two OS; I only want one

[wannabe_hacker]

Im using windows xp and when i boot my computer it gives me a screen with two operating systems to boot. One of them doesnt work. i dont want it on my screen anyway. I just wondering how to get rid of that second option.

 

[wannabe_hacker]

I just read another post about someone with the same problem. just deleted the boot.ini file. or something like that. not sure how to go about doing that though.

heres the link to the other post http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38926

 

[EricB]

ask major. he tell you when he get on

you have to edit that boot .ini file

 

[TheMajor]

start>run>c:/boot.ini

Post it here and tell me wich menuitem does not work, the upper or lower one.

 

[wannabe_hacker]

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

the top one is the one i want to get rid of

 

[TheMajor]

I would try this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
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

You can always fix it using an XP disc in case anything goes wrong. Do you have an XP disc?

 

[TheMajor]

Make sure it says "WINDOWS" in the boot.ini

not: WINDOW
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[wannabe_hacker]

i do have the disc. so what your saying is to just delete multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

 

[IAM_7154]

just tell xp not to display the os list. my computer>properties>advanced>settings, uncheck "time to display os" box.

 

[wannabe_hacker]

I fixed it. Thanks a lot for all the help. I just deleted multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /. from the boot.ini and saved it.