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Dual boot choice

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Swedeman, 2009/09/12.

  1. 2009/09/12
    Swedeman

    Swedeman Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I'm dual booting XP Pro and Windows 7. On startup when it asks which system to load, Windows 7 is the default and I have to use the up arrow if I want to load XP. Is there a way to make XP the default?
     
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    PeteC

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    Yes - download and install EasyBCD which is a GUI for BCedit which is the editor for the Vista & 7 bootloader used in place of the boot.ini of XP.

    Works fine - I use it to control my dual boot XP/Win 7 Pro x64 with Win 7 set as default, although when running the 7 RC1 I had it set to XP as the default - install it in Win 7.
     
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    Swedeman

    Swedeman Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks PeteC, that's a handy program. Can pretty much change anything with it.
     
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    PeteC

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    Yep - invaluable :)
     
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    Awesome

    I thank you too Pete. :)
     
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    PeteC

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    You're welcome :)
     
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