Delete OS Choice on Boot Screen

Hi There!

I was installing an OS and realized after installation that I needed more space. So, I created larger partitions and installed my OS on another partition (keeping the original OS partition too), in fact I installed another OS on another partition too. So now I have the OS 2000 on the small insufficient partition (half deleted), OS 2000 on another (which I will keep) and OS XP on another (which, too I will keep).

I deleted OS files from the original (the smaller) OS 2K partition. I remember once before having the same problem before (long long ago) and I formatted the smaller partition....ended up having a missing NTLDR and could not boot up to the 2nd OS on a different partition and then had to reinstall everything!

Problem: Now on bootup I get a screen asking which OS I want to use...that is perfect but I get a choice of 3 when only 2 work.....Is there any way for me to get rid of the 3rd choice for the OS I have deleted?

Thanks.

Sincerely,
LeVanay

 

Have you checked your boot.ini? Should be
mulitple lines with different OS choice.
Similar to this but more OS choices..

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

 

be VERY careful when editing your boot.ini...it may leave you bootless!

 

Hi There!

Now you have me worried.....but when I check my boot.ini, what should I do? Should I delete the entry?

Thanks.

Sincerely,
LeVanay

 

how to edit the boot.ini in windows xp: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q289022
how to edit the boot.ini in windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q311578

just be careful when editing.

 

You Guys Are Just Great !

Thank you very much!

Tweaking the Boot.ini solved the problem.

Sincerely,
LeVanay