Guest Eric Miller Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how to remove it and restore back the normal.
Guest Jerry Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... Edit the boot.ini file in the root of the boot drive to remove any references to Win 2008. "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. > > I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed > the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how > to remove it and restore back the normal. >
Guest Eric Miller Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... Needs some help with this. What do I remove? [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message news:ex673ajuIHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Edit the boot.ini file in the root of the boot drive to remove any > references to Win 2008. > > "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message > news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >>drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. >> >> I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed >> the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how >> to remove it and restore back the normal. >> > >
Guest ...winston Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... If Windows Server 2008 is based on the same platform(NT6 as Vista) and uses a bootload like Vista. In a normal dual boot process, when WS08 is installed second, the Bootloader is placed on the primary active sytem partition(XP most likely in your case). Thus editing the boot.ini file on the XP will serve no purposes but to possibly break it once WS08 is removed. You'll need to remove the bootloader from XP's drive. You might try a third party utility to accomplish this task(BootITNG, VistaBootPro, or EasyBCD). -- ...winston ms-mvp mail "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message news:#tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. > > I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would > like to know how to remove it and restore back the normal. >
Guest Ramone Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... Very simple. http://www.vistabootpro.org/ Ramone "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote in message news:0D847EFC-27C6-45A5-930C-C3D70A9D3806@microsoft.com... > If Windows Server 2008 is based on the same platform(NT6 as Vista) and > uses a bootload like Vista. > > In a normal dual boot process, when WS08 is installed second, the > Bootloader is placed on the primary active sytem partition(XP most likely > in your case). Thus editing the boot.ini file on the XP will serve no > purposes but to possibly break it once WS08 is removed. You'll need to > remove the bootloader from XP's drive. You might try a third party utility > to accomplish this task(BootITNG, VistaBootPro, or EasyBCD). > > > -- > ...winston > ms-mvp mail > > > "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message > news:#tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >> drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. >> >> I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed >> the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how >> to remove it and restore back the normal. >> >
Guest Colin Barnhorst Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... Win 2008 does not use Boot.ini. It uses a BCD store. The boot menu item can be removed with VistaBoot Pro. "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message news:ex673ajuIHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Edit the boot.ini file in the root of the boot drive to remove any > references to Win 2008. > > "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message > news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >>drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. >> >> I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed >> the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how >> to remove it and restore back the normal. >> > >
Guest Eric Miller Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... This is what's in there. What do I remove? ; ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message news:ex673ajuIHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Edit the boot.ini file in the root of the boot drive to remove any > references to Win 2008. > > "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message > news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >>drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. >> >> I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed >> the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how >> to remove it and restore back the normal. >> > >
Guest Eric Miller Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... I don't see any reference to Win2008 in this Boot.ini So why is it still showing up? ; ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. > > I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed > the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how > to remove it and restore back the normal. >
Guest Ramone Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... You will not find it in boot.ini. Boot.ini is XP. BCDEDIT.exe is what you need to change to get rid of the entry. Do what you've already been told to do. "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message news:%23V8g8n7uIHA.1688@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I don't see any reference to Win2008 in this Boot.ini So why is it still >showing up? > > ; > ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. > ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. > ; > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP > Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT > > "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message > news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >>drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. >> >> I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed >> the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how >> to remove it and restore back the normal. >> > >
Guest Andy Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... Use the Microsoft bootsect command: bootsect /nt52 sys bootsect {/help|/nt60|/nt52} {SYS|ALL|<DriveLetter>:} [/force] Boot sector restoration tool Bootsect.exe updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions in order to switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR. You can use this tool to restore the boot sector on your computer. On Wed, 21 May 2008 20:14:34 -0700, "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote: >I don't see any reference to Win2008 in this Boot.ini So why is it still >showing up? > >; >;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. >;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. >; >[boot loader] >timeout=30 >default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >[operating systems] >multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT > >"Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message >news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >>drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. >> >> I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed >> the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how >> to remove it and restore back the normal. >> >
Guest John John (MVP) Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... Server 2008 doesn't boot with boot.ini, it uses the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. If you want to remove Server 2008 and return the boot loader to ntldr and boot.ini stick your Server 2008 installation disk in the drive and issue this command at a command prompt: x:\Boot\Bootsect.exe –NT52 All where x is the drive letter of the Server 2008 installation disk. John Eric Miller wrote: > I don't see any reference to Win2008 in this Boot.ini So why is it still > showing up? > > ; > ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. > ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. > ; > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP > Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT > > "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message > news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >>I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >>drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. >> >>I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed >>the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how >>to remove it and restore back the normal. >> > > >
Guest Eric Miller Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... Ok Thanks! I shall do that.... "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:eFkMcw8uIHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Server 2008 doesn't boot with boot.ini, it uses the Boot Configuration > Data (BCD) store. If you want to remove Server 2008 and return the boot > loader to ntldr and boot.ini stick your Server 2008 installation disk in > the drive and issue this command at a command prompt: > > x:\Boot\Bootsect.exe –NT52 All > > where x is the drive letter of the Server 2008 installation disk. > > John > > > Eric Miller wrote: > >> I don't see any reference to Win2008 in this Boot.ini So why is it still >> showing up? >> >> ; >> ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. >> ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. >> ; >> [boot loader] >> timeout=30 >> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >> [operating systems] >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >> Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT >> >> "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message >> news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >>>I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >>>drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. >>> >>>I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed >>>the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how >>>to remove it and restore back the normal. >>> >> >>
Guest Eric Miller Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 Re: Removing Dual Boot?... Ok Thanks! I shall do that.... "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:eFkMcw8uIHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Server 2008 doesn't boot with boot.ini, it uses the Boot Configuration > Data (BCD) store. If you want to remove Server 2008 and return the boot > loader to ntldr and boot.ini stick your Server 2008 installation disk in > the drive and issue this command at a command prompt: > > x:\Boot\Bootsect.exe –NT52 All > > where x is the drive letter of the Server 2008 installation disk. > > John > > > Eric Miller wrote: > >> I don't see any reference to Win2008 in this Boot.ini So why is it still >> showing up? >> >> ; >> ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. >> ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. >> ; >> [boot loader] >> timeout=30 >> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >> [operating systems] >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >> Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT >> >> "Eric Miller" <noreply@msn.com> wrote in message >> news:%23tx7pOjuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >>>I have WinXP Pro as my main OS, and I had installed Win2008 on a second >>>drive and a dual boot menu was created automatically. >>> >>>I bought a new board and stuff to dedicate this to Win2008 so I removed >>>the second, but the dual menu is still there and I would like to know how >>>to remove it and restore back the normal. >>> >> >>
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