Where is dual boot selection line held in XP

[Guest]

I have two XP systems on this computer. They have identical selector lines when the screen that allows the selection of which system to boot into comes up. There is one 40-gig hard disk, with three primary partitions. In this system C: is shown as the System Disk and Healthy in the Disk Manager. There is no boot.ini file showing in the root of the C:-drive. Where do I customize those system selection lines that appear during the boot process?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Go to Start > Run and type in: MSCONFIG , and hit enter,
Click the BOOT.INI tab.
Next, click "Check All Boot Paths".
This procedure should correct your BOOT.INI file.

Additional help:

I have two installations of XP on the same partition
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#two

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I have two XP systems on this computer. They have identical selector lines when the screen that allows the
selection of which system to boot into comes up. There is one 40-gig hard disk, with three primary
partitions. In this system C: is shown as the System Disk and Healthy in the Disk Manager. There is no
boot.ini file showing in the root of the C:-drive. Where do I customize those system selection lines that
appear during the boot process?

 

[Guest]

Well, I did manage to do this. I now have unique and descriptive lines in the boot.ini for each XP system. I gather that MS doesn't want this procedure made public (or they wouldn't have made it so difficult) so I wont describe the process in the public newsgroup. So, if anybody wants to know, email me, but change the building part to "look", without the quotes.

When I run the msconfig utility, it shows an entry in a source location labeled 'common startup'. Do you have any idea where that might be?

Thanks,

Hollis

----- Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote: -----

Go to Start > Run and type in: MSCONFIG , and hit enter,
Click the BOOT.INI tab.
Next, click "Check All Boot Paths".
This procedure should correct your BOOT.INI file.

Additional help:

I have two installations of XP on the same partition
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#two

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I have two XP systems on this computer. They have identical selector lines when the screen that allows the
selection of which system to boot into comes up. There is one 40-gig hard disk, with three primary
partitions. In this system C: is shown as the System Disk and Healthy in the Disk Manager. There is no
boot.ini file showing in the root of the C:-drive. Where do I customize those system selection lines that
appear during the boot process?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

What's so difficult about editing C:\Boot.ini? All you need is
NotePad. It's a simple text file, whose location and function hasn't
changed a bit in at least the last 8 years. Microsoft has certainly
never made a secret of it; it's use is documented in a great many
Knowledge Base articles.

Bruce Chambers

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having both at once. -- RAH

Well, I did manage to do this. I now have unique and descriptive

lines in the boot.ini for each XP system. I gather that MS doesn't
want this procedure made public (or they wouldn't have made it so
difficult) so I wont describe the process in the public newsgroup.
So, if anybody wants to know, email me, but change the building part
to "look", without the quotes.

 

[Guest]

You have to be able to see it first. Neither PowerDesk, nor the Windows File Browser would show it, and I am pretty sure that I had already set the option to show hidder files, though I couldn't find that box when I looked for it this time. Otherwise, you are correct. Notepad did the trick. If it is visible on your system, then no sweat.

Hollis

----- Bruce Chambers wrote: -----

Greetings --

What's so difficult about editing C:\Boot.ini? All you need is
NotePad. It's a simple text file, whose location and function hasn't
changed a bit in at least the last 8 years. Microsoft has certainly
never made a secret of it; it's use is documented in a great many
Knowledge Base articles.

Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

Well, I did manage to do this. I now have unique and descriptive

lines in the boot.ini for each XP system. I gather that MS doesn't
want this procedure made public (or they wouldn't have made it so
difficult) so I wont describe the process in the public newsgroup.
So, if anybody wants to know, email me, but change the building part
to "look", without the quotes.

 

[Jason Tsang]

I hardly think it is a secret.

HOW TO: Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289022

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Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

Well, I did manage to do this. I now have unique and descriptive lines in

the boot.ini for each XP system. I gather that MS doesn't want this
procedure made public (or they wouldn't have made it so difficult) so I wont
describe the process in the public newsgroup. So, if anybody wants to know,
email me, but change the building part to "look", without the quotes.

When I run the msconfig utility, it shows an entry in a source location

labeled 'common startup'. Do you have any idea where that might be?

Thanks,

Hollis

----- Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote: -----

Go to Start > Run and type in: MSCONFIG , and hit enter,
Click the BOOT.INI tab.
Next, click "Check All Boot Paths".
This procedure should correct your BOOT.INI file.

Additional help:

I have two installations of XP on the same partition
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#two

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I have two XP systems on this computer. They have identical

selector lines when the screen that allows the

selection of which system to boot into comes up. There is one 40-gig hard disk, with three primary
partitions. In this system C: is shown as the System Disk and

Healthy in the Disk Manager. There is no

boot.ini file showing in the root of the C:-drive. Where do I

customize those system selection lines that