deleting copys

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i have 3 windows 2000 choises at the beganning how do i delete 2 of them

 

[Dave Patrick]

By default Windows 2000 installs in the \winnt directory. First Control
Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery, choose the correct System
Startup option as default, then you'll need to delete the options you want
removed from the boot.ini, it's a system, hidden file in the root of the
system partition. So you'll need to show-all-files in Explorer.
Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View, then radio button for "Show hidden files
and folders" *and* also uncheck the box for "Hide protected operating system
files". You should end up with something like this (below). The timeout
value is not functional when there is only one startup choice. Then you can
remove the %windir% directory that your currently not using from drive. By
default Windows 2000 installs into the \winnt directory and this is the
%windir% From a command prompt
echo %windir%
will reveal the one your using (possibly \winnt2), then you can delete the
other one not in use. To be sure you can rename it, then later delete it.

[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

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|i have 3 windows 2000 choises at the beganning how do i delete 2 of them

 

[Ray Costanzo [MVP]]

There's a file called boot.ini in the root of your C: (typically) drive that
gives you the OS list at bootup time. To edit it, do:

Start---Run---notepad C:\boot.ini

The file contents should look something like this:


[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Server"
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect


(That is my boot.ini file on a machine with three OSes.)

Note the line that says default. And note how that coincides with my
Windows 2000 Server OS, because that is the OS at
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)

Assuming that your computer boots up without your having to select a
different option from the list that you see, you can delete the two lines do
NOT match your default. If your three OS lines are exactly identical, then
just delete the 2nd and 3rd OS lines.


[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Server"
/fastdetect

That is what my boot.ini file would look like if I only wanted to see/have
the option to boot to my default OS.

If the OS that you boot into is NOT your default option already, before you
touch the ini file, the safest thing to do is to do:

Right click My Computer
Click Properties
Advanced tab
Startup and Recovery
Default operating system: Set to OS of your choice.

Reboot the computer to make sure that you selected the correct one, and then
go in and edit your boot.ini file as described above.

Ray at home