On 07/02/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 09:38 +0100, lorenzo.sandini@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Moving my FC4 install to a bigger machine, and recycling the old computer to > > be a windows xp desktop computer. > > > > Booted from the WinXP CD, formatted the whole drive, and hoped the MBR would > > be overwritten and clean, but it is not. > > > > On reboot, I am offerend to choose between Win XP and "former OS", which > > obviously needs nowhere. > > > > fdisk /mbr doesn't do a thing. How can I get rid of the reference to the > > former OS in the boot menu ? I know I can edit the boot.ini, but is there any > > trace of FC4 on the HDD that needs to be cleared ? > > > > Lorenzo This is just a boot.ini setting. Just remove the other entry in there and that is all you need to do. Your MBR is fine, otherwise you wouldn't be seeing that menu. -- Kind regards, John Francis
