Reinstalling Windows ME over XP
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Name: oldace65
Date: June 26, 2005 at 17:47:17 Pacific
Subject: Reinstalling Windows ME over XPOS: Windows MECPU/Ram: Intel Pentium 4 1400 MHz |
Comment: I installed XP over ME, got messed up with the installation and now I reinstalled ME. It works fine, but I still get an opening screen which asks me to select the version of Windows to load. I have 2 choices: XP or ME. When I select ME, it loads properly. How can I get rid of the opening DOS screen giving me the choice? XP won't load at all.
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Response Number 1
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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: June 26, 2005 at 18:30:49 Pacific
Subject: Reinstalling Windows ME over XP |
Reply: (edit)It's not a DOS screen. It's the XP boot manager. You can edit the boot.ini in the root of C: but if you get it wrong, nothing will work. Might be a good idea to just leave it alone. M2
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
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Response Number 2
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Name: JPW
Date: June 27, 2005 at 07:16:50 Pacific
Subject: Reinstalling Windows ME over XP |
Reply: (edit)How to remove the boot loader of W2K/XP when dual booting with Win98/ME
Boot into Windows and make sure you have hidden files and folders visible. Now delete the following W2K/XP files on the C:\ drive
BOOT.INI; ntldr;bootsect.doc; ntdetect.com.
Once deleted place the Windows 98 boot Dist in the Floppy Drive and reboot; at the DOS Prompt,
A:\>
Type the following command and press the Enter Key.
sys C:
and Press Enter
then type
fdisk /mbr
and Press Enter.
Now remove the floppy and reboot into Windows.
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