Cleaning up boot options

Ol!ver · 17 Jan 2006 at 02:20

I had a couple of different installs of Windows running side by side that I no longer use. How do I go about removing them from the boot options?

Cheers

Xee · 17 Jan 2006 at 04:20

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.

Trigger · 17 Jan 2006 at 09:03

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

Ol!ver · 17 Jan 2006 at 18:22

I've got hidden files shown, always have. Problem is Boot.ini isn't there. It shows up in msconfig though which is odd.

Nem · 17 Jan 2006 at 18:42

Start > Run > msconfig > boot.ini tab > check all boot paths button.

See what that removes for you.

Nick

Ol!ver · 17 Jan 2006 at 19:25

Nem said:
Start > Run > msconfig > boot.ini tab > check all boot paths button.

See what that removes for you.

Nick

Yeah did that, didn't remove any. Ive got a bootsec.bak file though, and a boot folder.

|Ric| · 18 Jan 2006 at 08:42

Right click on My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced Tab -> Start up and Recovery Settings -> Edit

That goes straight into you're boot.ini

Trigger · 18 Jan 2006 at 09:21

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.

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

Do what I said and then you might get somewhere

lordedmond · 18 Jan 2006 at 09:34

|Ric| said:
Right click on My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced Tab -> Start up and Recovery Settings -> Edit

That goes straight into you're boot.ini

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

Trigger · 18 Jan 2006 at 11:48

lordedmond said:
Trigger that will not show files with the S and H bit set only the H bis shown

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

lordedmond · 18 Jan 2006 at 12:19

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

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 · 18 Jan 2006 at 12:24

Could be because you're using 64-bit XP then... ...this is what I mean:

No offence meant though mate

lordedmond · 18 Jan 2006 at 12:28

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

|Ric| · 18 Jan 2006 at 14:12

sorry no

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

um, It is where I said it was in my version and seems to have always been there

lordedmond · 18 Jan 2006 at 14:29

|Ric| said:
um, It is where I said it was in my version and seems to have always been there

its contol pannel not as you stated my computer

Skilldibop · 18 Jan 2006 at 16:51

lordedmond said:
its contol pannel not as you stated my computer

he said RIGHT CLICK ON my computer, not go into. Do tell me you know the difference between left and right click, please.

lordedmond · 18 Jan 2006 at 17:19

|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

Ol!ver · 18 Jan 2006 at 19:27

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: