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John Eastwell

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:13 am
Post subject: Dual Boot
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I was running with a dual boot XP/98 but have now removed the hard drive
which had the 98 OS. However when I start the machine I still have the boot
option screen. How do I remove the boot option and go straight to XP /
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Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:13 am
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Edit the Boot.ini file located in the root directory of the C: drive. You
can also do this through MSConfig and its built in tools.

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>I was running with a dual boot XP/98 but have now removed the hard drive
>which had the 98 OS. However when I start the machine I still have the boot
>option screen. How do I remove the boot option and go straight to XP /
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