How do I get rid of extra Win2k listed in BIOS during boot?

[Patrick]

This may seem like an odd problem, but I've never seen anyone ask about it before.

When a dual boot system is turned on, you're faced with a choice in the BIOS as to which OS you wish to use. I've got two computers that for different reasons have Win2k listed twice, although Win2k is of course only installed once on each computer.

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows

The middle listing of Win2k is the one I want to get rid of. My question is - how do I get the unnecessary extra listing of Win2k removed so that it doesn't come up every time the computer is booted?

[mutz]

Edit your boot.ini file in the root of C:

You will see the extra lines in there. Just mark and delete them, leaving the one you want.

[Patrick]

Quick response!

That sounds simple enough. Thanks mutz.

[Patrick]

Maybe not so simple...

Ok, I found what I need, but I'm not exactly sure what to delete. I've copied the info here. You'll notice I've also included the listing for the default OS. It's difficult for me to determine what words belong to what OS because nothing is really listed on a "line". Could someone who understands this please tell me exactly what to delete. Thanks.

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
signature(a945a1f9)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WIN NT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

[Patrick]

Success...

Well, I took a chance and deleted the following:

/fastdetect signature(a945a1f9)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WIN NT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional"

It seems to have worked. Whew!

[mutz]

...here's mine

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

[SpiralDragon]

naa.. its prety simple... just takes alitle heart..

[Pace]

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT 
[operating systems] 
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect 
signature(a945a1f9)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect 
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

As you can see, (ignoring multi, disk and rdisk), partition(2) is the default OS, whereas partition(1) is the orphaned install.

C:\ is for the DOS based Windows systems, and you can change "Microsoft Windows" to "Windows 98" etc to make it nicer

One thing that I don't know is the "signature" part. Can anyone enlighten me? Did you upgrade to a Dynamic Disk maybe? (straws)

P.

[Patrick]

Huh?

Pace, I hope it's not me you're asking about upgrading to a "Dynamic Disk", whatever that is.

[Paddy]

Isn't the signature a reference to the HD, sort of a serial number.
I get a really odd looking boot.ini when i install with a mixture of IDE and SCSI.

[Pace]

But they there's a bit of Irish in you

[Paddy]