Boot file problem(boot.ini)

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curtains

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ok well i accerdently installed windows again kinda long story so my computer thinks theres 2 os my main os or working one or the one i like 2 use and origional one is on E: drive and my make belief OS is on J: so i tryed 2 change the boot file so there was no duel booting ne more cause other os was useless so now but i donno how 2 do it cause my os not on C: drive its curretnly at

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

donno wats wrong .. someone make some fixes plz and tell me wat they actually mean i tryed googleing it but there explination not clear .. jst someone help me its annoying

ok so for details if u need them

C: drive is nothing jst storage (slave drive on IDE1)
E: drive origional OS and the one i want to keep as well+ only working one(master drive on IDE1)
J: drive(J: drive cause i have many visual drives(deamon tools) use 2 have half a OS but deleted it but still comes up on boot want 2 get rid of (master drive on IDE2)
D: drive CD rom (slave on IDE2)

all OS are windows xp sp2
 
.. ok i think u no less than me ... if u delete it u jst pull out ur hdd and put it in another computer and write another boot file there are other ways like boot dos. then edit it in there if u delete thou thats not my problem here and yes it does boot windows and its not read only..+ if it was u change it so its not read only thou its not origionally, it is hidden thou.
 
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firstly, please write proper sentences, i found it hard to understand your point

does the machine boot to the correct os at the moment
 
ha ha, I didn't realize that it was that hard to read. I'm trying to change the boot.ini file so theres no duel booting anymore, because at the moment there are 2 boot options 1 works the other doesn't.
 
i see only one option in the boot ini you gave in post #1
what does the boot menu options say when you boot up and which one works
 
yes that what i thought too. from what i remember

it says (the option's)

-'Microsoft Windows XP Professional'(as a bootable option)
-'/noexecute=optin /fastdetect'(that has somehow become a bootable option but never tryed booting it)
'Windows (default)'(is an bootable option and this is the one that doesnt work)

and that one that i posted first is the boot file i'm using at the moment, even dubble checked it.
 
ok i seem 2 fix the problem i chaned from this
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

------------------------------------------------------------------------
to
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
------------------------------------------------------------------------

if u cant spot it i changed the "disk(1)" to "disk(0)"

and everything seem 2 go back 2 normal like no more duel booting or duel booting screen automaticly boots into my normal os now im happy
 
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