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    Double boot Question

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    by jsolari020 ·

    i have win 98 and xp installed but i want to change the amount of time when the choose system os menu pops up before loading the operating system..how would i do that?

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    • #3505895

      Double boot Question

      by dklippert ·

      In reply to Double boot Question

      Control Panel – System
      On the Advanced tab click on Startup and Recovery (or Settings) in the lower right corner.

    • #3505894

      Double boot Question

      by brian p. ·

      In reply to Double boot Question

      Ther is a registry hack for win2k from a tool kit, but Microsoft will have a power tool program for xp that will let you option out your boot menu. Look around for “Power Toys”. Good luck

    • #3505703

      Double boot Question

      by dmiles ·

      In reply to Double boot Question

      Boot the computer into Windows XP,click Start->Settings->Control Panel,select System from the panel,then choose Startup and Recovery from this panel,you will see box to change the time to boot into selected OS

    • #3505299

      Double boot Question

      by qballrail ·

      In reply to Double boot Question

      Answers 1 and 3 will more readily resolve your issue, but I just wanted to point out that you can also access this by right-clicking (once) on My Computer and selecting Properties from the drop-down menu. Just a shortcut to minimize steps and easier to remember. Just don’t set the delay so short that you don’t have time to react. 🙂

    • #3505251

      Double boot Question

      by jsolari020 ·

      In reply to Double boot Question

      How would you do this in Win 98??

    • #3505230

      Double boot Question

      by captain krunch ·

      In reply to Double boot Question

      XP makes the change (see answer # 3), you don’t have to change 98.

    • #3505228

      Double boot Question

      by andyrids ·

      In reply to Double boot Question

      With 98 you would either need to use 3rd party boot software and disable XPs boot loader or copy ntldr , ntdetect.com & boot.ini from xp to 98 and edit the boot.ini file to change the default OS. Then make a batch file to get it all to load up first. (if you decide to do this I can give you the info in more detail if you want)
      Personaly I use a 3 party boot manager and install all my OS on different primary partitions much easier to fix if one OS fails.

    • #3506334

      Double boot Question

      by ericzoneca ·

      In reply to Double boot Question

      Hi! If you can erase the time that you have to make your choice for your dual boot, to do this you have to edit the ” Boot.ini ” files, before doing this you most see all your hiding files, then open the file that i mantion and replace the number by-1, save and exit; now the system will wate for you!

    • #3500344

      Double boot Question

      by jsolari020 ·

      In reply to Double boot Question

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