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seyedaddy	Jun 26 2004, 09:28 PM Post #1
nFm [ not leaving ] Group: Private Member Posts: 76 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 9	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	Jun 26 2004, 09:45 PM Post #2
nFm [ Level 2 ] Group: Full Member Posts: 361 Joined: 23-April 04 From: OZ Member No.: 89	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

seyedaddy	Jun 26 2004, 10:02 PM Post #3
nFm [ not leaving ] Group: Private Member Posts: 76 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 9	which windows installation would have the bootloader file?

Messenger	Jun 26 2004, 10:08 PM Post #4
nFm [ Level 2 ] Group: Full Member Posts: 361 Joined: 23-April 04 From: OZ Member No.: 89	In my experience XP has generally taken precendence over the others. Bootloader is located on the boot partition of your primary master drive (IDE0)

seyedaddy	Jun 26 2004, 10:16 PM Post #5
nFm [ not leaving ] Group: Private Member Posts: 76 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 9	[boot loader] timeout=15 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Studio Control Center" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Seye's Playground" /fastdetect how do i set which is the autoboot? This post has been edited by seyedaddy: Jun 26 2004, 10:18 PM

Jun 26 2004, 10:34 PM

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QUOTE (seyedaddy @ Jun 26 2004, 03:16 PM)

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

I think that number is the key. Choose 1 or 2 and see what happens...
Never tried it myself though :)

Messenger	Jun 27 2004, 12:47 PM Post #7
nFm [ Level 2 ] Group: Full Member Posts: 361 Joined: 23-April 04 From: OZ Member No.: 89	The autoboot OS is the one listed after "default=" So, default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS will autoboot with Studio Control Center and default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS will boot with Seye's Playground

seyedaddy	Jun 27 2004, 11:29 PM Post #8
nFm [ not leaving ] Group: Private Member Posts: 76 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 9	i got it working! :D tx

Messenger	Jun 29 2004, 08:49 AM Post #9
nFm [ Level 2 ] Group: Full Member Posts: 361 Joined: 23-April 04 From: OZ Member No.: 89	I love it when a plan comes together :D Happy to help

Timelapse	Jun 30 2004, 12:25 AM Post #10
nFm [ not leaving ] Group: Private Member Posts: 33 Joined: 2-April 04 Member No.: 80	FYI... there's a tool in Windows that helps a bit with this... if you right click on My Computer and go to properties, then Advanced, then Startup and Recovery, you can pick the default OS, and even launch your text editor to edit the boot.ini file manually. TL --------------------

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