[kummu4help]

hi
due to some problem i interrupted an installation of windows firsttime.

again i installed windows xp on the same drive. it was completed successfully.

but the problem is, at the time of booting the system is asking me to select
one of the options from the following two

windowsxp professional
windows

if i select windowsxp professional it's working fine

if i select windows nothing is being displayed.

so i want to remove this entry from the bootmenu.(want to remove windows entry but windowsxp professional should be intact)

how can i do this

any help please.
thanks

[born2c0de]

Open c:\boot.ini in notepad or any other text editor.
Remove the desired entry and save the file.

[no2pencil]

I would backup the file 1st.

But that's just me.

[kummu4help]

thanks born2code,no2pencil,

but i am unable to find "boot.ini" file in my machine.
i have installed windows in my c:\.
i tried to search for boot.ini using search feature in windows with following file name

 *boot.*

i found a file "bootstat.dat"

but i am unable to find "boot.ini"
can any one help me how to remove that extra entry in my boot menu

thanks for any reply

[no2pencil]

It's hidden because it's a system file.

Open notepad, & just type in the exact path.

File -> Open -> C:\boot.ini

[BigAnt]

just do start -- run and type notepad c:\boot.ini

This will open it for you

[TechWar]

or delete the entry in boot tab of msconfig
start->run(or search bar)type: msconfig
can also set default timeout from there

This post has been edited by TechWar: 27 March 2009 - 08:02 PM