Re: Help I have 3 op systems

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nascarbtch37 wrote:
I have 3 op systems on my machine and i need to get them off
I have read the article on XP FAQ and i really dont understand it fully i do know that i have these 3 old programs that i dont need I have gotten to the Boot notebook and this is what it says

timeout 3 default+multi(0)disk(0)r disk(0) partition(2)/ windows 1

is what my files say so I know Im running that one for sure but I also have this 

operating systems
Multi(0) disk  ETC windows1+windows xp home edition/fastdetect/noexecute=optin

Multi(0) ETC windows=microsoft windows xp home edition/fastdetect

multi(0) ETC windows1=microsoft windows xp home edition/fast detect

Now how do I make those go away in English please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 




Click on the 'My Computer' icon on the desk top.

Click on the 'View System Information' selection.

Select the 'Advanced' tab.

Look for 'Startup and Recovery' and click the 'settings' button.

Click the 'Edit' button.

This brings up your 'boot.ini' file in notepad.

*Carefully* remove the entries that you don't want to see at boot up. Make sure that the 'default' entry reflects the OS that you want to keep and points to the correct partition, hard drive and operating system name (folder name where XP is installed). When you are satisfied that it is correct save it.

This is a copy of mine ...

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(5)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(5)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional_test" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Note that the 'default' entry points to rdisk(1) (the 2nd hard drive, 0 would be the first or primary), and partition(5) (unlike rdisk this counts starting at 1 for the first partition on drive rdisk() but skips unreadable partitions) '\Windows' denotes the OS's folder name as listed below. The meaning of multi() and disk() is detailed at MS's web site but most likely doesn't apply to you or 99% of the computer users running Windows at home.

HTH,
John





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