Cleaning of Boot up screen

[Guest]

Am running a 64bit machine operating dual xp, home and pro. Recently
installed xp pro 64bit to test machine, however numerous drivers not
available and system was unsteady to say the least. Uninstalled it by
formatting hard drive, now when machine boots up, operating system still
shows in boot up screen as a choice for starting computer. I need to remove
this choice from the bios and do not know how. Guidance (instructions) on how
to do this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

The 'extra' choice of o.s. is in Boot.ini file found in the root of your C drive. C:\Boot.ini
The choice is not in the BIOS.

If you have no experience editing Boot.ini, leaving it be is not fatal. You can use MSCONFIG to verify & or set your defalt Operating system.

If you do edit the file to take out extra leftover, 1st be sure to make a save copy. Boot.ini is a hidden & read-only file at C:\
Use Notepad to view and edit contents.

Make a copy of the current Boot.ini file before making changes!

Next , get a blank diskette, format it plainly ( a normal format) and make a bootable-for-XP diskette:
How to Use System Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard Against Being Unable
to Start Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314079

 

[Guest]

If you revisit this post would like to thank you for your help,

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

Talisman,
You are welcome. All the best.