I played with a OS, now deleted, but still shows to choose which to boot ?

[Slinger]

So i was playing around with a OS, installed it on a partition and now I went into my primary OS and formated the partition that I installed the other OS on, but not my pc still asks what OS i want to boot, how do I remove this ?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Boot from the windows disk, enter the recovery console, and run the fixmbr command. This will rewrite the MBR and will eliminate entries for everything except for installed copies of Windows.

 

[Slinwagh]

Edit the boot.ini file and remove the live that refers tot he OS you don't want it to list.

It is a lot less drastic this way too!

 

[something daft already!!]

Yeah, I used fixmbr once and trashed a hard drive!

 

[Slinger]

Edit the boot.ini file and remove the live that refers tot he OS you don't want it to list.

It is a lot less drastic this way too!

Thanks all for the fast replies, where would I find boot.ini file ?

 

[Carter]

Thanks all for the fast replies, where would I find boot.ini file ?

Root of c: drive usually, you may need to enable 'show hidden files'

open windows explorer
on the menu, Tools - Folder Options
View Tab
Show hidden files and folders



I used to have that username

 

[Slinger]

Root of c: drive usually, you may need to enable 'show hidden files'

open windows explorer
on the menu, Tools - Folder Options
View Tab
Show hidden files and folders



I used to have that username

I did a search and fount a boot.ini, i found two , but its showng it on my E drive partition which i formatted last nite, it wasnt the partition with the OS i installed that i formatted, I try open them but it tells me it cant and its not available, i did say serach for hidden files in the search settings too

any idea where to go now ?