Editing Boot.ini

airbornflght

Ok, I don't know how it got screwed up, but whatever...

[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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

That is it as of now. The first os is the only one installed on my system. So I need to remove the bottom os from the list. Would the edit just be the following?

[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="Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Also, what does rdisk mean?

Kwitko

Yeah, that looks right. Rdisk is just boot.ini's way of specifying the disk to be used. Bootloaders each have their own syntax to specify disks and partitions. GRUB uses hd(0,0), for example.

More on boot.ini and its syntax:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000492.htm
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsNT/AdminTips/Booting/PurposeoftheBOOT.INIFile.html