Re: Remove Win2000 Boot Loader

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From: Chen (weeblie_at_h.o.t.m.a.i.l.com)
Date: 06/16/04


Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 07:41:23 +0200

But... don't forget that boot.ini is a "hidden file" and
"write-protected"... ;-)

The easiest way for changing it is to use msconfig. (start->run, msconfig,
OK)

// Chen

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> "danjam" <djameson@childrensoncologygroup.org> wrote in message
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> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to get the Windows 2000 boot loader (or whatever it
> is
> > called) off of a hard drive? That is, the part when the computer is
> booting
> > and the white, text mode progress indicator runs. When I install
Windows
> XP
> > on a new hard drive, that progress bar is not there, but I can't get rid
> of
> > it from any drive that has been a boot drive for Windows 2000.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > DEJ
> >
>
> If you get rid of it then Win2000 won't load! To make it invisible,
> just set timeout=0 in the hidden file c:\boot.ini.
>
>



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