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Comment from Demissew on 2009-11-12

2009-11-12T16:03:23Z

Thanks Loe, Its been a pain in the neck for months. Too bad i found your post late.

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Comment from Angel of Death on 2009-11-02

2009-11-02T20:17:35Z

I am using VISTA 64, recently i tried to install Linux ASUS 10.1 OS.

In the middle of the installation when it ask me to format partition i refused it and quit the installation.

now every time i reboot my pc it prompt me in dual boot option with ASUS (windows installer).

i found some helpful solutions.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistarepair/thread/1561b2d9-d828-4bdd-b47a-bfdcddae76e2?prof=required

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Comment from Satesh on 2009-08-30

2009-08-30T15:51:10Z

hey dude i have a really annoying problem ....!
i start xp setup just to format a partition but it continued till up to copying files stage, like about 70% and i took off the computer. When i started up again i saw the setup as i choice but i didnt, i booted up in the other choice; XP and edited the startup & recovery option. I am now cin "window (default)" as the new choice along with the normal Xp
I wanna know how can i remove that

i'm dual booting vista and xp ....

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Comment from Ali Jan on 2009-07-20

2009-07-21T05:50:02Z

if you are not sure what are you going to do with "Boot.INI" then better not to touch it,if u made some changes and after that your not able to run windows on your OS then what u have to do is to insert windows CD choose option "R" for Repair choose your OS 1 then Enter Admin Pass if any or just press Enter. now type boot fix, Enter and follow the instructions once u done with this just restart your System and enjoy is working fine now.........Ali jan........available for your help always...... [email address removed]

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Comment from Zack on 2009-05-23

2009-05-23T14:11:37Z

Hi There,
This is Zack here.

I installed Windows XP Pro and then again in another partition installed Widows Vista in the same hard drive with four partitions.

Now, Vista was hanging up sometimes and I formatted that drive, and then whenever I tried to boot I get two options as follow:

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows (default)

The boot.ini file is as follow:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer

Now, is there a way out so that I can completely get rid of that useless "Windows Default" option from the boot option and because there is only one OS installed now which is XP Pro, and it boots my Windows XP Pro normally without any options?

Please help me.
Regards,
Zack.

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Comment from Paul on 2009-05-05

2009-05-05T14:09:07Z

How to Uninstall and Remove Windows 7 or Vista Leaving Windows XP on Dual Boot System.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/01/17/how-to-uninstall-and-remove-windows-7-or-vista-leaving-windows-xp-on-dual-boot-system/

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Comment from Joseph Bloe (pron Blay) on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T19:44:55Z

Here is my boot.ini

[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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

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Comment from Joseph Bloe (pron Blay) on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T19:36:30Z

I had these same exact 2 boot listings and I removed the Windows XP Pro setup boot just as you said to do but upon reboot it is now repleced with a Windows default boot along with my Windows XP Pro boot but I can't find the Windows default boot listed anywhere. I looked in msconfig and in my computer/properties/advanced/settings/edit too.

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Comment from Jacob on 2009-03-23

2009-03-24T03:20:52Z

You should be able to fix all this. Instead of going to "My computer", because all the Operating Systems will be different, go to your boot drive (C:\) and get into "tools", "folder Options", in the "View" tab, change the settings to "Show hidden files and folders", and also untick the box which says "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)". Then boot.ini should show up in the C:\ root. get into it and remove the unwanted OS.
If you have the operating systems installed on different hard drives, then you will need to make sure that you are changing the boot.ini file on the BOOT drive, which should be C:\

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Comment from paul on 2009-02-10

2009-02-10T17:11:18Z

yep still missing something, i installed windows 7 beta also after original xp pro install. my boot.ini shows only xp pro but when starting up pc, windows 7 (uninstalled and partition it was installed on removed) is still default option...obviusly can't start up unless manually change to xp each time.

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Comment from uddeshya on 2009-02-09

2009-02-09T14:19:02Z

hi dear
i installed two os on my pc windows xp and vista
whenever i was start my pc it shows two options of os but after few days it automaticlly start with windows xp and in edit setting my pc shows only one boot menu so i want to boot my vista but there is no menu occurs whenever i start my pc

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Comment from Anil on 2009-02-05

2009-02-05T12:46:31Z

I read that article carefully but that is only working with XP not with Vista. Please help me.

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Comment from Anil on 2009-02-02

2009-02-02T10:37:39Z

I am sorry this article is not useful for me. Because I have different problem. That I already deleted the XP by formating and installed VISAT but still giving option for XP during boot. Whwn I reinstalled VISAT giving three option XP and two VISAt where one can ionly boot. Bur t westing time and loking bad.

