boot.ini

[shamus]

yeah I know I'm old and forgetful......

I have a machine that was dual booting with two HDDs....customer formated D: with XP on it and Win98 is on C:
How do I get rid of the boot.ini file? All I get is HAL errors with what I've tried....just want to boot to 98....

[shamus]

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No ideas? I hate it when NooNoo is in bed... :(

[WebHead]

Personally I'm not a dual booting kinda guy so I wouldn't know. I just felt obligated to post SOMETHING since my name is up there in that list. :D

[Ya_know]

Originally posted by shamus
yeah I know I'm old and forgetful......

I have a machine that was dual booting with two HDDs....customer formated D: with XP on it and Win98 is on C:
How do I get rid of the boot.ini file? All I get is HAL errors with what I've tried....just want to boot to 98....

This article is just what you need. Although NT and XP differ considerably, from this perspective these instructions should handle your needs perfectly...


Removing Windows NT from a Windows 95/98 Dual-Boot Installation (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;171444)

PS. You don't need NooNoo, you just gotta search the MSKB!

[NEPATEC]

You will need to do a bit more than just nuke the boot.ini file to remedy this. When NT4/2000/XP are installed in a dual-boot environment, they actually re-write the boot sector on the primary hard drive. This requires you to re-SYS the drive

Quickest way to get around this (based on the assumption that the XP volume has been deleted) is to boot up from a 98 setup disk, SYS the C: drive, and then delete the following files from the root of C:

bootsect.dos
boot.ini
ntldr
ntdetect.com

You will also need to modify the msdos.sys file, using a text editor, so that it correctly references the Windows 98 installation. Here is a quick & dirty example:

----------------------------------------------------------
;sample msdos.sys file for win9x

[Paths]
HostWinBootDrv=C
WinDir=C:\windows
WinBootDir=C:\windows

[Options]
AutoScan=2
BootDelay=2
BootGUI=1
BootKeys=1
BootMenu=0
BootMenuDefault=1
BootMenuDelay=30
BootMulti=0
BootWarn=1
BootWin=1
DblSpace=0
DoubleBuffer=0
DrvSpace=0
LoadTop=0
Logo=0
Network=0

----------------------------------------------------------

If you don't have a 9x startup diskette handy, you can download one from http://www.bootdisk.com/

Hope this helps,

mike

[shamus]

Originally posted by Ya_know
PS. You don't need NooNoo, you just gotta search the MSKB!

yes, but she has all this stuff bookmarked ;) :D

Thanks Ya_know and NEPATEC :cool:

[NooNoo]

Originally posted by Ya_know


PS. You don't need NooNoo, you just gotta search the MSKB!


:devil: harrrumph.....

P.S Shamus I quit bookmarking this stuff, I have a 19" monitor at 1024 and ALL the categories now have to scroll off the screen.... :eek2:

So now I just remember that there is a fix and query google accordingly... :D

[Ya_know]

Originally posted by NooNoo
:devil: harrrumph.....

:D

Don't be mad, I was just trying to take off some of the load...

[NooNoo]

Not mad at all... and this week has been somewhat busy. Just had an i810 kick my butt for a couple of hours...2 falls and one submission later, I win :D

Tiling your kitchen is a great way to keep your mind of windrivers as well ;)