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Mandrake/LILO dual boot options??
Okay, thanks, that stopped to dual boot option, the PC just boots straight onto Vista. I still need to format my PC, my intention was to format the XP drive then do a clean install of Vista to the Vista drive but I still have no option to format the XP drive in Disk Management. Is there something else I can do,

Remove dual boot options
If he decides that he can't face the pain of 2 x W98 installs after reading this then there are much simpler options, Yep!!! -) & he could always do the fancy extra stuff, with the Boot Manager & things at a later date, couldn't he? ... it's the dual W98 installs that need to be thought through, once that's done XP

Vista partition recognition / windows xp partition recognition?
Is there anyway to remove this option? What are the choices it's giving you? If one is XP Home, clearly you did *not* successfully format and clean install XP Professional. Read here: "I have two installations of XP on the same partition" at http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP

"Press F8 for advanced options" screen is invisible during boot
Using options in setup, you can install the operating system on the same partition or to another partition (on the same drive or a separate drive). This applies to systems with a single version of Windows and dual boot setups. -OR- Using a third party boot manager or boot options in BIOS (not as convenient),

Boot up options
I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate, retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment. I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it. Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it only boots into Vista. Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion

Dual Boot Options
steve stephen.rou...@btinternet.com alt os windows2000 "Mike" <Superman10@FreeNet. co.uk> wrote in message news:FW7z5.19527$g12.1501852@news1.cableinet.net... i have windows ME and 2000 server set up to dual boot but the default option is always 2000 how can i change this so the default boot option will be Me,

SHUT DOWN OPTIONS WITH DUAL BOOT
What boot loader initially loads up? Ntldr? It the initial boot screen in vga mode? Seems to me that at one time I had a 98se/win2k dual boot setup and all worked as BTW, yes using ntldr menu to call 98 which is supposed to bring up it's own boot options menu. -- Email - rsgib...@verizon.borg Replace borg with net.

new "improved" recovery options
I installed Win 95 into a different directory (Win 95) so that I could use the dual boot option and keep WFW 3.11 and my original DOS. Everything worked beautifully. The Problem? I am quite sure that my Shut Down menu originally had a 4th choice on it that for some reason has disappeared. I only have 3 options to

Dual Boot Options after POST Following Home to Pro Upgrade
... Sverre Torjussen <wi...@wmdata.no> wrote: Hello, I have a Linux RH6.2 dual boot PC with two speakers and a Creative soundblaster 16 PnP (WDM) soundcard. sb options sound dmabuf=1 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=0 mpu_io=0x330 Not sure if something changed in RH 6.2,

Partition and Dual Boot Vol IV (Options/Inclinations)
I think that to have 2 (or more) installations of W98 the easiest thing would be to install a boot manager, & I think that actuall yintroduces a whole extra layer of complexity & also possibly some incompatibility? ... I did this on my DOS/W98 PC, it's not the only way but it's by far and away the easiest.

O/S Boot Options
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rghar...@email.com microsoft public win98 gen_discussion Right-click My Computer, select Properties, then the Advanced tab, then the Startup and Recovery options. Remove Windows 98 from the boot list, then turn it off. You will then boot directly into Windows 2000.

Win98se and XP dual-boot with 1.5 gig RAM
There are other options. Among those are: 1) use Lilo installed in the MBR to dual boot 2) use another boot manager (like Bootit Direct) to dual boot 3) boot Linux using Loadlin from Win98 DOS Mode 4) boot Linux from a boot floppy Options 1 & 2 would require the Linux /boot directory to be on a partition below 1024

how to delete one of dual boot options
Gov 24hoursupport helpdesk "PWB" <pwb...@googlemail.com> wrote: I have a pc that is dual boot Windows XP/Linux can someone please tell me ho I enter safe mode ? You have three options to add to /SAFEBOOT: read: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963892.aspx to determine which one. most likely

Vista now needs CD to boot after installing XP on slave--suggestio
AlexB al...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista general An additional option for your. Maybe. "How to make XP / Vista dual-boot Independently, Here's a guide using grldr the almighty" MSFN: http://www.msfn.org/board/XP-Vista-dual-boot-Independently-t98982.html "tomjonesrocks"

Mandrake/LILO dual boot options??
newsreader2k newsreade...@nyc.rr.com alt os linux mandrake I installed Mandrake Linux 10 on a system that already had 2 WinXP dual boots installed on separate partitions. (one for Games & one for Apps) . Mandrake is on a third partition. By default, the LILO boot menu was installed during installation.

Disabling "Hit F8 for advanced menu options".....on bootup
I want to remove the options for 1 XP and windows 98 so it will just boot into XP. I've tried Fixboot from the repair console but this hasn't helped. Thanks SH -- Basic computer maintenance http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html.

Adding to Dual Boot Options
Son in law has Windows XP Pro, 2 hard drives, had Windows XP Pro installed on both harddrives, which gave him an option of which OS to boot to. He formatted the 2nd drive, as he only wants the one instance of Windows, but the 'dual boot' option remains. We set the time for display for the dual boot to zero,

Partition and Dual Boot Vol IV (Options/Inclinations)
Afterwards, I followed some directions I found to create a dual boot menu here: http://windowssecrets.com/2008/02/14/01-Make-your-computer-dual-boot-Vista-and-XP Any suggestions on how I can resolve this? Thanks! Check your bios settings, you somehow seem to have excluded the harddrive in your boot options.

DUAL BOOT OPTIONS FOR NEW COMPUTERS
Either a non-functional Continue with XP Upgrade (top and hence default) or XP Home (bottom). Selecting XP Home loads a working copy of XP Pro. I want to be rid of the top option so it loads straight into the non-default XP Home choice (functional Pro). Any help gratefully received. -- David @ Solsletta.

Partition and Dual Boot Vol IV (Options/Inclinations)
Can I install "NT" to a NTFS partition that I can create on my "D" drive with Partition magic and use Partition magic's boot manager to direct the boot up, even with "C" being Fat32? Am I right in that NT would see this new partition as a "C" drive and not see my other drive at all? Any suggestions would be