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I've installed the past 2 releases of Vista on my (D:) but now the boot.ini is crowded with 3 start items on the boot list. here is my boot.ini I'd like to change it back to single boot as I'm preparing to format drive D.

Primary OS is Win2k3 on drive C. What needs to be changed/deleted (it says default=multi right now, what, do i change it to default=single?) thanks!

[boot loader]

timeout=30

NOBCD

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Longhorn" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Longhorn" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard" /FASTDETECT /NoExecute=OptIn

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Here's your fixed boot.ini:

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard" /FASTDETECT /NoExecute=OptIn

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To remove the new boot loader, run fixntfs/fixfat in the boot folder. (Depending on the file system of your Win Svr 2003 partition.)

(Ex: C:\boot\fixntfs.exe -xp)

Then it is safe to delete the boot folder, as well as the following files in your Win Svr 2003 root dir:

Boot.bak, bootmgr, bootsect.bak, idwlog.cookie, and the idwlog folder.

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Here's your fixed boot.ini:

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard" /FASTDETECT /NoExecute=OptIn

---------------------------------------------

To remove the new boot loader, run fixntfs/fixfat in the boot folder. (Depending on the file system of your Win Svr 2003 partition.)

(Ex: C:\boot\fixntfs.exe -xp)

Then it is safe to delete the boot folder, as well as the following files in your Win Svr 2003 root dir:

Boot.bak, bootmgr, bootsect.bak, idwlog.cookie, and the idwlog folder.

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you may use the fixboot.exe c:\ .. worked for me

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I've installed the past 2 releases of Vista on my (D:) but now the boot.ini is crowded with 3 start items on the boot list.  here is my boot.ini    I'd like to change it back to single boot as I'm preparing to format drive D.

Primary OS is Win2k3 on drive C. What needs to be changed/deleted (it says default=multi right now, what, do i change it to default=single?) thanks!

[boot loader]

timeout=30

NOBCD

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Longhorn" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Longhorn" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard" /FASTDETECT /NoExecute=OptIn

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I would think a person running Windows Server 2003 would know this basic stuff.

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There is an easier way to do all that. That's if you dont know how to use commands. Just click start, then run, type msconfig, ok, BOOT.INI, then click check all boot paths. And just read what it say and presto. :D

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