Why do I still get Dual boot option

[Mike]

Hello,
I have two hard drives (C & D). I have XP on the C Drive and I was Beta
Testing Windows 7 on the D Drive. I no longer was interesting in testing Beta
7 and needed the room on the D drive for additional storage.

I formatted the D Drive and got rid of Windows 7. For some reason I still
get an option upon boot up from the Windows Boot Manager asking if I want to
boot up "Windows 7" or an "Earlier Version of Windows". My boot.ini only
mentions XP as the only OS installed. Unfortunately Win 7 was the default too
so I cant just get rid of the timeout. My boot.ini looks like the following:
______________________________________
Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /USEPMTIMER
______________________________________

Any suggestion on how to get rid of the booting option and just boot up XP?

Thanks!

Mike

 

[BillW50]

In Mike typed on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:58:02 -0700:

Hello,
I have two hard drives (C & D). I have XP on the C Drive and I was
Beta Testing Windows 7 on the D Drive. I no longer was interesting in
testing Beta 7 and needed the room on the D drive for additional
storage.

I formatted the D Drive and got rid of Windows 7. For some reason I
still get an option upon boot up from the Windows Boot Manager asking
if I want to boot up "Windows 7" or an "Earlier Version of Windows".
My boot.ini only mentions XP as the only OS installed. Unfortunately
Win 7 was the default too so I cant just get rid of the timeout. My
boot.ini looks like the following:
______________________________________
Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /USEPMTIMER
______________________________________

Any suggestion on how to get rid of the booting option and just boot
up XP?

Thanks!

Mike

The free utility called EasyBCD can fix that for you. By the way,
Windows 7 and Vista don't show or use boot.ini to boot. They use BCD
instead. If you know how to recreate a MBR on the hard drive, that is
what you need to do to fix it. Then the boot.ini will kick back in again
as the default booter.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

Hello,
I have two hard drives (C & D). I have XP on the C Drive and I was Beta
Testing Windows 7 on the D Drive. I no longer was interesting in testing
Beta
7 and needed the room on the D drive for additional storage.

I formatted the D Drive and got rid of Windows 7. For some reason I still
get an option upon boot up from the Windows Boot Manager asking if I want
to
boot up "Windows 7" or an "Earlier Version of Windows". My boot.ini only
mentions XP as the only OS installed. Unfortunately Win 7 was the default
too
so I cant just get rid of the timeout. My boot.ini looks like the
following:
______________________________________
Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /USEPMTIMER
______________________________________

Any suggestion on how to get rid of the booting option and just boot up
XP?

Thanks!

Mike

You need to restore the WinXP boot environment. Boot the machine with your
WinXP CD into Recovery Mode, then run these commands:
fixmbr
fixboot

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

Hello,
I have two hard drives (C & D). I have XP on the C Drive and I was Beta
Testing Windows 7 on the D Drive. I no longer was interesting in testing
Beta
7 and needed the room on the D drive for additional storage.

I formatted the D Drive and got rid of Windows 7. For some reason I still
get an option upon boot up from the Windows Boot Manager asking if I want
to
boot up "Windows 7" or an "Earlier Version of Windows". My boot.ini only
mentions XP as the only OS installed. Unfortunately Win 7 was the default
too
so I cant just get rid of the timeout. My boot.ini looks like the
following:
______________________________________
Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /USEPMTIMER
______________________________________

Any suggestion on how to get rid of the booting option and just boot up
XP?

Thanks!

Mike

Sorry, this should read "Recovery Console".

 

[BillW50]

In Pegasus [MVP] typed on Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:47:10 +0200:

Hello,
I have two hard drives (C & D). I have XP on the C Drive and I was
Beta Testing Windows 7 on the D Drive. I no longer was interesting
in testing Beta
7 and needed the room on the D drive for additional storage.

I formatted the D Drive and got rid of Windows 7. For some reason I
still get an option upon boot up from the Windows Boot Manager
asking if I want to
boot up "Windows 7" or an "Earlier Version of Windows". My boot.ini
only mentions XP as the only OS installed. Unfortunately Win 7 was
the default too
so I cant just get rid of the timeout. My boot.ini looks like the
following:
______________________________________
Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating
systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot
options. ;
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /USEPMTIMER
______________________________________

Any suggestion on how to get rid of the booting option and just boot
up XP?

Thanks!

Mike

Sorry, this should read "Recovery Console".

