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Hi!
I've installed windows xp pro and windows 2000 pro with a dual boot.I 've decided to format my hard drive but I still have the menu asking me if I want to run win xp or win 2000.
I know how to disable but why it happens?
thx
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Dual Boot after formatting hardrive
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- Wayward Prophet
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Posted 17 May 2004 - 10:41 PM
You did not format the system's primary boot partition. This happens if you have more than 1 hd, or more than 1 partition. You can check which is booting the system by finding ntldr , boot.ini, ntdetect.com or... open Disk Management and see what partition is defined as 'system'.
You will need to edit boot.ini (uncheck 'read-only') and delete the OS that is not used.
You will need to edit boot.ini (uncheck 'read-only') and delete the OS that is not used.
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- Eduardo Tavares
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Posted 19 May 2004 - 08:46 PM
thank you 
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- Like a big surly teddy bear.
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 05:13 AM
If you only have one main partition, this is simply a matter of WinXP setup not overwriting the boot sector. In Windows, open boot.ini (it's a hidden file on the c:\ drive) and remove the line referring to Windows 2000. Be aware that boot.ini may be read-only and you might have to change that attribute prior to editing.
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 08:59 AM
Start|Run|msconfig is a quick way to get there-to the boot.ini that is
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