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Old 03-23-2007   #1 (permalink)
TS Mathews


 
 

editing boot loader

I partitioned my C drive so that I could install Vista and run dual boot. I
don't necessarily want to remove Vista but I would like to edit the boot
loader if possible so that XP is the default. I can't seem to find any way
to get this done. Is it possible or do I need to completely remove Vista?

Thanks



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Old 03-23-2007   #2 (permalink)
Rick Rogers


 
 

Re: editing boot loader

Hi,

Two ways you can do this:

1) Run msconfig from the start/search box. On the boot tab, select the XP
entry and then click 'set as default'.

2) Start, type CMD and right click the entry in the menu, select the option
to run as administrator. From the prompt, run:

CD\
bcdedit /enum

Look at the identifier for the XP entry, then run:

bcdedit /default [identifier}

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"TS Mathews" <NOSPAMtsmohio@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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>I partitioned my C drive so that I could install Vista and run dual boot.
>I don't necessarily want to remove Vista but I would like to edit the boot
>loader if possible so that XP is the default. I can't seem to find any way
>to get this done. Is it possible or do I need to completely remove Vista?
>
> Thanks
>


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Old 03-23-2007   #3 (permalink)
John Inzer


 
 

Re: editing boot loader

TS Mathews wrote:
> I partitioned my C drive so that I could install Vista and run dual
> boot. I don't necessarily want to remove Vista but I would like to
> edit the boot loader if possible so that XP is the default. I can't
> seem to find any way to get this done. Is it possible or do I need
> to completely remove Vista?
> Thanks

=====================
Have a look at the following site:

VistaBootPRO
http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php
(scroll down to the download link)

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk


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