I am currently running a win2k / 98SE dual boot system. I installed 98SE first and then install win2k over it. Win2k and Win98SE are both on its seperate partition in a seperate hard drive. So now that i don't need to run 98SE anymore, I would like to just single boot into win2k, can somebody advice me how to do that? I have tried copying the ntdlr, bootsec.dos, ntdetect.com and boot.ini into my win2k parition and point my bios to boot off that HD and I get a "Press any key to reboot" in DOS. Here is my hook up Pri Master -> 160G Maxtor (data only) Pri Slave -> 46G Maxtor, which contains the win2k partition Sec. Mater-> 27G Maxtor, which contains the Win98SE partition (Where the system files (boot.ini and etc) are located) Right now the BIOS is setup to point to Sec. Master for boot up. Here is my boot.ini --------------------------- [boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)part ition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1) \WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect C:\="Microsoft Windows" ---------------------- Anybody any idea? I just wanna straight boot to win2k.

Hi, Just delete the last line in your boot.ini. When the boot.ini file doesn't have multiple selections, it boots into the only available Windows without asking you which. In other words, if you ever want to reinstate Win98, just put it back there. Good luck, Dai

Dai, I don't think that's going to work because I actually want to remove the HD that contains the Win98SE partition. (It is a 27G Maxtor, TOO LOUD) Upon removal, all system files will be lost (boot.ini and such) and Win2k will not know what to do even if I point BIOS to the Win2k HD to boot. Someone else suggested me to run the Manual Repair on Win2k CD that after I remove the win98SE HD and let the Manual Repair "Inspect Boot Sector" on the HD and let it put its MBR and system files on it. Do you guys think that's gonna work? I am kinda cold feet on this one cuz' I am afraid that will screw up my Win2k OS somehow.....

I think that would work, I haven't tried it yet, but if your that worried install win2k on your 98 drive and save any important info and then try it.

Interesting way to set up your system.. You want to remove the ’98 drive – the Secondary Master, and be able to boot to W2K alone? As far as I know (and I don’t know it all…) you cannot boot from a Slaved drive; the boot process must be from a Primary position? This being so, no amount of copying/installing boot-files etc. files to the Slave environment will enable it to act as a boot-drive; your W2K-HD must become a Master – one way or another? Suggestions: 1) Set your system to be conventional; i.e. make the current Primary Slave the Primary Master; the current Primary Master (data only drive) the Primary Slave. Set bios option to boot from Primary Master. Then in order to make the new Primary Master bootable, you have a couple of approaches; viz: a) Run W2K Setup\Repair (CD boot/4 floppies whichever) and allow it to fix the whole boot-sequence to be effective on the ‘new’ Primary. It will install/replace any missing boot-files, and set the mbr to the W2K version; or… b) (and this is probably easier – even though it looks a little involved…?) Run W2K setup (CD boot/4 floppies – whichever) and install a temp version of W2K as: c:\temp\winnt-t. It will install a complete W2K boot sequence (files/mbr etc) into the C: (active) Primary; it will set itself as default OS to boot; it will find and add the current W2K on this (now Primary Master) drive – giving a dual-boot (W2K/W2K). You now boot through to the ‘temp’ version. (Leave ‘Admin’ password blank – this version will have a short residency.) Reset default OS to boot to be other version (the one you want to keep/access); ensure time to boot = 30secs. (the default – you can reduce it later – if you wish, but I favour leaving it at 30 – and ‘never’ less than 10secs.). Reboot and confirm you ‘can’ boot OK to the preferred W2K installation. Once this is so, locate and delete the C:\temp\winnt-t version; also edit out references to it in the boot.ini. – Job done? 2) Equally, but still somewhat unconventional… you could set the W2KHD as Secondary Master, set it to boot in the bios; and then run either of the above routines to establish its full W2K boot credentials. Personally I prefer the Primary Master to be the ‘boot-drive’ but I guess you takes your choice? HTH