i wanna remove startup menu option
i have Win98 and WinXP. recently i got a unmountable boot vol screen. i thought of using my Win Xp cd and tried to use the recovery console. somehow my pc started again. heres the problem: when i start my PC now, i get three options at my startup: 1.
i have Win98 and WinXP. recently i got a unmountable boot vol screen. i thought of using my Win Xp cd and tried to use the recovery console. somehow my pc started again.
heres the problem:
when i start my PC now, i get three options at my startup:
1. Microsoft XP Professional
2. Microsoft Windows
3. Microsoft XP Professional Setup
i want to remove the third option, without reinstalling windows.
any suggestions?
heres the problem:
when i start my PC now, i get three options at my startup:
1. Microsoft XP Professional
2. Microsoft Windows
3. Microsoft XP Professional Setup
i want to remove the third option, without reinstalling windows.
any suggestions?
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Yes, you can edit the boot.ini.
One way to do this is either to "right click on My Computer" select properties. (Or Start, Settings, Control Panel, System) Go to the Advanced tab, Press the Settings button in the "Startup and Recovery" box. Where it says "To edit the startup options file manually, click Edit", click the edit box.
You will have something similar to the following (may not be exactly what I have here):
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
The [operating Systems] section is where the options come in place. Simply delete the line that has "3. Microsoft XP Professional Setup " in it.
Save and exit.
Oh, and I recommend a backup of this file....just in case...
One way to do this is either to "right click on My Computer" select properties. (Or Start, Settings, Control Panel, System) Go to the Advanced tab, Press the Settings button in the "Startup and Recovery" box. Where it says "To edit the startup options file manually, click Edit", click the edit box.
You will have something similar to the following (may not be exactly what I have here):
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
The [operating Systems] section is where the options come in place. Simply delete the line that has "3. Microsoft XP Professional Setup " in it.
Save and exit.
Oh, and I recommend a backup of this file....just in case...
