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[seyedaddy]

I just installed 2 OS's on 2 differnt partitions on my comp.

The default OS that boots is not what i want to be... how can i change this, and is there anyway to fully customize my boot screen? (such as os names at the boot menu)

[Messenger]

Boot.ini - located in your root directory - holds the answers

Mine for example is as follows:
[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINXP
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINXP="Microsoft Windows XP Professional F Drive" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional C Drive" /fastdetect

Where timeout equals the time that the menu is displayed before booting your default operating system. This can either be edited directly via notepad or changed using a bit of software such as TweakUI. Note that the file is generally hidden and read only (as it is a System File), so your attributes would need to be changed before you can see and edit it manually.
The sections I have made bold represent what each item is listed as on the boot menu

:)

This post has been edited by Messenger: Jun 26 2004, 09:48 PM