Boot.ini should be "read only"!

And possibly get rid of an offending windows directory!!
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http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html

Am I offbase this time?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "RiderDude" <RiderDude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1B3E8E82-CE04-4E86-A49A-5453ABD8EBAF@microsoft.com...
> > one of my dumb kids infested my dell dimension 2400 with everyspyware
> program
> > known to man (and a few unknown ones). i tried washing them out, and
> > scrubbing them out, but the stains were still there. i ended up doing a
> clean
> > install of XP from the disks which i miracuously found in the attic.
> deleted
> > all partitions and built a single new NTFS partition and nestled XP snugly
> > therein. problem is, now when i boot, BIOS thinks there are 2 OSs on the
> disk
> > and asks me to choose the one i want to boot from. one works (i'm assuming
> > this is the newly installed version), the other doesnt (i'm assuming it's
> a
> > ghost of the old OS rattling around like Jacob Marley). how can i get rid
> of
> > Marley's ghost?
>
> What makes you think it's the BIOS that sees two
> partitions? Wouldn't be the WinXP boot loader instead,
> having two menu lines (not two partitions)? Try this:
>
> - Click Start / Run
> - Type notepad c:\boot.ini
> - Get rid of the offending line
>
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