Right now the boot menu says %26quot;older version of windows%26quot; and %26quot;windows vista %26quot;. I wanted to change the first name to%26quot;windows xp%26quot;, but I do not get any such option in boot.ini (which actually says %26quot;windows xp%26quot; there) of win xp ,or msconfig start up option of win vista(tried to use bcdedit.exe command in vista but found no such option).
Could anyone please tell me that :
1:from where is the pc picking up the master boot record : from within xp or vista
2. any idea about editing the dual bootup menu
thnx|||It%26#039;s whichever OS you installed most recently, in your case Vista.
So go into Vista, and read this Microsoft article:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVis鈥?/a>
I haven%26#039;t used the bcdedit tool(it%26#039;s new in vista), so I can%26#039;t help you with it.
Good luck!
Saturday, 4 June 2011
How do I create a boot screen for Windows XP (installed first) and 98?
I%26#039;m trying to make a boot screen so I can choose between Windows 98 SE and Windows XP Home Edition. The problem? Windows 98 SE doesn%26#039;t contain a boot.ini (that I can see, even with hidden files shown), creating a boot.ini doesn%26#039;t seem to do anything, and trying to run 98 via multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WIND鈥?Windows 98 SE%26quot; in boot.ini from XP just returns an error that %26quot;hal.dll is either missing or corrupt%26quot; (although it isn%26#039;t -- it%26#039;s just Windows 98 being confused because it%26#039;s not the active partition). Changing that line to F:\=%26quot;Microsoft Windows 98 SE%26quot;, and trying to select it, only makes the computer reboot. Currently, the only way I can seem to change between 98 and XP is by switching the active partition via fdisk -- and in doing so, both operating systems run, but I must change the active partition via fdisk every time. Not that it%26#039;s important or anything, but I used Partition Magic 8 to create the partition that Windows 98 is on now, and installed it by copying the contents of the Windows 98 install disk (E:\Win98\) to F:\Windows\Options\Cabs. It works great, I just have this snag. By the way, here are my drives and partitions:
Local Disk (C:) / partition(1) / Windows XP Home Edition
Recovery (D:) / partition(2) / Recovery
CD Drive (E:)
WIN98 (F:) / partition(3) / Windows 98 SE
This discussion matches my question almost exactly, but there was no resolve:
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/archive/index.php/t-192810.html
Any suggestions?|||You can%26#039;t create a boot selection screen if you installed XP first and then Win 98. It should be Win 98 first and then XP. Let XP create the dual boot configuration.
Remember, when Win 98 was released in the 90%26#039;s, it didn%26#039;t know yet that there%26#039;s going to be a Win XP. Whereas when XP came out, it knew that there older versions of Windows so it has a way of recognizing it.
It goes the same for newer versions of Windows. If you want to have a multi-boot configuration, the order of installation should be from older version to newer version.|||right click the my computer icon %26gt;properties %26gt;advance tab %26gt;Startup and recovery - settings.
In the pop up you can choose the OS, the boxes should be ticked to display OS for 30 seconds.
Now click Edit.
In there you have to put in the string for windows 98. I dont know how you can do this because you should have loaded 98 first then XP, and XP would have done it for you.
Note , each Operating system needs to be on its own partition. You cannot have both on the same partition.
to find out what to put into there you could do this
grab another hard drive and install it,
partition it with a CD file
load 98
load xp
look what is in that file and save it in a memory stick
change hdd
update that file.
reformat that other hdd and put it in as a slave for extra space.
Local Disk (C:) / partition(1) / Windows XP Home Edition
Recovery (D:) / partition(2) / Recovery
CD Drive (E:)
WIN98 (F:) / partition(3) / Windows 98 SE
This discussion matches my question almost exactly, but there was no resolve:
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/archive/index.php/t-192810.html
Any suggestions?|||You can%26#039;t create a boot selection screen if you installed XP first and then Win 98. It should be Win 98 first and then XP. Let XP create the dual boot configuration.
Remember, when Win 98 was released in the 90%26#039;s, it didn%26#039;t know yet that there%26#039;s going to be a Win XP. Whereas when XP came out, it knew that there older versions of Windows so it has a way of recognizing it.
It goes the same for newer versions of Windows. If you want to have a multi-boot configuration, the order of installation should be from older version to newer version.|||right click the my computer icon %26gt;properties %26gt;advance tab %26gt;Startup and recovery - settings.
