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Primary OS - Dual Boot

Author
5 Feb 2006 4:35 PM
Wayne Brown
I dual boot with WinXP & Win2000.    WinXP is my primary OS.    I have
gotten a nasty piece of spyware in WinXP and won't have time to deal with it
properly for a couple of weeks.
How can I change and have WIN2000 be my primary OS on boot-up?   I have
tried changing the order in boot.ini  but keep getting error messages.

Author
5 Feb 2006 4:42 PM
Snarky Parker
Make your change for the default OS here: R-click My Computer > Properties >
Advanced [tab] > Startup and Recovery.

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"Wayne Brown" <waynebr***@accesscomm.ca> wrote in message
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| I dual boot with WinXP & Win2000.    WinXP is my primary OS.    I have
| gotten a nasty piece of spyware in WinXP and won't have time to deal with it
| properly for a couple of weeks.
| How can I change and have WIN2000 be my primary OS on boot-up?   I have
| tried changing the order in boot.ini  but keep getting error messages.
|
|
Author
8 Feb 2006 5:06 AM
Wayne Brown
Thank-you.   Worked like a charm...


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"Snarky Parker" <spark***@att.net> wrote in message
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> Make your change for the default OS here: R-click My Computer > Properties
>
> Advanced [tab] > Startup and Recovery.
>
> "Wayne Brown" <waynebr***@accesscomm.ca> wrote in message
> news:43e6292c$1@news.accesscomm.ca...
> | I dual boot with WinXP & Win2000.    WinXP is my primary OS.    I have
> | gotten a nasty piece of spyware in WinXP and won't have time to deal
with it
> | properly for a couple of weeks.
> | How can I change and have WIN2000 be my primary OS on boot-up?   I have
> | tried changing the order in boot.ini  but keep getting error messages.
> |
> |
>
>
Author
5 Feb 2006 4:48 PM
Dave Patrick
Control Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery to choose the correct
System Startup option as default

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"Wayne Brown" wrote:
|I dual boot with WinXP & Win2000.    WinXP is my primary OS.    I have
| gotten a nasty piece of spyware in WinXP and won't have time to deal with
it
| properly for a couple of weeks.
| How can I change and have WIN2000 be my primary OS on boot-up?   I have
| tried changing the order in boot.ini  but keep getting error messages.
|
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