-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Default boot system
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:28:05 -0400
Don,
Your working didn't sound like a "right" or "wrong" was possible. The
question seemed far too rhetorical for that. (I'm pretty sure that lets
you off the hook) ;0}
But he's right. It really is that simple, provided that you are
actually able to save your changes once you edit the boot.ini file. If you
find that the system has the file locked so that changes cannot be saved,
you'll need to remove the System attribute before saving the file. I have a
utility called Properties Plus installed that allows me to change these
types of unreachable attributes whenever the need arises. It's a free
program, so I can make it available to you if you need it.
To give you an example of something else you can do with it, here is what
mine looks like when I'm only running two instances of XP.
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="WinXP Pro [C]" /noexecute=optin
/fastdetect /usepmtimer
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="WinXP Pro Safe Mode [C]"
/safeboot:minimal /usepmtimer
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="WinXP Pro [D]" /noexecute=optin
/fastdetect /usepmtimer
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="WinXP Pro Safe Mode [D]"
/safeboot:minimal /usepmtimer
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 12:02 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Default boot system
> Is that a nice way of saying I was wrong and it really is that easy?
>
> Don
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Spotta" <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 3:18 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Default boot system
>
>
>> It is =]
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