Multiboot question

[Joker]

Hey let's all laugh at the monkey. I have not had this much trouble with a
computer since my first PC 15 years ago when I (I kid you not) deleted the
command functions from DOS.

This is loosely connected to the "Transferring settings and programs"
thread. To recap, PC1 died, but the HD1 is still functioning. PC2 is new
and running XP. I tired booting from HD1 on PC2, but got lots of errors. I
thought the copy of XP on HD1 was corrupt, so I tired to reinstall. I got a
"blue screen" (had not seen one of those in a while, must be doing something
wrong). I tried to reboot, but when the multiboot screen came up, it
instantly said there was a problem, so I could not eve choose an OS to boot
up. I now know that it was probably because I had turned off HD1 and it was
the OS at the top of the list. So, monkey thinks he needs to reinstall the
OS to HD2, which I do, but under /Windows1 so I don't loose all my info.
The end result is that now I have a multiboot screen with three Windows XP
versions and I only want one. How do I get rid of the others?

 

[Squire]

Without losing any XP programs already installed, you can modify the
Boot.ini file at the following:

Right click My Computer, and select Properties,
Click the Advanced tab,
Under Startup and Recovery, click the Settings button,
Click the Edit button,
Under [operating systems] you should see the 3 lines of XP,

Copy these down so you can re-install them if you need to.
Delete the lines you don't want, leaving the one line you want to keep.

Back out and Reboot.

 

[thecreator]

Hi Joker,

You still have the Documents on HD1? How many Hard Drives are installed in PC2? How many total partitions on all the Hard Drives?

 

[Joker]

Hi Joker,

You still have the Documents on HD1? How many Hard Drives are installed
in PC2? How many total partitions on all the Hard
Drives?

The other poster had a suggestion that worked. Thank you

Joker