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Comment from Simon on 2009-01-19

2009-01-20T02:10:17Z

so which ones the invalid entry? it's not letting me do very much and my BOOT.INI basically looks like the example above.

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Comment from hdjunkie on 2009-01-18

2009-01-19T06:28:46Z

this is way outdated.
start:run
msconfig.exe
boot tab
delete invalid entry

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Comment from Simon on 2009-01-14

2009-01-14T11:11:48Z

I have two HDD's, my main one has Windows XP and my second one i had just installed the Windows 7 Beta on, that didnt work for some reason and now i want tot take out the second old HDD but i want to get rid of the boot choices between the "earlier version of windows" and "Windows 7" so it will automatically boot up with XP which is the earlier version but when i try all the tricks and ways to remove such an option, nothing seems to work. I just want my old auto boot to XP back and no fault windows 7 beta option. I tried looking into it this way but im not sure it'll help, what should i do?

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Comment from Phil on 2009-01-13

2009-01-13T18:35:30Z

My problem is similar to Amit's. I installed Vista Pro and subsequently erased it. However, the boot entry remains. BCEdit is needed, apparently, to manage the boot entry for Vista. Is there a way to remove this through XP?

Thank you.
-phil

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Comment from Amit on 2008-12-24

2008-12-24T18:17:41Z

Hej Leo

I have a problem which (I think) wasn't covered by the article or the ather comments.

I installed Vista on a computer that had win XP. Before installing, the boot menu had two entries: Win XP, and Win XP Setup. I thought that instaling Vista will give give the choice to format the disk, but no. The old windows was moved to a windows.old folder, and the boot menu now had three entries - entry nr. 2 is now the Vista.
I premeturly deleted the windows.old folder which means the old Boot.ini is gone.
Using a boot manager i can only see the vista entry and the XP entry, but not the XP-setup entry. I removed the XP entry.

the situation now is that I have two entries: 1.Vista and 2.XP-setup which I can't remove, and which is always the default entry.

I hope you can understand the complication.

Any idea how I can solve this mess?

Thanks
Amit

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Comment from Suvda and Fon on 2008-11-08

2008-11-08T08:13:22Z

Thank you! It is so effective method.
We can fixed it now. Good Luck ^.^

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Comment from arshad on 2008-10-10

2008-10-10T11:29:16Z

Hi Leo thanks a lot
May god bless u
arshad

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Comment from Shuting on 2008-10-10

2008-10-10T11:20:37Z

It didnt't work with my system...

I booted from a winXP pro install CD, which doesn't include a partition tool (I thought it did) on my one partition laptop (with windows XP on it). Setup files were copied successfully but it showed an error in the setup process and I had to shutdown.
When I restart my computer, I got 2 boot choices, one is my win xp, the other is the win xp setup, which I don't want anymore.

I delete the second line from the boot.ini and on the start up and recovery wizard it shows only one choice.
But when I start my computer, there are still 2 choices, and one of them is changed to "windows xp (default)" from "windows xp setup".

I haven't made a copy of the original boot.ini. What to do now to delete all the setup files and the second boot choice?

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Comment from Anand on 2008-10-09

2008-10-10T03:02:12Z

Leo your are like a good to me. Thank you very very very much. I literally wasted 8 hours today just scratching my brain and trying to figure out how to remove that extra like of code. Tried everything from FIXMBR to FIXBOOT , but nothing worked. And your solution was the most simple and it took me only 30 secs to fix this issue on my laptop, thank you once again. And may god bless you.

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Comment from bryan on 2008-08-17

2008-08-17T18:14:03Z

thants for the info...worry free now..

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Comment from dlh56 on 2008-08-13

2008-08-14T04:26:05Z

your advice on removing multiple os choices at boot was invaluabe. thanks.

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Comment from Ravi on 2008-07-17

2008-07-17T18:26:35Z

Thanks Leo! It really worked like a magic which was otherwise an annoying problem.

Thanks a Lot!

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Comment from Richard on 2008-06-08

2008-06-08T21:07:06Z

thankz a lot LEO..u R our best professor for solving our PC problems..more good health to U and GOD bless..

