Startup

H

Hanna

I installed Windows 2000 after Win98, on startup I get the
option to choose between them. How can I delete this
option or at least minimize the 30 seconds default time?
 
D

Dave Patrick

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, hidden, system in Explorer. You should end up with something
like this (below). The timeout value is not functional when there is only
one startup choice.

The line your going to remove from the boot.ini will be similar to
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

[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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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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|I installed Windows 2000 after Win98, on startup I get the
| option to choose between them. How can I delete this
| option or at least minimize the 30 seconds default time?
 

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