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  1. March 23rd, 2003, 08:18 PM #1
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    boot.ini

    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....
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  2. March 23rd, 2003, 09:08 PM #2
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  3. March 23rd, 2003, 09:21 PM #3
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    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.
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  4. March 23rd, 2003, 09:36 PM #4
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    Re: boot.ini

    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

    PS. You don't need NooNoo, you just gotta search the MSKB!
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  5. March 23rd, 2003, 09:49 PM #5
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    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
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  6. March 24th, 2003, 10:52 AM #6
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    Re: Re: boot.ini

    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

    Thanks Ya_know and NEPATEC
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  7. March 24th, 2003, 05:37 PM #7
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    Re: Re: boot.ini

    Originally posted by Ya_know


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

    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....

    So now I just remember that there is a fix and query google accordingly...
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  8. March 24th, 2003, 07:36 PM #8
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    Re: Re: Re: boot.ini

    Originally posted by NooNoo
    harrrumph.....
    Don't be mad, I was just trying to take off some of the load...
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  9. March 24th, 2003, 08:06 PM #9
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    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

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