Windows on all partitions? Oops!

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  1. snakeeyes

    snakeeyes Geek Trainee

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    Hi, y'all!

    I've just built my first system and I'm pleased. I made 3 partitions and unfortunatly, in my naievity I put Windows on all three.

    So whenever I go to start up now I get a choice or which one I want to use. Not a big problem but I don't want to have to select the partition every time.

    I've tried re-formating the partitions and un-partitioning them but it keeps coming up with these options upon restart. It does however no longer recognise those selections when I click on them.

    How do I get rid of the options though without re-formatting the whole HDD??
    Cheers!
     
  2. megamaced

    megamaced Geek Geek Geek!

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    Select 'Show hidden files' and 'Show system files' in the folder options control panel.

    Go to your C: drive and open up boot.ini

    Delete the entries that you no longer need
     
  3. donkey42

    donkey42 plank

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    just edit "C:\boot.ini" change the timeout from 30 to 0 (seconds) and your pc will now boot the default OS

    oops! i forgot about that - good call megamaced
     
  4. snakeeyes

    snakeeyes Geek Trainee

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    Cheers to both you guys. Life saver. Well okay, not literally but you get the idea.

    Thanks!
     

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