[dba-Tech] Boot off of D: drive

John Bartow john at winhaven.net
Fri Nov 17 14:16:37 CST 2006


To get rid of the dual boot:

Remove XP from the boot.ini as follows:

Start | Run | cmd
c:
cd\
attrib boot.ini -r -s -h
copy boot.ini boot.ini.bak (for safety)
notepad boot.ini (Format | No Word Wrap)

Remove the line referring to Windows XP.  
IF XP was the default operating system, change the "default" line to boot to
2003 instead.  See the sample boot.ini below:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WIN2K3
[operating systems]
(Delete this Line) multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WIN2K3="Microsoft Windows Server 2003"
/fastdetect
(you can also change the default in MSCONFIG on the Boot.ini tab)
attrib boot.ini +r +s +h

Then delete the folder XP's installed to.




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