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Thread starter Fankle Start date Aug 8, Status This thread has been Locked and is not open to further replies. The original thread starter may use the Report button to request it be reopened but anyone else with a similar issue should start a New Thread. Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Fankle Thread Starter. Joined Jan 6, Messages Is there a way to do this? Is there a way I can copy boot information from Disk 2 to Disk 1 so that the computer can boot without Disk 2.
Copy the files ntldr , boot. Assuming active partition on IDE disk is primary partition 1! See explanations for ARC Paths. Yes you can, but do you want to? If it's that soon, why not just reformat once more without the drive in there? Or simply do a "Repair" from the Windows disc? If you are really stuck, you can try to put both partitions on one disc. You should shrink the partition on the 2nd drive to about MB or so, enough to hold all the files Windows dumped into it while giving it some breathing room.
Then shrink the partition on the regular Windows drive to give it enough room for the files. Copy the partition to the drive. If it puts the partition at the end of the disk, you may need to go back to move the files to the front. Sign up to join this community. Logs information about the boot process to the ntbtlogl. Forces XP to boot into the safe mode specified by the switch parameter, which can be minimal , network , or minimal alternate shell.
In minimal safe mode, only the minimum set of drivers necessary to start XP are loaded. In network safe mode, networking drivers are loaded in addition to the minimum set of drivers. In minimal alternate shell the minimum set of drivers are loaded and XP boots into the command prompt. Displays the name of each driver as it loads and gives descriptions of what is occurring during the boot process.
It also offers other information, including the XP build number, the service pack number, the number of processors on the system, and the amount of installed memory. The next time you start your computer, its settings will go into effect. In our example, if we want the menu to appear for 45 seconds, the default operating system to be Windows , and the XP splash screen to be turned off when we choose to load XP, the boot.
Even if you have only one operating system, you can create a boot menu that will let you choose to load your operating system with different parameters.
For example, for menu choices, you might have your normal operating system; a mode that lets you trace any startup problems; and Safe Mode. To give yourself the option of operating systems with different parameters, create separate entries for each new operating system choice.
For example, for the version of the operating system that traces potential startup problems, you could create this entry:. This entry creates a startup log and also displays information about the drivers and other operating system information as it loads. You have to choices now. This can be done by running the command bootsect.
The program bootsect. This method will keep the boot manager of Win7 to boot XP, but will delete the non-existent for now Win7 menu entry. But, most probably, XP will remain default. If there is no explicit declaration of default OS, XP bootloader probably will choose the first in the list as such. Remove Windows 7 beta from dual boot system with XP and restore boot. I searched the internet extensively and tried several different solutions.
I was able to remove Windows 7 after taking ownership of the files. I tried fixmbr from my OS disk, but still had the screen at boot giving me the choice of Windows 7 or an earlier operating system. By checking the dates of the files in the root directory, I was able to guess at the files that were placed there during the installation of Windows 7.
I deleted boot.
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