Cleaning up boot options

Remove the lines that correspond to the installs/OS's that you don't want anymore from your Boot.ini. Then Just format those partitions (after you have backed up ;) )

Your Boot.ini is a hidden file found at C:/, or you can access it via msconfig.
 
Yeah, you need to set your machine to display system files. In My Computer, go to Tools > Folder Options > View > Show system files (Tick box) and hit apply. You will then see the file boot.ini at the root of C:\. Open it with notepad and take out the options you don't want :)
 
Right click on My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced Tab -> Start up and Recovery Settings -> Edit

That goes straight into you're boot.ini
 
Ol!ver said:
I've got hidden files shown, always have. Problem is Boot.ini isn't there. It shows up in msconfig though which is odd.
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Trigger said:
Yeah, you need to set your machine to display system files. In My Computer, go to Tools > Folder Options > View > Show system files (Tick box) and hit apply. You will then see the file boot.ini at the root of C:\. Open it with notepad and take out the options you don't want :)
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Do what I said and then you might get somewhere ;)
 
|Ric| said:
Right click on My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced Tab -> Start up and Recovery Settings -> Edit

That goes straight into you're boot.ini
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sorry no

it should be control pannel / perfomance and maintenace / system / advanced / startup recovery there ye shall find

Trigger that will not show files with the S and H bit set only the H bis shown
 
lordedmond said:
Trigger that will not show files with the S and H bit set only the H bis shown
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Eh??? If you set windows to display system files, then windows will display system files. boot.ini is a system file and I think you can work the rest out for yourself ;)
 
Trigger said:
Eh??? If you set windows to display system files, then windows will display system files. boot.ini is a system file and I think you can work the rest out for yourself ;)
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I have no way to show the system files in view
but maybe its because i use xp64 bit and that option is not there



the way i do it myself is to use the cmd prompt use attrib unset the required bits edit the re apply the s and h bits

must be my dos backgound

as normal we all use a different method to get the same job done

take care
 
Trigger

yes i have that same box to check but it will not show the system / hidden files in ths root of c drive as you say it must be a 64 bit thing

but no worries I can do what i want and hopfully the OP has sorted his system out
 
sorry no

it should be control pannel / perfomance and maintenace / system / advanced / startup recovery there ye shall find
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um, It is where I said it was in my version and seems to have always been there
 
|Ric|

please accept my applogies for my bad :eek:

skilldibop
yes I do know the diff

a bit red faced as to my bad with |Ric| just missed the right click bit

as i stated earlier we al have different ways of doing the same thing and this causes blinkers to be worn at times
 
Righty-ho, here's what I got:

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup"

So I what do I want rid of? I can't see why any of it's needed if you only have one OS there.

Cheers again, this thread's making me look a right noob, I'm rather annoyed at myself :mad:
 
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