In the pop up you can choose the OS, the boxes should be ticked to display OS for 30 seconds.
Now click Edit.
In there you have to put in the string for windows 98. I dont know how you can do this because you should have loaded 98 first then XP, and XP would have done it for you.
Note , each Operating system needs to be on its own partition. You cannot have both on the same partition.
to find out what to put into there you could do this
grab another hard drive and install it,
partition it with a CD file
load 98
load xp
look what is in that file and save it in a memory stick
change hdd
update that file.
reformat that other hdd and put it in as a slave for extra space.
Backup or copy an XP partition, and restore to another partition so they are both dual bootable?
Hi,
I have done this before, but I forgot how! I am trying to create a dual bootable XP system. I know I can partition, and install separate copies of XP and all my programs on both partitions, and use my boot manager....pain in the ***! Currently I have a loaded partition with all my stuff, which I regularly image and restore with Drive Image no problem. The problem is...if I try to restore it to a different partition, than the one it was imaged from...it will not boot off of the second partition. It has something to do with the settings in the boot.ini file, but I just forgot what I did.
I remember doing two things.
I just copied one partition over to the other, and changed some settings in the new partition, and then I could dual boot no problem.
and/or
I just restored the image in the new partition, and changed the settings, and I could dual boot no problem.
I just don%26#039;t want to have to install XP, and all my programs all over again.
Right now I have one partition, so I will create a second one, and copy or restore the image to the second partition, but then what settings will I have to change in the ini files of the second one so it will boot up, when I select it from my boot manager? Oh yea, I know about keeping it hidden or not. I remember unhiding it when I had to edit the files, and then hiding it once it was ready for booting...
Help!!!!!!!!!!|||You will still need to use the boot.ini of the first partition as this is called when the pc starts (it%26#039;s always the one on the %26quot;active%26quot; partition).
So simply add a new line to the boot.ini on your original partition and change the value for Partition from 0 to 1. (like the example below)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition (1)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition (2) \WINNT=%26quot;Second XP %26quot; /fastdetect
------addition
The %26quot;active%26quot; disk has a flag set that marks it as active, also the first partition is usually the %26quot;system%26quot; partition. When the PC boots, the bios runs first. then it looks for the %26quot;active%26quot; disk and looks for a boot loader in the system partition. The boot loader is taking its options from the boot.ini file (in case of windows %26lt; XP)
If you specify your second OS in the second line of the boot.ini and select it later in the boot loader, it will then simply go to the other disk/partition and load the boot record there, meaning it loads the os on the second partition. This does not %26quot;hide%26quot; or change the active disk or system partition. It will still be visible in the second os and can be used as any other disk. Also, once you reboot your computer, it will again go to the first, %26quot;active%26quot; disk/partition and display the boot loader from there.
Hope this clears it. Otherwise, feel free to ask again ;-)|||You could always shrink the XP partition and install something else in the free space?
I have done this before, but I forgot how! I am trying to create a dual bootable XP system. I know I can partition, and install separate copies of XP and all my programs on both partitions, and use my boot manager....pain in the ***! Currently I have a loaded partition with all my stuff, which I regularly image and restore with Drive Image no problem. The problem is...if I try to restore it to a different partition, than the one it was imaged from...it will not boot off of the second partition. It has something to do with the settings in the boot.ini file, but I just forgot what I did.
I remember doing two things.
I just copied one partition over to the other, and changed some settings in the new partition, and then I could dual boot no problem.
and/or
I just restored the image in the new partition, and changed the settings, and I could dual boot no problem.
I just don%26#039;t want to have to install XP, and all my programs all over again.
Right now I have one partition, so I will create a second one, and copy or restore the image to the second partition, but then what settings will I have to change in the ini files of the second one so it will boot up, when I select it from my boot manager? Oh yea, I know about keeping it hidden or not. I remember unhiding it when I had to edit the files, and then hiding it once it was ready for booting...
Help!!!!!!!!!!|||You will still need to use the boot.ini of the first partition as this is called when the pc starts (it%26#039;s always the one on the %26quot;active%26quot; partition).
