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Jun 19th, 2002, 05:01 AM
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Thread Starter
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Win 2k dual boot
Hi,
I have win 2k dual boot with a second win 2k. How do I change the names so that they are registered as "My system one" and "The other system" in place of "Microsoft windows 2000 Professional" and "Microsoft windows 2000 Professional" on startup? You know, the point where you choose which one to boot up into....
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Jun 19th, 2002, 08:24 AM
#2
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Its in the System Part of the Control Panel somewhere, or otherwise you can just change the boot.ini on the C: drive
Iain, thats with an i by the way!
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Jun 19th, 2002, 08:55 AM
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Yeha, there's a hidden file Boot.ini on your master boot partition, edit it with notepad.
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Jun 19th, 2002, 09:30 AM
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PowerPoster
i've got to ask...why have you got win2000 dual booting with another win2000?!?!
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Jun 19th, 2002, 09:45 AM
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Thread Starter
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Found it thanks guys. The boot.ini is for the actual names of the two systems, while the other path (under system -> advanced -> start up and recovery) is for the order of booting. Thanks guys.
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