Multibooting Win2k+XP - remove XP?

[BigAl.NZ]

Hi Guys,

As the topic suggests, I have a system that is multibooting XP+Win2K.

I want to remove WInXP.

Whats the best way to do this? Can I just delete the XP directory and
edit the boot.ini?

I assume at the mo XP in in control of the boot order?

Cheers

-Al

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi Guys,

As the topic suggests, I have a system that is multibooting XP+Win2K.

I want to remove WInXP.

Whats the best way to do this? Can I just delete the XP directory and
edit the boot.ini?

I assume at the mo XP in in control of the boot order?

Cheers

-Al

Yes to all of the above even though you should rename
the WinXP folder to "Windows.XP" and leave it there
for a week, just in case.

WinXP and Win2000 share the same boot file names.
The WinXP versions will work very nicely for a Win2000
boot.

 

[BigAl.NZ]

I am not sure how to edit the boot.ini - what lines am I looking to
delete?

What will a 2k / xp boot.ini look like?

Cheers

-Al

 

[chong]

This is exactly what you need to follow - it describes what you're in need of.


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311578

Just a note:

you want to remove the following line to disable Windows XP from booting:

multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

chong -_-

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

notepad c:\boot.ini

Save the original in some other place, then remove
the lines that refer to Windows XP.