So simply add a new line to the boot.ini on your original partition and change the value for Partition from 0 to 1. (like the example below)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition (1)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition (2) \WINNT=%26quot;Second XP %26quot; /fastdetect
------addition
The %26quot;active%26quot; disk has a flag set that marks it as active, also the first partition is usually the %26quot;system%26quot; partition. When the PC boots, the bios runs first. then it looks for the %26quot;active%26quot; disk and looks for a boot loader in the system partition. The boot loader is taking its options from the boot.ini file (in case of windows %26lt; XP)
If you specify your second OS in the second line of the boot.ini and select it later in the boot loader, it will then simply go to the other disk/partition and load the boot record there, meaning it loads the os on the second partition. This does not %26quot;hide%26quot; or change the active disk or system partition. It will still be visible in the second os and can be used as any other disk. Also, once you reboot your computer, it will again go to the first, %26quot;active%26quot; disk/partition and display the boot loader from there.
Hope this clears it. Otherwise, feel free to ask again ;-)|||You could always shrink the XP partition and install something else in the free space?
How kan I change my Harddrive letter?
repaired pc, transfered files that I need to another h-drive then formatted h-drive c: and reinstalled win/xp...now i sit with an invalid boot ini file and the drive letter is now d:...I have removed the other drive and replaced the files that I wanted, fixed the boot ini file but now sit with C: drive as d: drive...how can I fix this?|||You can not change the name of the drive your bootable OS is on. Reinstall windows but dont have any other drives hooked up that will change your drive letters again.|||Do you have XP Pro, XP Home, Vista whatever?
It%26#039;s different for different OSs.
I%26#039;ll describe the steps in XP Pro. If you have something else amend your question please.
1. Click on start
2. Click on settings
3. Click on Control Panel
4. Click on Administrative Tools.
5. Double click on Computer Management.
6. Double click on Storage.
7. Click on Disk Management.
8. Click INSIDE the box representing the Drive you want to change.
9. Right click for menu.
10. Select %26quot;Change Drive letter and Paths%26quot;
11. Change to the desired drive letter.
12. Click on OK.
13. Click on OK again.
14. Close the Tools out and reboot if requested.
It%26#039;s different for different OSs.
I%26#039;ll describe the steps in XP Pro. If you have something else amend your question please.
1. Click on start
2. Click on settings
3. Click on Control Panel
4. Click on Administrative Tools.
5. Double click on Computer Management.
6. Double click on Storage.
7. Click on Disk Management.
8. Click INSIDE the box representing the Drive you want to change.
9. Right click for menu.
10. Select %26quot;Change Drive letter and Paths%26quot;
11. Change to the desired drive letter.
12. Click on OK.
13. Click on OK again.
14. Close the Tools out and reboot if requested.
I have 2 different operating systems installed on my computer, and i want to remove one, but ........?
i have windows XP home and a few months ago i installed a copy of Windows VISTA on my computer so that i would have the option, when booting up, of choosing which system i wanted to use.
which i no longer want to have that option when i boot up,
i just want my computer to start up as windows XP without
giving me the option to choose VISTA. i went into my BOOT.ini
file and changed it to this :
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)
partition(1)\WINDOWS
but it did not help, when booting up im still given the option.
how can i stop this ?|||http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?sh鈥?/a>
You%26#039;re welcome.
which i no longer want to have that option when i boot up,
i just want my computer to start up as windows XP without
giving me the option to choose VISTA. i went into my BOOT.ini
file and changed it to this :
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)
partition(1)\WINDOWS
but it did not help, when booting up im still given the option.
how can i stop this ?|||http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?sh鈥?/a>
You%26#039;re welcome.
How to install XP beside Pre-Installed Vista?
I bought a notebook. Windows Vista was installed on it. I wanted to have Windows XP beside this windows. So I installed Windows XP in another drive.(Vista installed on C and XP installed on D)
The problem is that when I boot a notebook, I don鈥檛 have any choice to choose from XP or Vista (I know that if you first have XP and then Install Vista, this problem don%26#039;t occurs). At first I could only choose XP. Then I repaired Windows Vista with Recovery Disk. Now, I can only boot from Windows Vista.(I tried to change the text of boot.ini, but it was not useful)
I don%26#039;t know what I could do to have both of OS at startup.
