Dual Boot Question

[Jim]

I have an older computer running Windows 2000 Professional which at one time
I made a dual boot system. I've since removed the second operating system
but the boot.ini file still prompts me to select which OS I wish to boot
into. Unfortunately it defaults to the second (removed) OS so I must quickly
select the primary OS or else it won't boot.

This computer is rather old and it does not support booting from a cd. I'm
considering editing the boot.ini file but I'm not exactly how to make the
change. I messed this up before and had great difficulty getting things
back.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated. TIA

Original

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard
Edition Setup"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Ron Sommer]

1) Click Start > Run, Type "Cmd" and then press <Enter>.

2) Type "Cd\" and then press <Enter>

3) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini -h -r -s" and then press <Enter>

4) Click Start > Run, Type "Notepad c:\boot.ini" and then press <Enter>

5) Edit the file to (I am quessing the rdisk and partition numbers. Your
Windows 2000 line under operating systems will have the correct numbers.)

[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

, save it, and then exit Notepad.

6) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini +h +r +s" and then press <Enter>

7) Close the command console.
--
Ronald Sommer


:I have an older computer running Windows 2000 Professional which at one
time
: I made a dual boot system. I've since removed the second operating system
: but the boot.ini file still prompts me to select which OS I wish to boot
: into. Unfortunately it defaults to the second (removed) OS so I must
quickly
: select the primary OS or else it won't boot.
:
: This computer is rather old and it does not support booting from a cd. I'm
: considering editing the boot.ini file but I'm not exactly how to make the
: change. I messed this up before and had great difficulty getting things
: back.
:
: Any other suggestions would be appreciated. TIA
:
: Original
:
: [Boot Loader]
: Timeout=5
: Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
: [Operating Systems]
: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2000
: Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
:
: C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard
: Edition Setup"
: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:
:
:

 

[guest]

You can can change the default in the bowels of the system environment
area where you can also change the timeout for the default.

 

[Rock]

I have an older computer running Windows 2000 Professional which at one
time I made a dual boot system. I've since removed the second operating
system but the boot.ini file still prompts me to select which OS I wish to
boot into. Unfortunately it defaults to the second (removed) OS so I must
quickly select the primary OS or else it won't boot.

There are Windows 2000 newsgroups, such as microsoft.public.win2000.general.
This one is for the XP OS.