2 OS boot problem

[mikehende]

Friend of mine got a Sony laptop with 2 OS on it so it would ask on startup which one you need, he reformatted deleting the 2nd partition and now it still shows 2 OS in the bootini and it still asks to choose which OS on startup, how can he delete one of the OS or how is it best to fix this?

[kern]

Depends on the os of course, but edit boot.ini similar to below:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP" /fastdetect

[kern]

Not sure why my previous post was messed up...

To edit Boot.ini:
Right-click My Computer, click Properties, Advanced tab, Settings (Startup and Recovery), System Startup, click Edit.

default Boot.ini for XP Pro:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

[mikehende]

Went there and even with with the correct OS chosen, same problem so I had him go into edit, highlight the OS he does not want and delete, problem solved, thanks Rob!