How to make it ALWAYS boot to XP Pro

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sdlomi2

In Win XP Pro, SP2, how do I change the boot process such that it
defaults & continues booting by itself into Win XP. It has a dual boot
system, with Win 98 on that darned "D"-partition in the original Compaq hard
drive--thus it shows a choice of XP Pro or 98 to select from before the boot
process continues. Thanks for helping me make this adjustment. s
 
sdlomi2 said:
In Win XP Pro, SP2, how do I change the boot process such that it
defaults & continues booting by itself into Win XP. It has a dual
boot system, with Win 98 on that darned "D"-partition in the
original Compaq hard drive--thus it shows a choice of XP Pro or 98
to select from before the boot process continues. Thanks for
helping me make this adjustment. s
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Edit the BOOT.INI
 
Hello,

Once you have booted into Windows XP, right click on My Computer and select
properties. Flip to the advanced tab and click on 'settings' under 'Startup
and Recovery'. Choose the deafult operating system as Windows XP and under
'time to display list of operating systems' reduce the time to 0 seconds.
This will make your computer boot right into Windows XP without the boot
menu showing up.

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Shenan Stanley said:
Edit the BOOT.INI
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Thanks a bunch, Shenan. Was uncharted waters for me, re-wording the
notepad rendition of the BOOT.INI file et al. Not knowing what I was doing,
I just hopefully deleted the end of the last sentences AFTER "Windows XP
Professional"...and you guessed it: it booted straight into WinXP like I
wanted. But I surely wasn't betting any $ on what was gonna happen! Thx
again, s
 
Anando said:
Hello,

Once you have booted into Windows XP, right click on My Computer and
select properties. Flip to the advanced tab and click on 'settings' under
'Startup and Recovery'. Choose the deafult operating system as Windows XP
and under 'time to display list of operating systems' reduce the time to 0
seconds. This will make your computer boot right into Windows XP without
the boot menu showing up.

--
Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
Microsoft Certified Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org

Folder customizations
http://www.anando.org/folder
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Thanks, Anando, for giving me the "abc's", as I need such simplified
steps when doing such for the 1st time. I had found several methods, & this
was the one that seemed the simplest for me and also the one I used. Tried
it and luckily, somehow it did all you said except reducing the time to "0"
seconds. Will go back now and see if I can do that in addition to what I
lucked into already. Thx again. s
 
sdlomi2 said:
In Win XP Pro, SP2, how do I change the boot process such that it
defaults & continues booting by itself into Win XP. It has a dual boot
system, with Win 98 on that darned "D"-partition in the original Compaq hard
drive--thus it shows a choice of XP Pro or 98 to select from before the boot
process continues. Thanks for helping me make this adjustment. s
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Either use a text editor, such as NotePad, to manually edit
C:\Boot.ini to select a new default OS:

1) Click Start > Run, Type "Cmd" and then press <Enter>.

2) Type "Cd\" and then press <Enter>

3) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini -h -r -s" and then press <Enter>

4) Click Start > Run, Type "Notepad c:\boot.ini" and then press <Enter>

5) Edit the file to designate the default, save it, and then exit Notepad.

6) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini +h +r +s" and then press <Enter>

7) Close the command console.


Or, from within WinXP, right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced
Startup and Recovery, Settings > Default operating system.
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Bruce said:
Either use a text editor, such as NotePad, to manually edit
C:\Boot.ini to select a new default OS:

1) Click Start > Run, Type "Cmd" and then press <Enter>.

2) Type "Cd\" and then press <Enter>

3) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini -h -r -s" and then press <Enter>

4) Click Start > Run, Type "Notepad c:\boot.ini" and then press <Enter>

5) Edit the file to designate the default, save it, and then exit Notepad.

6) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini +h +r +s" and then press <Enter>

7) Close the command console.


