Re: Two installations of XP showing, but there is only one
- From: "Timothy Daniels" <TDaniels@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 10:03:19 -0700
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
CAREFULLY edit your boot.ini file to remove the SECOND entry.
Your boot.ini file should then read similar to this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Home Edition" /fastdetect
"Similar" is an important word because this boot.ini says
that the operating system is on the *second* hard drive in
the hard drive boot order - as indicated by "rdisk(1)".
The *first* hard drive in the hard drive boot order is
designated by "rdisk(0)" - which is the usual case by far.
A rare example of the above boot.ini file being correct is if
there are 2 HDs on the same IDE cable, and the OS resides
on the one jumpered as "Slave".
Or... there are 2 HDs on separate cables (i.e. separate IDE
channels), and the HD on channel 1 (the second channel)
has the OS.
Or... the hard drive boot order has been changed from its
default setting so that the HD containing the OS is 2nd in
the hard drive boot order.
This all means that if an example of the boot.ini file is to be
given that is correct for 95% or more of the world's Windows
systems, the rdisk value should be "0"
*TimDaniels*
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