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    botched dual boot questions

    i have a customer that is running Win 98 in there machine. he said he started to run a Win XP upgrade but changed his mind and stopped it before it was completed. when it boots now it starts like a dual boot machine, boot either Windows 98 or boot the Windows XP setup. can i remove the choice for the XP setup?
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    I'm pretty sure the answer is yes. just remove it from the boot.ini file.

    but I'd also check to make sure there is no XP setup folders and files hanging around.
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    get the 98 startup disk, boot from diskette

    Fdisk /mbr
    sys c:

    Should remove xp boot files, then you may have to edit the boot.ini file as well.
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    i had already tried fdisking the MBR and it didn't work, but editing the boot.ini solved it. thanks guys
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