> How do I ensure that I boot from my old SATA C:, only, and eliminate the
> "choice screen" on bootup? (and delete the XP OS files on E:)
That boot menu is derived from entries in a hidden/read-only file called
"boot.ini". I'm not sure what an entry for a SATA drive there looks like,
but if you can't tell either, you could post the contents of the file back
here.
David Gillett
On 19 Oct 2006 at 20:29, Cal Peters wrote:
> Hi all....
> I recently somehow hosed my WinXP OS files, necessitating a reinstall
> b/c that was the only way I could get it to even boot. I don't seem to
> have lost any data files....but of course I'm having to
> reinstall *everything*. Sucks....but at least I don't seem to have lost
> anything.....
> I'm going to take this one step at a time......
>
> Background:
> My 40G sata (partitioned in to C: and D:) C: was my boot drive.
> My 120G eide (partitioned into E and F:) was for backups and data files,
> basically.
> When I did the reinstall, I screwed up and installed XP onto E: Bad
> move....
> The only way I could think of to make my SATA drive my boot drive again
> was to pull the power plug and reinstall back onto my (old, SATA) C:.
> That worked....but now I get a message when I boot asking which copy of
> XP I want to start.
>
> 1st question:
> How do I ensure that I boot from my old SATA C:, only, and eliminate the
> "choice screen" on bootup? (and delete the XP OS files on E:)
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Cal Peters
> Grandville, MI
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