how to get rid of dual os if no write priviledge on editing boot.ini?

[ckck]

I have 2 win2k installed on 2 drives, one of them is broken which is the first choice to boot. I then go edit boot.ini; however, I was not able to save the changed file because the pop-up window says, this is read-only system file that I don't have right to change it.

How can I change the priviledge on this file?

I tried start->run->msconfig, it says no this file.

I used search, both files were not able to be found; but I can open boot.ini. Any other solutions?

 

[Molson316]

Give this a try.

Go to c:\ and then
under TOOLS>FOLDER OPTIONS, make sure the show hidden files/folder is checked and hide protected os files is unchecked. Right click the boot file that appears (refresh screen if it doesn't), and make sure read only is not checked. Then, try editing the boot.ini.

 

[ckck]

thank you

it works perfectly fine now. Thanks!

 

[Phantasm66]

You can also edit it, irrespective of permission settings on boot.ini, if you do this:

My computer ---> Properties ---> Advanced ---> Start up and Recovery (settings) ---> Edit.

 

[ckck]

can I delete boot.ini?

Now that I have only one os, do I still need this file?

 

[patio]

Yes.
Keep it

patio,

 

[Phantasm66]

Yes, you always need it. Delete it and your machine will not boot.

 

[ckck]

but do I need to have it to be shown in every booting?

is it wise to make the wait time = 0?

 

[RealBlackStuff]

If you have only one OS, you can set it to 0, which effectively disables showing the bootmenu.