AlessandroB wrote on 2026-01-01, 23:01:

I have a P4 system with two hard drives. I had Windows 98 installed on the first, and then I made the mistake (because I haven't done it in a while and didn't remember) of installing Windows XP on the second hard drive. However, instead of doing two clean installs, it did a dual boot on C: and placed the WinXP files on the second drive. I then reinstalled WinXP on the second drive, connecting it alone, so the two systems are separate and each is on its own drive. However, the dual boot remains on C:. How do I remove it and restore the original drive to its original state with only Win98 installed? That is, without any files added by WinXP and without that annoying duel boot? I'm a fan of precise things and would like to eliminate every trace of the mess I made by installing WinXP. Thanks.

You can simply remove the WinXP entry in "boot.ini" and make Win98 default.

I think if it has only a single boot entry then it will automatically boot it so you don't see the NTLDR menu. Just you might be able to invoke it somehow if you press F8 during boot. Since Win98 you can bring up DOS startup menu by holding CTRL which should be easier.