How to get rid of a dual boot screen

[Eman Resu]

I've installed my XPpro on my second (slave) HD as an independent second OS.

Then i changed my mind, deleted installation and formatted that HD, to use it as a common storage place.

But the dual boot screen keeps appearing:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

with removed OS highlighted!

So, i went to boot.ini and removed additional line (for the second (deleted) XP OS).
Boot.ini now contains:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

That didn't solve the problem, because now i have the following dual boot screen:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Windows(default)

with Windows(default) highlighted.

This (second) OS simply doesn't exist, so (of course) boot fails, with the message:
hal.dll is misssing or corrupt.

I also went to the System Startup and Recovery, where I have 'Microsoft Windows XP Professional' as the default (and only) OS.

I did "Check All Boot Paths" too (msconfig/boot.ini), and system responded 'boot paths are correct' (something like that).

Well, i tried all i knew.

It's now up to you guys.

How to get rid of that dual boot screen ?



Thanks

[Jazz]

Originally Posted by Eman Resu

I've installed my XPpro on my second (slave) HD as an independent second OS.

Then i changed my mind, deleted installation and formatted that HD, to use it as a common storage place.

But the dual boot screen keeps appearing:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

with removed OS highlighted!

So, i went to boot.ini and removed additional line (for the second (deleted) XP OS).
Boot.ini now contains:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

That didn't solve the problem, because now i have the following dual boot screen:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Windows(default)

with Windows(default) highlighted.

This (second) OS simply doesn't exist, so (of course) boot fails, with the message:
hal.dll is misssing or corrupt.

I also went to the System Startup and Recovery, where I have 'Microsoft Windows XP Professional' as the default (and only) OS.

I did "Check All Boot Paths" too (msconfig/boot.ini), and system responded 'boot paths are correct' (something like that).

Well, i tried all i knew.

It's now up to you guys.

How to get rid of that dual boot screen ?



Thanks

Edit to the following: -

[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="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

[Eman Resu]

in the second ...

[Eman Resu]

Bingo, that's it.

Thanks a lot Jazz.

Could You explain in short to me, what is the meaning of that rdisk index ?

[Jazz]

Originally Posted by Eman Resu

Bingo, that's it.

Thanks a lot Jazz.

Could You explain in short to me, what is the meaning of that rdisk index ?

No worries.

Rdisk is actually your IDE mobo controller. Period. I.e. IDE1.