I dont want dual os but I cant get rid of it !

[vernonm_2000]

When I turn on my pc it loads the Bios then up comes this OS thing
Like when you run linix and windows on the same partioned HDD
it says Choose you operating System
Microsoft Windows XP Pro
or
Microsoft Windows

WHy is this?

[Web Gecko]

Howdy

I'm no expert but I have set up multiboot systems with Win 95, 98 and
NT4 as well as Linux (Red Hat 6.2 and 7.0 ). As far as I know it is the installation of NT4, Win 2K or XP that picks up OSes in existing partitions and loads a multi-boot loader into the HDD boot track and creates a boot.ini
file (maybe different under 2K and XP) in your primary partition with an entry for each OS in the multi-boot. Boot.ini can be editted to get rid of redundant entries because sometimes there can be junk entries in an old boot.ini.

I am assuming you just have one OS (NOS ? - XP has the NT/2K kernel right ?)
being XP Professional in the primary partition ? Windows is full of all sorts of screw ups so I'm not sure why it has created a multi-boot unless you didn't clear out your primary partition before you installed XP (it could have picked up whatever was already there and created the multi-boot).

I am not familiar with XP (don't know Me or 2K either) but if you can set up a start floppy (with a SYS like utility like under Win 95 or 98) then you may be able to start your system from floppy and run say SYS C: or whatever is appropriate for the OS you are running. This will clear out the boot track and just load a normal single boot loader for your single OS.

I am assuming you only have one OS running on your system. If you have more then
you may need a multi-boot setup. Check both entries in the multi-boot menu. Do they both load something (probably the same OS ?) ? If you need the multi-boot you can edit out any entries you don't need. If not try the start floppy thing
and SYS your boot track so you only boot the one OS you are running (gets rid of the multi-boot loader). Proceed with caution though (backup anything critical). I can't see that you will lose any data though unless you re-partitioned or formatted the drive.

I hope something here is of some use to you.

chou

The Web Gecko

[reboot]

Just edit boot.ini in notepad.
It will look something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout = 30
default = multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows"

Make it look like this:
[boot loader]
timeout = 30
default = multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

In other words, just remove all the stuff relating to the second OS.
DO NOT change the numbers inside the brackets () !

[vernonm_2000]

Thanks Man

[Hpro]

another way on XP would be -
Start > Run type MSCONFIG click OK select BOOT.ini TAB uncheck the "Microsoft Windwos" box, Safe - exit - done