professional 2)Win 98 SE) to my new system. Now my old system
wont boot properly because WindowsXP was on the disk that was removed and
Windows XP was default (timeout 30 sec. )

I want to edit the boot.ini so that defalt is Win98 and timeout 0 sec. Is
this possible?

Here is my original boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)Windows
[operating systems]
mult(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\windows="Microsoft WindowsXP
Professional"/fastdetect/NoExecute=Optin
c:\="Microsoft Windows"

Which lines do i edit and how?

By the way, what does rdisk mean?

Øivind

Which drive was Win98 installed on - C: or D:?

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

hi,

I moved a HDD from my old system (Dual Booting. Operating systems:
1)WindowsXP Professional 2)Win 98 SE) to my new system. Now my old
system wont boot properly because WindowsXP was on the disk that was
removed and Windows XP was default (timeout 30 sec. )

I want to edit the boot.ini so that defalt is Win98 and timeout 0
sec. Is this possible?

Here is my original boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)Windows
[operating systems]
mult(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\windows="Microsoft WindowsXP
Professional"/fastdetect/NoExecute=Optin
c:\="Microsoft Windows"

Which lines do i edit and how?

By the way, what does rdisk mean?

Øivind

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[oer]

Here is my original boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)Windows
[operating systems]
mult(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\windows="Microsoft WindowsXP
Professional"/fastdetect/NoExecute=Optin
c:\="Microsoft Windows"

Which lines do i edit and how?

By the way, what does rdisk mean?

Øivind

Which drive was Win98 installed on - C: or D:?

Believe it was C:

 

[dividby0]

2 possible soln:

1. Edit boot.ini
boot.ini is in c: root. It is a hidden system file, so to view it you
will have to enable viewing of hidden/system files and also uncheck
Hide protected operating system files. These options should be
available from Folder Options in the Tools menu.

Once you've opened boot.ini, remove the line
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect. (Perhaps make a backup of boot.ini first )

Restart and see how you go.

__________________
2. Copy a new boot record to your hard disk

If editing boot.ini didn't work, or you don't have that file, try this
- and maybe you should backup your system first...just in case

Boot your PC with a Win98 boot floppy or CD and when the dos prompt A:\
appears, type in sys C: and press ENTER. This will write new Win98 boot
information to your C: which XP might have overwritten.

Remove the boot disks and reboot.

 

[oer]

2 possible soln:

1. Edit boot.ini
boot.ini is in c: root. It is a hidden system file, so to view it you
will have to enable viewing of hidden/system files and also uncheck
Hide protected operating system files. These options should be
available from Folder Options in the Tools menu.

Once you've opened boot.ini, remove the line
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"

The line in my boot.ini is: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=Optin
not disk(1)rdisk(0). Does that change things?

 

[dividby0]

no it doesn't matter
just remove the line

if the first method doesn't work try the second one.
i got going well with the second one and didn't try the first one
because i used the second method first )

 

[Guest]

did you consider a repair install to xp ? this should enable it to boot as it
would reconfigure drivers for the new pc

 

[Guest]

sorry misread the post :-(

 

[Ron Sommer]

Questions:
You moved a drive.
Did the new system have a drive?
What did you do with the drive that was on the new system?
Did you jumper the old drive as master?

Are you booting to any operating system now?

The boot.ini indicates that you had two drives in the old system.
Can you select c:\="Microsoft Windows" to boot Win 98 SE?

This changes the timeout to 3 seconds and makes win 98 the default.
If you are not going to boot Win XP, you can sys c: from a Win 98 boot disk.

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)Windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\windows="Microsoft WindowsXP
Professional"/fastdetect/NoExecute=Optin
c:\="Microsoft Windows"