Re: how to remove undesired second BOOToption?

From: rocio (rocio_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:32:16 -0700

Thank you Pegasus, for your response. I guess is me how
has been sleepy all this time, and I still unsure how to
properly abbreviate MS 2000 Prof. I have seen it done in
so many ways! How would you abbreviate it? ;)

Regarding your suggestion, I will try making that change,
hoping I will not do any real damage to the registry.
However, I have one doubt, when you write...
>notepad c:\boot.ini

Am I supposed to write also the 'notepad' word in the
line command, just as you instructed in that line? Also,
when I do this, would I then see the drive partition I
deleted? (eg: j:\boot.ini ) being that one the one I
have to delete? I'm not sure is the 'c:\boot.ini' the
one that needs to be deleted, as this is the 'working'
system drive. Could you please clarify?

The next line:
>then delete the unwanted line and set timeout=0.

I understand. As I think it refers to the countdown time
when selecting the option, which when set to 'timeout=0'
won't show, continuing start up without stoping. Could
you please clarify my previous doubt before I proceed?

Thank you very much!!
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"rocio" <rocio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:434501c49ec5$e4424230$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I recently installed MS200k twice in my computer. Each
>> install was in it's own partition. The first install
was
>> in drive 'c:' and held the system. The other was in
>> drive 'j:' and was a boot partition.
>>
>> This was a temporary arrangement while I increased the
>> size of the partition in drive c, which I did
>> successfully, and once it was done, I deleted the OS in
>> partition 'j:', from within Computer Managment/Disk
>> Management window.
>>
>> However, something must still be in the registry,
because
>> now, everytime I start my computer, at some point it
gives
>> me the option of booting with one OS or the other (in
>> these case both are Win200k). Using the first option my
>> computer without problems, however, using the second
>> option will give me the error message bellow and stop
the
>> start up (I can not escape, enter or do anything other
>> than press the reset button on my compter):
>>
>> "Windows 2000 could not start because the following
file
>> is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>system32
>> \ntoskrnl.exe"
>>
>> Could some one help me find out how to 'totally' delete
>> the second OS, so that I do not get this option and
error
>> everytime I start up my computer?.
>>
>> If I need to do something with the Registry, could the
>> adviser please give me detailed instructions as
to 'where'
>> and 'what' to type as I'm not an expert in this type of
>> troubleshooting.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>> Rocio
>
>You write "I recently installed MS200k". I must have been
>asleep for a few centuries - my version of Windows is
still
>Win2000, compared to your Win200,000 . . .
>
>The reference to your second Win2000 installation is not
>kept in the registry; it is kept in the hidden file
c:\boot.ini.
>Type this command from a Command Prompt:
>
>notepad c:\boot.ini
>
>then delete the unwanted line and set timeout=0.
>
>
>.
>