Or, from within WinXP, right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced


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Bruce Chambers

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Anando and Bruce Chambers have both given a method using
"right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Startup and
Recovery, Settings > Default operating system."
My computer has Windows-XP and Mandriva Linux installed on two separate
physical drives. Linux was installed *after* Win-XP, and default boot
is to Linux. The bootloader is LILO. I can't find Linux in "My Computer
Properties > > > System Startup -- Default operating system", or under [operatiing systems] in boot.ini.
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I would prefer the computer to boot to Windows-XP by default, but I am
chary of trying to edit LILO for fear of messing up, because my
knowledge of Linux is limited to *using* it for a few things. Is there
any safe way of doing it after booting to Windows-XP?
 
sdlomi2 said:
Tried it and luckily, somehow it did all you said except reducing
the time to "0" seconds. Will go back now and see if I can do
that in addition to what I lucked into already. Thx again. s
Click to expand...


When there is only one entry under "[operating systems]",
the timeout value is ignored by ntldr.

*TimDaniels*
 
witan said:
My computer has Windows-XP and Mandriva Linux installed
on two separate physical drives. Linux was installed *after*
Win-XP, and default boot is to Linux. The bootloader is LILO.
I can't find Linux in "My Computer Properties System Startup --
Default operating system", or under [operatiing systems] in boot.ini.
I would prefer the computer to boot to Windows-XP by default,
but I am chary of trying to edit LILO for fear of messing up,
because my knowledge of Linux is limited to *using* it for a few
things. Is there any safe way of doing it after booting to Windows-XP?
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No. The multi-boot feature of the Windows world only proceeds
at startup, not once the OS is running. It's time to learn about
LILO or GRUB. Try one of the Linux newsgroups.

*TimDaniels*
 
Unfortunately no. The Linux bootloader over-writes the Windows bootloader
and there is no way Windows can figure that out. You will have to fiddle
around with the Linux bootloader.

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Microsoft Certified Professional
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witan said:
Bruce said:
Either use a text editor, such as NotePad, to manually edit
C:\Boot.ini to select a new default OS:

1) Click Start > Run, Type "Cmd" and then press <Enter>.

2) Type "Cd\" and then press <Enter>

3) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini -h -r -s" and then press <Enter>

4) Click Start > Run, Type "Notepad c:\boot.ini" and then press <Enter>

5) Edit the file to designate the default, save it, and then exit
Notepad.

6) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini +h +r +s" and then press <Enter>

7) Close the command console.


Or, from within WinXP, right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand
Russell
Click to expand...

Anando and Bruce Chambers have both given a method using
"right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Startup and
Recovery, Settings > Default operating system."
My computer has Windows-XP and Mandriva Linux installed on two separate
physical drives. Linux was installed *after* Win-XP, and default boot
is to Linux. The bootloader is LILO. I can't find Linux in "My Computer
Properties > > > System Startup -- Default operating system", or under
[operatiing systems] in boot.ini.
Click to expand...
I would prefer the computer to boot to Windows-XP by default, but I am
chary of trying to edit LILO for fear of messing up, because my
knowledge of Linux is limited to *using* it for a few things. Is there
any safe way of doing it after booting to Windows-XP?
Click to expand...
 
witan said:
Anando and Bruce Chambers have both given a method using
"right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Startup and
Recovery, Settings > Default operating system."
My computer has Windows-XP and Mandriva Linux installed on two separate
physical drives. Linux was installed *after* Win-XP, and default boot
is to Linux. The bootloader is LILO. I can't find Linux in "My Computer
Properties > > > System Startup -- Default operating system", or under [operatiing systems] in boot.ini.
Click to expand...
I would prefer the computer to boot to Windows-XP by default, but I am
chary of trying to edit LILO for fear of messing up, because my
knowledge of Linux is limited to *using* it for a few things. Is there
any safe way of doing it after booting to Windows-XP?
Click to expand...


You'll need to post this question in a Linux newsgroup to determine how
to use Linux's boot manager to set the default OS.


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Bruce Chambers

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