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中国DOS联盟论坛 » DOS学习入门 & 精彩文章（教学室） » Question for the experts: how do I change the boot order in a dual-boot setup? View 3,019　Replies 16

Original Poster Posted 2003-06-08 00:00　·　中国四川成都中移铁通

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What I mean is, after installing 98 and XP, the computer always defaults to XP first and 98 second, but I want 98 to have priority at startup.

Also, after installing XP, because the hard drive got infected and XP can no longer boot, how can I remove the XP option from the boot menu? In other words, how do I uninstall XP — do I have to use the installation CD???

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No need, just edit the boot.ini file on drive C directly.

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Floor 3 Posted 2003-06-08 00:00　·　中国四川成都中移铁通

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The following is a quote from Master Rushi at 2003-6-8 16:35:36:
No need, just edit the boot.ini file on drive C directly.

Can both problems be solved this way? How exactly do I do it? I'm really too much of a newbie

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Of course. Take a look at the boot.ini file, make a backup first, then try editing it yourself..

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Floor 5 Posted 2003-06-08 00:00　·　中国四川成都中移铁通

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Okay, I'll give it a try.
Also, isn't there an even simpler way?

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This is the simplest way...
There are more complicated ones...
Remember to use Notepad to open that file and edit it...

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Floor 7 Posted 2003-06-08 00:00　·　中国四川成都中移铁通

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Which folder is it under? I couldn't find it. Is it this one?

; Specify the destination servername for the user
; as follows (remove the semi-colon):
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%windir%\user.dat
%windir%\system.dat
%bootdir%\system.1st
;%bootdir%\SFCLog.txt
%bootdir%\scandisk.log
%bootdir%\winboot.ini
%windir%\winstart.bat
%windir%\dosstart.bat
%windir%\ppplog.txt
%windir%\modemlog.txt
%windir%\ndislog.txt
%windir%\verback.log
%windir%\setup.old
%windir%\hwinfo.dat
%windir%\protocol.ini
%windir%\system.ini
%windir%\win.ini
%bootdir%\netlog.txt
%bootdir%\dblspace.ini
%bootdir%\drvspace.ini
%bootdir%\msdos.sys
%bootdir%\config.sys
%bootdir%\autoexec.bat
%bootdir%\detlog.txt
%bootdir%\setuplog.txt
%bootdir%\bootlog.txt
%bootdir%\setuplog.old
%bootdir%\asd.log
%bootdir%\detlog.old
%windir%\ios.log
%windir%\RunOnc~1.txt
%bootdir%\bootlog.prv

Floor 8 Posted 2003-06-08 00:00　·　中国四川成都中移铁通

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Master, are you still here???

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Hehe, I finally found it and opened it. I hadn't changed the file attributes, no wonder I couldn't find it. I'm too much of a newbie, really.
So which items should I change next???

timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

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No, this one, under the root directory of drive C. Turn on “show all files” in Folder Options.
The filename is ‘BOOT.INI’.

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Floor 11 Posted 2003-06-08 00:00　·　中国四川成都中移铁通

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The following is a quote from Master Rushi at 2003-6-8 17:51:59:
No, this one, under the root directory of drive C. Turn on “show all files” in Folder Options.
The filename is ‘BOOT.INI’.

This is exactly the one I opened:
So which items should I change next???

timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

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The following is a quote from Mubai at 2003-6-8 18:26:54:

The following is a quote from Master Rushi at 2003-6-8 17:51:59:
No, this one, under the root directory of drive C. Turn on “show all files” in Folder Options.
 The filename is ‘BOOT.INI’.

This is exactly the one I opened:
So which items should I change next???

timeout=30 startup wait time
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS default boot item

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect the partition where the XP system is
C:\="Microsoft Windows"  where the 98 system is

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Floor 13 Posted 2003-06-08 00:00　·　中国上海浦东新区电信

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timeout=30
default=c:\

C:\="Microsoft Windows"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

Change it to this and 98 will boot first.
If you don't want XP, just delete the part in red.

Floor 14 Posted 2003-06-08 00:00　·　中国江西吉安电信

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You can also change it very conveniently from within the Windows system.
Right-click “My Computer,” choose “Properties,” then choose “Advanced,” click “Startup and Recovery” under “Advanced” (startup and recover"

, and in the “Default operating system” drop-down under “System startup,” just choose the system you want as the default boot.

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Wow, thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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