How to change settings in dual boot

[V S Rawat]

I had win98SE on c:, and I installed winxp sp2 on e: a
fortnight ago. Both are working fine in dual boot.

It has taken xp as default boot (after 30 sec).

1. How to reduce that time, say, to 10 sec?

2. How to set it to boot to win98 in default, instead of xp.

3. When it boots to xp and has to run scandisk in reason to
some previous failure, it waits for some 10 seconds before
running it. Is there any method that I can ask it to run it
without waiting.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

To answer question 1 & 2, go to Start - Settings - Control Panel -
System - Advanced tab - Startup &
Recovery - Settings - Choose default OS and time.

 

[Sleepless in Seattle]

Edit boot.ini. Sorry but there is no scandisk in XP.

 

[V S Rawat]

Edit boot.ini. Sorry but there is no scandisk in XP.

If the system boots abnormally due to any reason, at the
time of next startup to xp, it runs some disk check. I was
talking about that.

Thanks,

 

[V S Rawat]

Edit boot.ini. Sorry but there is no scandisk in XP.

The following it is for my system.
----
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
---

I tries changing it to

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


, but that gives a third entry "Windows (default)" at the
time of boot up and then gives error about some file not exist.

 

[Ron Sommer]

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=C:\="Microsoft Windows"
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
--
Ron Sommer

Edit boot.ini. Sorry but there is no scandisk in XP.

The following it is for my system.
----
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
---

I tries changing it to

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


, but that gives a third entry "Windows (default)" at the time of boot up
and then gives error about some file not exist.