I run Windows 98 from my C drive. I installed Windows 2000 onto my D drive. I had problems with Windows 2000 and had to reinstall it. Now unfortunately, due to some weird phenomenon, it installed on C:. I promptly deleted it and got the space back. The problem is that when I boot I am offered Windows 98 and two options for Windows 2000. The first Windows 2000 in the list won’t function as it points to a non existent copy (the one which was on C but is now deleted). The second option works fine. I just want to delete the middle non working entry for Windows 2000. I have been into the Windows 2000 multi-boot manager but all it seems to let you do is select the default and specify the time to wait before invoking the default selection. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

There is a way to delete that Windows 2000 entry which is not working. The data for the boot menu is contained in the ‘boot.ini’ file in the root directory of your computer. However, when you follow these instructions be very careful as this involves editing a volatile Windows system file. Edit this file at your own risk. Go to the ‘Start’ menu > ‘Programs’ and open ‘Windows Explorer’. Go to the ‘Tools’ menu > ‘Folder Options’ and click the ‘View’ tab. In the ‘Advanced Settings’ box, click ‘Show hidden files and folders’ and un-check ‘Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)’. Click the ‘Ok’ button to close the window and then go to the root directory of either your C or D drive where you should see a file named ‘boot.ini’. Right-click on it and click ‘Open With…’. In the ‘Open With’ window that appears, scroll down the list of programs and double-click ‘Notepad’. The file will open in Notepad and from here you can edit the boot menu and remove the option for Windows 2000 which doesn’t work. I would ideally suggest that you make a backup of the ‘boot.ini’ file before you open it in case something goes wrong. Also make sure that you take out the option for Windows 2000 which doesn’t work, NOT the one which does, otherwise you won’t be able to boot up your good copy of Windows 2000! Once you have finished editing the file, I suggest that you re-hide all of the system files by reversing the procedure detailed above which was used to unhide the files.