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Comment from Sushant Jain on 2008-05-16

2008-05-16T18:36:08Z

Thanks leo very much for your help
the solution provided by u is very simple and effective

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Comment from Samy Jasmiller on 2008-04-04

2008-04-04T10:55:48Z

Now even if I stopped windows from the booting choices, I still see Windows and windows(0) sitting in my C drive each swallowing 3 GB of my HD. How do I eliminate this double HD rip ?please

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Comment from Preston Elmer on 2008-01-19

2008-01-19T19:02:15Z

There's an easier way to do this. Start>Run>type MSCONFIG>select BOOT.ini tab>Second operating system should be listed there.
Select it and press "check all boot paths" it will say it's invalid if you have already formatted or deleted the windows files on that drive. It will give you the option to remove it.

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Comment from Jean-Paul on 2007-12-10

2007-12-10T13:47:07Z

Excellent advice! Searched on Google for my boot problem and found the answer here! Many thanks

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Comment from Jimmy on 2007-11-20

2007-11-21T04:57:25Z

THANKS SO MUCH. Did exactly what i needed. I took away the extra line of code and it booted right up. Thanks!

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Comment from marius on 2007-10-14

2007-10-14T19:38:10Z

i have similar problem but my boot file has my old user and all its files. Now in my new user from folder documents and setting and i can see it but i can't access it. How to remove it or at least get into it? thx

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Comment from Dean Blair on 2007-09-27

2007-09-28T05:55:32Z

Hey Leo,

I want to thank you for being there. Your advice on how to simply remove a boot choice was perfect. I had done it many times before but had to go through a convoluted effort and your pointing out a much simpler method deserves validation. Thank you.

Dean Blair

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Comment from Harshvardhan Pande on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T08:40:49Z

I tried following ur comment but it does not help...I have pasted the content of the matter that i have edited as follows:

EDITED:
" [boot loader]
timeout=3
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" /fastdetect /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN "

the option for the Vista os is still there...it won't go away...please help...

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Comment from Hndrk on 2007-07-15

2007-07-15T16:14:24Z

Thanks so much Leo.
Finally, YES.

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Comment from Francis F. Lee on 2007-07-05

2007-07-05T21:01:00Z

I tried your recipe. I printed a hard copy and followed the steps very faithfully.

It worked partially. I had two entries on the original .ini file and removed one I don't want. However at boot time, the removed one appears in a different name, just "Windows". It continues to do the same thing before, i.e. to install my XP pro again.

Any further suggestions? I know I can get rid of this problem with a clean re-install of my XP, with reforming the selected hard drive. It just does not appeal to me.

Any further suggestions?

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Comment from tala on 2007-06-27

2007-06-27T14:07:25Z

about to find hidden files:
make a new file . then at the left u will find some named files the named files u will find all of the hidden files then u will press on yours. the file will open and u will open options make it unhidden and u will find ur file back on the desk top. thx

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Comment from S.Y Lee on 2007-06-06

2007-06-06T16:27:02Z

that really helped. Thank you very much.

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Comment from tonya on 2007-05-30

2007-05-31T01:44:18Z

i have microsoft media edition 2002. how do i find the hidden files that contain web sites visited and copies of email that have been deleted?

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Comment from Jarrad Annetts on 2007-05-03

2007-05-03T12:02:24Z

thank u very much, u r one of the few out there helping people like me, thank you very much, very good advice, thx

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Comment from Chris on 2007-02-18

2007-02-18T19:53:56Z

I have a similar problem to the one described above, except that I am using a pc with Windows ME installed. I recently tried an upgrade to XP on a seperate partition, but after removing XP, I still get the choice of which operating system at boot. There is no boot.ini file anywhere on the pc. Is there another way to edit the choices and remove XP so that it automatically starts in ME?

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Comment from matt on 2007-01-08

2007-01-08T21:26:39Z

i have similar problem, but it is with windows vista, i deleted vista, but it is still there. any help? i just want xp there

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Comment from daniel hunt on 2006-10-19

2006-10-19T07:47:46Z

Hey thanks this helped me out heaps, just one this

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

what are some of the meanings eg fastdetect,noexecute=optin

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Comment from Leo on 2006-03-25

2006-03-25T23:24:49Z

That's boot.ini, not inf. And it's typically a hidden file at the root of your hard disk.

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Comment from Doreen on 2006-03-25

2006-03-25T22:44:45Z

I went to the windows 2000 and can't seem to locate the boot.inf file.

It has windows 2000 on it and a partially installed xp pro, that went bad.
Is it safe to delete the windows folder on C drive?

I am not familiar with 2k os, so I need more detailed information on it. I did a search and the computer comes back no such file. Can it be named something else in windows 2k.

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