Re: Can I remove PART of the the BOOT.INI - XP Home

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 14:12:38 -0500

Go to Start > Run and type: MSCONFIG , and hit enter.
Click on the BOOT.INI tab and then click on "Check All Boot Paths"
to delete incorrect boot paths.

If the above does not correct the issue, then:

Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select:

Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Edit

CAREFULLY edit your boot.ini file.
Your boot.ini file should then look 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 XP Home Edition" /fastdetect 

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"Stephen" <stephen@knight04july.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message:
 news:%23Ml13zYeEHA.732@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Hi
| 
| After having problems installing XP Home I have
| 4 operating systems on my hard drive.
| 
| The OS that is working OK is WINDOWS.2
| 
| I have read on this group that you can delete
| the OS that you don't want from the BOOT.INI
| (found in System & Recovery).
| 
| My question;
| 
| If you look at the boot.ini 'below' you will see that
| the original OS named just WINDOWS has a .dll at the end
| 
| i.e. HAL=halaacpi.dll
| 
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
| Edition" /fastdetect /HAL=halaacpi.dll
| 
| If I remove this line - in fact if I remove every line except WINDOWS.2
| will I screw my system up - or will it still work OK?
| 
| [boot loader]
| timeout=0
| default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS.2
| [operating systems]
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS.2="Microsoft Windows XP Home
| Edition" /fastdetect
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS.1="Microsoft Windows XP Home
| Edition" /fastdetect
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS.0="Microsoft Windows XP Home
| Edition" /fastdetect
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
| Edition" /fastdetect /HAL=halaacpi.dll
| 
| 
| Many thanks in advance - Stephen
| 
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