boot manager lists windows 98 boot ini file

The boot manager menu lists Windows 98 from my XP boot.ini file. Obviously I can't boot Win 98 from the Vista boot manager since Windows 98 needs its startup files to reside on a FAT32 boot partition drive. If I try to make this entry invisible to Vista boot manager by commenting out using a ";" in the boot.ini file then booting Win98 from the XP boot manager fails, even though the entry is listed. Removing the ";" makes the Win98 system bootable again.

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"Len Norton" wrote in message

The boot manager menu lists Windows 98 from my XP boot.ini file. Obviously I can't boot Win 98 from the Vista boot manager since Windows 98 needs its startup files to reside on a FAT32 boot partition drive. If I try to make this entry invisible to Vista boot manager by commenting out using a ";" in the boot.ini file then booting Win98 from the XP boot manager fails, even though the entry is listed. Removing the ";" makes the Win98 system bootable again.

I'm afraid I wasn't clear. "Windows 98" is not included in the BCD file as a system, it only appears in boot.ini. I can't remove it from boot.ini because I want the option to boot it from the XP boot loader. I want the Vista boot manager to ignore it as a potentially bootable system. Regards, Len
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

If all you want to do is remove the boot options entry, try VistaBootPro from http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php
"Len Norton" wrote in message The boot manager menu lists Windows 98 from my XP boot.ini file. Obviously I can't boot Win 98 from the Vista boot manager since Windows 98 needs its startup files to reside on a FAT32 boot partition drive. If I try to make this entry invisible to Vista boot manager by commenting out using a ";" in the boot.ini file then booting Win98 from the XP boot manager fails, even though the entry is listed. Removing the ";" makes the Win98 system bootable again.