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Dual Booting Win98 and XP

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by computab

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I have a PC with dual booting Windows 98SE and XP.
How do I change the default boot priority? It Defaults to Win XP. I want to change the default to Win98.

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by thechas

You can do this by editing the boot.ini file in the root folder of the boot drive.

There is some information in the XP help menu.

For more details, check out the dual boot page at www.systeminternals.com
You can also search Microsofts site onthe terms boot.ini and bootcfg
You will get a number of pages that detail the commands and syntax for the boot.ini file.

Chas

by dklippert

Right click My Computer. Go to Properties.
Choose the Advanced tab (in XP).Click the Settings button under Startup and recovery.
You can set the default OS on that page.

by dmiles

Boot the computer to Windows XP operating system
right-click on My Computer and choose

Properties,click on the Tab labeled Advanced,go to Startup and Recovery,click on Settings button
Under the Default operating options,click on the arrow next to box and choose the operating system to boot first,you can also change the time to display the list of operating systems.

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