hi, i downgraded from win xp pro to win 2000 pro but everytime i start my pc i get a choice of which os to boot from but xp doesnt work i want to remove that completly and also i want my pc to start straight to win2000 instead of waiting for the 30 second count down timer, plz help thx.

Right click 'my computer' and select properties. Then select 'advanced' from the tab on the top followed by 'start up options'. YOu can then remove the option for XP by simply unchecking the 'show list of operating systems for..' box (make sure 2000 is set as the default OS!). Wizard ICT. Microsoft Certified Professional

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yo thx for that wizard-ict ive been tryin for days and it was doin my head i didnt know it was so simple thx, i did the fresh install bout 2 times and i still had that prob, anyway thx for ur help.

Do a full reformat before the fresh install and you won't see that problem.

ive just reinstalled win 2k pro again and i deleted the existing partition and started the install from there the prob has come back im using a win2000pro cd what am i doing wrong? and also ive got a unallocated space of 6mb whats that all about i couldnt delete that, i had i choice of ntfs or fat i chose ntfs is that the right 1 to choose, can some 1 tell me plz how to reformat and delete that xp, thx for ur help!

Ok bud here we go down and dirty, go to bootdisk.com download a 98se boot disk image create a bootdisk from the image file to a floppy, set your BIOS to boot from a floppy at the a: prompt type format c: press enter .... done after that remove the floppy powerdown then back on change BIOS back to boot from CD or "floppy" if your going to use the 4 floppy disk method and do a install onto a fresh formated empty drive........HTH p.s. every thing here should work as long as the drive is not larger than 130gig Keep the old stuff running