But that feature usually only comes with retail version of XP. And
rarely available on OEM versions, which most people has. While EasyBCD
works in either case. Plus it is the one that Microsoft themselves uses.
<grin>

http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

 

[JS]

Try EasyBCD:
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

The information EasyBCD displays is stored
on a 100MB hidden partition left behind when
you removed Windows 7.

 

[Mike]

Try EasyBCD:
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

The information EasyBCD displays is stored
on a 100MB hidden partition left behind when
you removed Windows 7.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com

Hello,
I have two hard drives (C & D). I have XP on the C Drive and I was Beta
Testing Windows 7 on the D Drive. I no longer was interesting in testing
Beta
7 and needed the room on the D drive for additional storage.

I formatted the D Drive and got rid of Windows 7. For some reason I still
get an option upon boot up from the Windows Boot Manager asking if I want
to
boot up "Windows 7" or an "Earlier Version of Windows". My boot.ini only
mentions XP as the only OS installed. Unfortunately Win 7 was the default
too
so I cant just get rid of the timeout. My boot.ini looks like the
following:
______________________________________
Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /USEPMTIMER
______________________________________

Any suggestion on how to get rid of the booting option and just boot up
XP?

Thanks!

Mike

Thanks all....I'll try the EasyBCD first, souds possibly the easiest =)

A bit unsure of the recovery console method...is this a "repair" where I
will end up with having to reload all my drivers and such? I had read an
article where you needed to replace the Win 7 to the original boot
environment but the command they used didn't work for me.

 

[JS]

A bit unsure of the recovery console method...is this a "repair" where I
will end up with having to reload all my drivers and such? I had read an
article where you needed to replace the Win 7 to the original boot
environment but the command they used didn't work for me.

<snipped>

If you are going to have a problem it may be
that a file named: ntldr is missing from the
root (C:\) so check to see if it's there. You
may need to set explorer to show hidden and
system files to do this.

Also:
You receive an "NTLDR is missing" error message when you start your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397

NTLDR is Missing:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm

I'm in the process of setting up a dual boot with XP
(already installed) and Windows 7 later today on a
new Core i7 940 Extreme (12GB memory) to see
how 7 performs with a SSD drive. So I'll take a peek
later today about the ntldr file.

 

[Jose]

Try EasyBCD:
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

The information EasyBCD displays is stored
on a 100MB hidden partition left behind when
you removed Windows 7.

Hello,
I have two hard drives (C & D). I have XP on the C Drive and I was Beta
Testing Windows 7 on the D Drive. I no longer was interesting in testing
Beta
7 and needed the room on the D drive for additional storage.
I formatted the D Drive and got rid of Windows 7. For some reason I still
get an option upon boot up from the Windows Boot Manager asking if I want
to
boot up "Windows 7" or an "Earlier Version of Windows". My boot.ini only
mentions XP as the only OS installed. Unfortunately Win 7 was the default
too
so I cant just get rid of the timeout. My boot.ini looks like the
following:
______________________________________
Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems..
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /USEPMTIMER
______________________________________
Any suggestion on how to get rid of the booting option and just boot up
XP?
Thanks!
Mike

Thanks all....I'll try the EasyBCD first, souds possibly the easiest =)

A bit unsure of the recovery console method...is this a "repair" where I
will end up with having to reload all my drivers and such? I had read an
article where you needed to replace the Win 7 to the original boot
environment but the command they used didn't work for me.    

Make your own XP Recovery Console CD.

You can make a bootable Recovery Console CD by downloading an ISO file
and burning it to a CD.

No Windows installation CDs are required.

The same XP Recovery Console commands can be run from the bootable
Recovery Console CD.

The bootable ISO image file you need to download is called:

xp_rec_con.iso

Download the ISO file from here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ueyyzfymmig

Use this free and easy program to create your bootable CD:

http://www.imgburn.com/

It would be a good idea to test your bootable CD on the computer that
is working.

You may need to adjust the computer BIOS settings to use the CD ROM
drive as the first boot device instead of the hard disk. These
adjustments are made before Windows tries to load. If you miss it,
you will have to reboot the system again.

When you boot on the CD, follow the prompts:

Press any key to boot from CD...

The Windows Setup... will proceed.

Press 'R' to enter the Recovery Console.

Select the installation you want to access (usually 1: C:\WINDOWS)

You may be asked to enter the Administrator password (usually empty).

