Windows Boot Help

TheSourceTheSource
edited September 2003 in Science & Tech
Ok i installed linux on to my machine. I formatted the drives that had linux on it in winodws with partition magic. no the bott loader just gives me some wierd command line thing. how can i get that off and have it just boot into windows. btw: i am on a second installation of windows xp right now :/

thanks for the help


edit: i asked someeon in irc about this and they sadi to edit my "boot.ini" but i cant find this :/

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  • TheSourceTheSource
    edited August 2003
    ok i found the bott.ini. one on the c: drive and one on the f: drive. i want to boot into the f: drive but dont know how casue it auto goes into the c: drive.

    my drives are like this:

    c:\ windows installation #2
    d:\ ftp server drive
    e:\ backupdrive
    f:\ Windows installation #1 <----what i want to get into
    g:\ empty

    contents of the "boot.ini's"

    c drive ini:

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

    f drive ini:

    [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
  • TheSourceTheSource
    edited August 2003
    and the "s" on the third line is actually on the second line where its supposed to be, dotn know why its messed up like that on there :/
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited August 2003
    Help a little more. You have removed linux and just want to go back to a windos boot without comander now or what?

    Just trying to be sure before we start , what you want.

    Trc
  • TheSourceTheSource
    edited August 2003
    ok here is an update i have installed a boot loader and have gotten back into my first installation of windows and removed the old one. but i would like to have the bott loader i just installed removed (got the uninstall disk) and have my computer boot straight into windows
  • TheSourceTheSource
    edited September 2003
    anyone?
  • stoopidstoopid Albany, NY New
    edited September 2003
    It's my vague recollection (been a while since I had a linux dual boot) that once the boot loader is installed you have to format C: /s (or whatever switch is used to remove the FAT table) in order to remove that boot loader.

    I also remember there being a way to get into Linux and have it remove that loader itself and set the default OS to windows... but, again, it's been a long time...
  • TheSourceTheSource
    edited September 2003
    i guess i am stuck with this stupid boot loader that i put on there cause the linux one didn't work because i dont wanna format and linux is gone :/
  • stoopidstoopid Albany, NY New
    edited September 2003
    Originally posted by TheSource
    i guess i am stuck with this stupid boot loader that i put on there cause the linux one didn't work because i dont wanna format and linux is gone :/

    I remember being in the same boat, and that was during my more aggressive overclocking days and before I discovered the majesty of backing up regularly with Norton Ghost... so I got data corruption one day and had to reinstall and problem solved... guess that's why I remembered anything about this.
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