Uninstalling XP from dual boot system
Ok all. . . . . don't know if i done this the right way but i just reformated the 2nd harddrive that xp was on. Now as you all know on dual boot systems you get a choice of what OS you want to start on bootup.
Ok all.....don't know if i done this the right way but i just reformated the 2nd harddrive that xp was on.
Now as you all know on dual boot systems you get a choice of what OS you want to start on bootup.
The problem is i'm still getting this choice upon bootup and i wish to get rid of it as xp is not installed anymore.
I'm guessing that its a registry thing......can anybody help?
BTW.......i'm on WinME(previously WinME+XP Dual boot)
Now as you all know on dual boot systems you get a choice of what OS you want to start on bootup.
The problem is i'm still getting this choice upon bootup and i wish to get rid of it as xp is not installed anymore.
I'm guessing that its a registry thing......can anybody help?
BTW.......i'm on WinME(previously WinME+XP Dual boot)
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Its actually a bootstrap thing! When you dual boot, several NT bootstrap files are placed on your hd (ntldr.exe, boot.ini etc). This removes the dos boot you once had with ME. You can set the default boot "default=C:\" in the BOOT.INI file to be C:\ with a timeout of 0 and it will boot into WinME. Remove any listing in the [operating systems] section that refer to the XP partition and leave the line beginning with C:\.
Now you can use SYS.EXE from a WinME boot floppy and it will replace the NT BootStrap with a DOS bootstrap (msdos.sys, IO.sys, Command.com). I'm not sure if your system will autoboot into windows afterwards but if it doesn't just add the "WIN" to your autoexec.bat and it will go into windows.
Now you can use SYS.EXE from a WinME boot floppy and it will replace the NT BootStrap with a DOS bootstrap (msdos.sys, IO.sys, Command.com). I'm not sure if your system will autoboot into windows afterwards but if it doesn't just add the "WIN" to your autoexec.bat and it will go into windows.
lol/now i'm completely lost......
Ok this is whats happened.
Installed WinME.
Then installed WinXP to another partition(another harddrive)
then i got that menu to choose OS at startup(XP being default)
Them deleated the XP partition
Still have the menu to choose which os at statup(XP now gone)
Since then i've reinstalled WinME over the top of exsiting WinME
Now menu has WinME as default startup.
i want to completely get rid of menu so it boots up without the choice.
i have no reference or file's called (ntldr.exe, boot.ini)on my harddrive.
and this is my autoexec in c:\
SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
SET windir=C:\WINDOWS
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
SET PROMPT=$p$g
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET CLASSPATH=C:\PROGRA~1\PHOTOD~1.0\ADOBEC~1
so can someone help me?
Probably quicker just to reformat the whole thing/lol
Ok this is whats happened.
Installed WinME.
Then installed WinXP to another partition(another harddrive)
then i got that menu to choose OS at startup(XP being default)
Them deleated the XP partition
Still have the menu to choose which os at statup(XP now gone)
Since then i've reinstalled WinME over the top of exsiting WinME
Now menu has WinME as default startup.
i want to completely get rid of menu so it boots up without the choice.
i have no reference or file's called (ntldr.exe, boot.ini)on my harddrive.
and this is my autoexec in c:\
SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
SET windir=C:\WINDOWS
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
SET PROMPT=$p$g
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET CLASSPATH=C:\PROGRA~1\PHOTOD~1.0\ADOBEC~1
so can someone help me?
Probably quicker just to reformat the whole thing/lol
If you've got your stuff backed up and have the time, a clean install wouldn't hurt.
If the situation were reversed, it's a piece of cake to take care of.
If the situation were reversed, it's a piece of cake to take care of.
