Dual boot no longer needed

M

MrsSoto

Hi, I was dual booting XP with Server 2003. I have since gotten rid of
Server, but still get the option to boot into when starting the computer.
How do I configure it to boot straight into XP? My boot.ini file looks like
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="Windows Server 2003,
Enterprise" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

Thanks a lot for any help
 
M

Matrix

-----Original Message-----
Hi, I was dual booting XP with Server 2003. I have since gotten rid of
Server, but still get the option to boot into when starting the computer.
How do I configure it to boot straight into XP? My boot.ini file looks like
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="Windows Server 2003,
Enterprise" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

Thanks a lot for any help


.
Click to expand...


You don't have to change this file manually, you can right
click the "My Computer" and go to "Properties",
"Advanced",
In the "StartUp and Recovery" click "Settings".
If you like you can change the boot.ini by clicking
the "Edit".
But just to disable the boot menu you can uncheck the
2 first checkboxes (Time to display ...)

Or you can delete the other OS from the file by chaning
it to: (make a backup file of boot.ini just in case)

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

MrSpike

Didn't work, I edited the file just as you suggested but it then just tried
to boot to Server 2003, which it can't, because there is only a partial
install. I was able to recover by slaving the drive to another computer and
restoring the boot.ini file from there. Thanks anyway.
Matrix said:
-----Original Message-----
Hi, I was dual booting XP with Server 2003. I have since gotten rid of
Server, but still get the option to boot into when starting the computer.
How do I configure it to boot straight into XP? My boot.ini file looks like
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="Windows Server 2003,
Enterprise" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

Thanks a lot for any help


.
Click to expand...


You don't have to change this file manually, you can right
click the "My Computer" and go to "Properties",
"Advanced",
In the "StartUp and Recovery" click "Settings".
If you like you can change the boot.ini by clicking
the "Edit".
But just to disable the boot menu you can uncheck the
2 first checkboxes (Time to display ...)

Or you can delete the other OS from the file by chaning
it to: (make a backup file of boot.ini just in case)

timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
Click to expand...
 
B

Bill Blanton

You have the wrong rdisk( ) number listed in the default= value. It
should be 0.


MrSpike said:
Didn't work, I edited the file just as you suggested but it then just tried
to boot to Server 2003, which it can't, because there is only a partial
install.
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
R

Ron Sommer

You did start with
[boot loader]
timeout=0
?
--
Ron Sommer

MrSpike said:
Didn't work, I edited the file just as you suggested but it then just tried
to boot to Server 2003, which it can't, because there is only a partial
install. I was able to recover by slaving the drive to another computer and
restoring the boot.ini file from there. Thanks anyway.
Matrix said:
-----Original Message-----
Hi, I was dual booting XP with Server 2003. I have since gotten rid of
Server, but still get the option to boot into when starting the computer.
How do I configure it to boot straight into XP? My boot.ini file looks like
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="Windows Server 2003,
Enterprise" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

Thanks a lot for any help


.
Click to expand...


You don't have to change this file manually, you can right
click the "My Computer" and go to "Properties",
"Advanced",
In the "StartUp and Recovery" click "Settings".
If you like you can change the boot.ini by clicking
the "Edit".
But just to disable the boot menu you can uncheck the
2 first checkboxes (Time to display ...)

Or you can delete the other OS from the file by chaning
it to: (make a backup file of boot.ini just in case)

timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
R

Ron Sommer

Matrix replied with:
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

I was just asking if [boot loader] was included.
And yes it should be rdisk(0)
--
Ron Sommer


Dale Richards said:
Ron said:
You did start with
[boot loader]
timeout=0
?
Click to expand...

That would (attempt to) boot Windows Server 2003 without prompting, which is
not what the OP wants. The default also needs to be changed to
"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS".
Click to expand...
 
D

Dale Richards

Ron said:
You did start with
[boot loader]
timeout=0
?
Click to expand...

That would (attempt to) boot Windows Server 2003 without prompting, which is
not what the OP wants. The default also needs to be changed to
"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS".
 

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