You should be in the C:\WINDOWS folder. This is the same as the C:
\WINDOWS folder you see in explorer.

RC allows basic file commands - copy, rename, replace, delete, cd,
chkdsk, fixboot, fixmbr, etc.

Remove the CD and type 'exit' to leave the RC and restart the
computer.

You do not have to adjust the BIOS again to boot on the HDD since the
CD will not be present.

Here is additional information about how to start Recovery Console:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

Here is additional information about the Recovery Console commands you
will be using:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

You can consider adding RC as a boot option to your system.

 

[Mike]

Well thanks but that didnt work at all. The fixmbr said it reapaired the boot
but I still get the Boot Manager Option. The fixboot command will not run at
all.

Plan "B".....

Hello,
I have two hard drives (C & D). I have XP on the C Drive and I was Beta
Testing Windows 7 on the D Drive. I no longer was interesting in testing
Beta
7 and needed the room on the D drive for additional storage.

I formatted the D Drive and got rid of Windows 7. For some reason I still
get an option upon boot up from the Windows Boot Manager asking if I want
to
boot up "Windows 7" or an "Earlier Version of Windows". My boot.ini only
mentions XP as the only OS installed. Unfortunately Win 7 was the default
too
so I cant just get rid of the timeout. My boot.ini looks like the
following:
______________________________________
Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /USEPMTIMER
______________________________________

Any suggestion on how to get rid of the booting option and just boot up
XP?

Thanks!

Mike

Sorry, this should read "Recovery Console".

 

[JS]

Well ntldr is still on the XP partition
along with the boot.ini file after installing 7.

So next step is do delete Win7 and see
what happens.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

Well ntldr is still on the XP partition
along with the boot.ini file after installing 7.

So next step is do delete Win7 and see
what happens.

Depending on how you do it, you might make your machine unbootable. Here is
a simple way to restore the Master Boot Record:
1. Download a DOS 7 boot CD image or diskette image from www.bootdisk.com.
2. Create a boot CD/diskette.
3. Boot your machine with this bood CD/diskette.
4. Run this command:
fdisk /MBR
5. Run this command:
fdisk
Make sure that the WinXP partition is marked "active".

If you encounter a problem, report all error messages you see. Stating "The
fixboot command will not run at all" is insufficient because it tells us
nothing about what really happened.

 

[JS]

Depending on how you do it, you might make your machine unbootable. Here
is a simple way to restore the Master Boot Record:
1. Download a DOS 7 boot CD image or diskette image from www.bootdisk.com.
2. Create a boot CD/diskette.
3. Boot your machine with this bood CD/diskette.
4. Run this command:
fdisk /MBR
5. Run this command:
fdisk
Make sure that the WinXP partition is marked "active".

If you encounter a problem, report all error messages you see. Stating
"The fixboot command will not run at all" is insufficient because it
tells us nothing about what really happened.

It's a test computer, so I'll do it using the brute force method of
deleting the Windows 7 partition.

This should come close to or have the same effect as Mike's problem.

 

[Jose]

Well thanks but that didnt work at all. The fixmbr said it reapaired the boot
but I still get the Boot Manager Option. The fixboot command will not runat
all.

Plan "B".....

Hello,
I have two hard drives (C & D). I have XP on the C Drive and I was Beta
Testing Windows 7 on the D Drive. I no longer was interesting in testing
Beta
7 and needed the room on the D drive for additional storage.
I formatted the D Drive and got rid of Windows 7. For some reason I still
get an option upon boot up from the Windows Boot Manager asking if I want
to
boot up "Windows 7" or an "Earlier Version of Windows". My boot.ini only
mentions XP as the only OS installed. Unfortunately Win 7 was the default
too
so I cant just get rid of the timeout. My boot.ini looks like the
following:
______________________________________
Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems..
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /USEPMTIMER
______________________________________
Any suggestion on how to get rid of the booting option and just boot up
XP?
Thanks!
Mike

Sorry, this should read "Recovery Console".

What did you try?

Did you create a Recovery Console CD?

What does "The fixboot command will not run at all" mean?

 

[BillW50]

In Mike typed on Tue, 1 Sep 2009 22:04:01 -0700:

Well thanks but that didnt work at all. The fixmbr said it reapaired
the boot but I still get the Boot Manager Option. The fixboot command
will not run at all.

Plan "B".....

You didn't try the EasyBCD yet like I first suggested?