So please tell me is it possible to have first Vista and then install XP and have choice to choose between them at startup?|||i dunno .. make both partitions primary maybe ..|||Install Windows XP in a Dual Boot with Pre-installed Windows Vista
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/about8鈥?/a>
The problem is that when I boot a notebook, I don鈥檛 have any choice to choose from XP or Vista (I know that if you first have XP and then Install Vista, this problem don%26#039;t occurs). At first I could only choose XP. Then I repaired Windows Vista with Recovery Disk. Now, I can only boot from Windows Vista.(I tried to change the text of boot.ini, but it was not useful)
I don%26#039;t know what I could do to have both of OS at startup.
So please tell me is it possible to have first Vista and then install XP and have choice to choose between them at startup?|||i dunno .. make both partitions primary maybe ..|||Install Windows XP in a Dual Boot with Pre-installed Windows Vista
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/about8鈥?/a>
How do I dual-boot Linux and windows using my Windows boot loader?
I%26#039;ve recently installed Windows XP Professional on my machine that%26#039;s been running Linux exclusively for about 2 months. The installation went without a hitch, but now I can%26#039;t boot Linux using the Windows bootloader.
I%26#039;ve seen tutorials that show you how to do it by reinstalling GRUB, but I don%26#039;t want to go through the trouble of running my LiveCD again. And besides, I sort of like the Windows bootloader because it gives you a 60-second delay for choosing your operating system. GRUB only gives you 2. (Yes, I hacked it to change the delay to 60 seconds. Don%26#039;t sue me.)
So, any ideas? I tried editing boot.ini to include the boot directory for my Kubuntu 6.10 OS, but with no luck. I tried accessing it and it threw me an error.
BTW, the directory I tried was multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\boot鈥?I%26#039;m pretty sure the partition is right, because it appears as /dev/hda1 on my partition editor, but i%26#039;m not sure which directory I should choose.
Can anyone help?|||check these 2 sites out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntldr
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Boot_f鈥?/a>
looks like it would be easier to put the disk in and edit grub.conf|||It wont work with the Windows boot loader, sorry. Windows is NOT %26quot;other OS friendly%26quot; like either Grub or Lilo is. To dual boot, you need to load Windows First, then modify the partitions with qparted, and load Kubuntu.
You see, Windows is UNABle to really do any repartitioning except at startup, (unless you have already made some unformatted partitions when you loaded Windows).
qparted (the open source partitioner with Kubuntu) , however, does a far better job of formatting than Windows. For example, Windows takes forever to reformat, and even then, does not do that good of a job.
My suggestion is that, either you dual boot, as above, or just forget Windows and use the Kubuntu. You will like it, you will get used to it and get comfortable. You will love that you dont even need antivirus software with Kubuntu, you will love that you dont need to defregment with K, and there is never a Reactivation Hassel with K!
There is some learning you need to do, but hang in there, its worth the switch. www.kubuntu.org
I%26#039;ve seen tutorials that show you how to do it by reinstalling GRUB, but I don%26#039;t want to go through the trouble of running my LiveCD again. And besides, I sort of like the Windows bootloader because it gives you a 60-second delay for choosing your operating system. GRUB only gives you 2. (Yes, I hacked it to change the delay to 60 seconds. Don%26#039;t sue me.)
So, any ideas? I tried editing boot.ini to include the boot directory for my Kubuntu 6.10 OS, but with no luck. I tried accessing it and it threw me an error.
BTW, the directory I tried was multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\boot鈥?I%26#039;m pretty sure the partition is right, because it appears as /dev/hda1 on my partition editor, but i%26#039;m not sure which directory I should choose.
Can anyone help?|||check these 2 sites out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntldr
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Boot_f鈥?/a>
looks like it would be easier to put the disk in and edit grub.conf|||It wont work with the Windows boot loader, sorry. Windows is NOT %26quot;other OS friendly%26quot; like either Grub or Lilo is. To dual boot, you need to load Windows First, then modify the partitions with qparted, and load Kubuntu.
You see, Windows is UNABle to really do any repartitioning except at startup, (unless you have already made some unformatted partitions when you loaded Windows).
qparted (the open source partitioner with Kubuntu) , however, does a far better job of formatting than Windows. For example, Windows takes forever to reformat, and even then, does not do that good of a job.
My suggestion is that, either you dual boot, as above, or just forget Windows and use the Kubuntu. You will like it, you will get used to it and get comfortable. You will love that you dont even need antivirus software with Kubuntu, you will love that you dont need to defregment with K, and there is never a Reactivation Hassel with K!
There is some learning you need to do, but hang in there, its worth the switch. www.kubuntu.org
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