I've got a Compaq Presario 1700 that came with WinMe, and I recently installed 2K as a multiple boot. I didn't like the way that installation worked, so I deleted the WinNT directory while in WinMe. I'm going to upgrade Me to 2k as one OS instead of a dual boot, but when I start the computer now, it still offers Win2k as a booting option when it's not there! I know I probably have to go through the BIOS to fix this, but I can't seem to even get into bios on this laptop, and even then, I wouldn't mess around with the settings unless I was comfortable with what I was doing. Does anyone know how to get rid of that multiple boot option?

it pulls the boot loader from the boot.ini file. It might be posiable to delete the boot.ini file and be ok but I don't think it would work right. It might be best to start from scratch with formating the drive and reloading. When you upgrad one OS to another it just means problems in most cases...... hope this helps...

Insert your windows boot disk(startup disk) Restart your computer at the A:\ prompt, type SYS C: and hit the enter key!! it should tell you system transfered, after that restart your computer The dual boot option will be gone.

Providing ME has one, or you can make one... (I have no experience with ME, so I'm not sure about what is/is not availbale under ME...) boot up using the ME boot-disk and type: < sys c: > at the a:>\ prompt (not the <>) and press Enter. Remove floppy and reboot - straight to ME Delete the remaining NT/W2K boot/start-up files from within ME. Probably you can use the '98 bootdisk for the same purpose - as the two OS's are close cousins... What you will have done is to overwrite/replace the NT boot-loader with the DOS/'9x/Me version. NTFS's suggestion about a 'clean install' makes good sense... As long as you can back-up your data etc. it's the better way to go. Incidentally, what didn't you like about the dual-boot as it was established? Was it all in the same partition, or what? Would be useful to know for future reference...? Usually a dual-boot (W2K/'9x, W2K/ME) with each OS in it's own space allows each OS to behave as though it were really the 'only' OS installed... And with a stand alone W2K I can't see what the benefit will be - other than more disk space free. Perhaps you can come back and fill in the gaps - please?

Sys is no longer available in windows ME!!