2007-08-29 16:24:53 · 9 answers · asked by seanobriennyc 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
you may have to edit ur boot.ini to get rid of the listing even if the partitons are gone ...
2007-08-29 16:32:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It all depends if those OS's are active. If they are not then you can click Start>Run>Type msconfig>Click OK>click on the Boot.ini tab>click on the button marked Check all boot paths. Windows will let you which OS's are active and which ones don't exist then it will give you an opportunity to delete the ones that don't exist. (BTW, this is assuming you are running XP) Reboot and you should be good to go. If they are active OS's then I would suggest running a disk utility program that can safely delete those partitions and keep your main one intact. Just be careful about deleting unknown partitions you can often cause more damage than anything else.
2007-08-29 19:09:22 · answer #2 · answered by Scott M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Run a partition management tool like fdisk on Dos/Windows and linux.
Eliminate the parttion for the undesired OS.
There are other utilities that will add the parttion space to existing partitions. (Fips for Intel windows and linux)
2007-08-29 16:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by Kaustaub 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start, control panel, system icon, advance, click on those boxes I think the second box and UN check the two little boxes at the left side click OK restart computer your computer will start all the way to windows it will not pause and ask you which one you want to start.
2007-08-29 16:33:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Find the file named boot.ini on your C: drive.
Carefully edit it and discard the ones you don't want. They will not show up at startup anymore. If you want to recover the disk partitions you will have to use a patition manager or reformat the disk.
2007-08-29 16:35:01 · answer #5 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Eaisest way, Re Format and put on a New Clean Copy of the newest system.
2007-08-29 16:29:50 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
OMG! I DID THIS!! THIS WAS SO EASY!! im 14 and blah..but anyway..
put in your recovery cd and press ESC/F12 when you computer screen shows a name"dell/etc." or whatever then you should look for an option that says CD-Rom for a boot menu then follow what it says and blah..
it should be simple..
but im not sure things may vary..
2007-08-29 16:32:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
use Linux Ubuntu. Linux Ubuntu comes with a partition editor, so all you have to do is delete the hard drive partitions you do not want.
2007-08-29 16:31:26 · answer #8 · answered by trentben101 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just reformat the drive. From http://fixit.in
2007-08-29 16:32:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