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Boot.ini could not be found

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Name: Developer
Date: June 30, 2004 at 19:18:20 Pacific
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: 256
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Hi everyone,

I used to have a dual boot system XP and 98. Recently I have removed 98. Now everytime I turn on my pc on, I still get the option to select which system to boot up. I have tried to find the boot.ini file to remove it but it doesn't seem to exist after I did a search.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jase.



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Name: XpUser
Date: June 30, 2004 at 19:23:25 Pacific
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I have tried to find the boot.ini file to remove it but it doesn't seem to exist after I did a search.

First of all, boot.ini is a hidden file residing in the root directory of the system partition.

Second, if you remove boot.ini, your system will no longer boot.

What are you trying to do?


i_XpUser


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Response Number 2
Name: LL
Date: June 30, 2004 at 19:24:52 Pacific
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In Windows Explorer, Tools - Folder Options - View tab, put a check in Show hidden files + folders.

L L


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Response Number 3
Name: Chuck 2
Date: June 30, 2004 at 19:29:23 Pacific
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Response Number 4
Name: Developer
Date: June 30, 2004 at 20:45:01 Pacific
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Thanks everyone for your help....I found it.

XPUser misunderstood my question...I do not want to remove boot.ini...I want to remove the dual boot option, but thanks anyway...

Jase.


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Response Number 5
Name: XpUser
Date: June 30, 2004 at 20:51:32 Pacific
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XPUser misunderstood my question...I do not want to remove boot.ini...I want to remove the dual boot option, but thanks anyway...

I realized I misunderstood your question. Nevetheless I'm glad everything worked out for you :-)))

Happy Computing!

i_XpUser


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