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Windows 98 and its DOS mode option
The BCD offers the OS menu; if it finds NTLDR, it will offer "Earlier version of Windows" as one of the options. If the user chooses this option, then Bootmgr loads the WinXP-style boot sector (which Vista Setup has saved in the System Partition as BOOTSECT.BAK), and steps back out of the way while NTLDR takes over

What are my best options for setting up a dual boot system?
Where did you get those boot.ini files? Please explain "drives", do you have two physical hard disks or do you have 2 partitions on one hard disk? C: drive 2(D2) = D: D1 is XP pro and D2 is W2K I no longer have the dual boot option and I wonder which boot.ini file is correct so I can have dual boot back.

Dual non-floppy boot options, Win 2000 / RH7.3 or SUSE 8.0
I think that by "dual boot", the previous poster meant that users were able and encouraged to reboot the machine into ms-dos or linux as their little hearts desire. Yes. If the machine is used by only one person, and that person is considered skilled and able, dual boot probably are ok.

Can I set up dual boot this way
I have a dual processor machine , and I made it dual boot for the express purpose of videoediting (and photo but that's off topic just slightly, although the problem is the same). I had to use win98 on the video capture because there are no nt4 drivers for my videocapture card (also for my 2 scanners , and also no

Lost Boot Menu
To have it always go to dos mode edit c:\msdos.sys and under [Options] add or edit BootGUI=0 To further control what happens [From 95 Resourse Kit] MSDOS. BootMulti= Enables dual-boot capabilities. The default is 0. Setting this value to 1 enables the ability to start MS-DOS by pressing F4 or by pressing F8 to

customising win98 via boot options
David Walker dw...@hotmail.com microsoft public win2000 general I currently have WinXP and Win2000 dual booting on my computer. How could I ad another boot for DOS. I have another primary partition I can use for it, which i can format to FAT, but how do i get this into the boot menu. From what i can tell,

dual boot problem
In tonight's episode, our supersecret microphone captured Doug G. saying: When I installed Win200pro I did the upgrade option from Win98. He also said that a disaster recovery may, or may not work because of the dual boot. If I pick MS-DOS at boot up it says starting Win98 then goes right to aC: DOS prompt.

Dual Boot Dual Processor No Real Options ? - F*CK M$
How do I remove the dual boot options in NT4? I did a fresh install into its own directory, but I'd like to remove the options for NT 3.51 and for MS-DOS. How can I do this? Also, what files (besides the NT 3.51 directory) can I safely remove to get some disk space back and get rid of 3.51?

Lost Boot Menu
2) Can I create a 'Boot Floppy Disk' that I can use when I want to boot to Mandrake? 3) How can I uninstall the LILO boot menu altogether, and return to my original Windows boot menu? 4) Can I add Mandrake as a OS option to the Windows boot menu? If anyone has any answers to any of these questions,

Problems with BootMagic ver 1.01
Problem: Alsa complains an unknown device ALC882 at boot time. Solution: echo "options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-dig" Also not an installer issue. I'd suggest filing a bug report for this in the upstream kernel bugzilla (), although you probably should check first if the issue still exists for current kernels

Home XP No Reinstall options..
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 The current situation is I can boot either. However I always use tweakui to show the boot menu options at start up. The problem is 98SE's boot menu

customising win98 via boot options
Or if you are having problems with XP can you set the options in the NTLDR boot menu ? I could still get into XP. Replacing the win98 registry with scanreg got me back into 98, but I'm still faced with the minimal display settings. I have been using F8 in the 98 boot, but I can't get into safe mode.

Lost Boot Menu
Jedi azdj...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment Hi I had fat32x partition with win98se installed. I split it using pqmagic to have an ntsf partition which i installed xp pro on. i never got the dual boot option, so i had to creat it myself. i think there may be a problem with my bootsect.dos

Dual non-floppy boot options, Win 2000 / RH7.3 or SUSE 8.0
Method 1: Referees to a Update option, I don't have a update option plus if I try a reinstall it, it comes back stating no System Partition, its a Dual Boot, no System Partition is needed.. A dual boot DOES need a System Partition. ALL boots need a System Partition. Sounds like you disks are buggered (technical

dual boot startup options
When RH 7.3 was released I wanted to dual boot this machine so all my pc's would be unix based. If you install 7.3 with lilo it will automatically recognize your DOS partition and it will update the boot loader. Just be carefull when you partition your HD, so you dont erase your main drive.

Dual boot, correct boot.ini
Neil Rickert rick...@cs.niu.edu comp os ms-windows nt setup misc In <335D8A98.A7FF2...@europa.com> Peter Ekstrom <pete...@europa.com> writes: I want to have both Win95 and NT 4.0 on the same machine, but I've got some programs that hate dual boot configurations. Is it possible to to put NT on a partition hidden

Win95: Dual Boot option?
DS d...@NOooSPAMmmsk.sympatico.ca microsoft public windowsnt setup I have recently set up my comp as a dual boot system, with w98 on one partition and w2k on another. Due to some mix-ups on my part, I now have too many options on the intial start up screen. Instead of just having the 2 that should be there (98

boot options??
Question is.... since the drive is set to slave, how would one boot from Linux? Will the OS install some kind of boot menu on the c (windows boot drive) to allow this choice?? You install the boot loader (lilo, or grub) on the mbr of the C drive. Your bios looks there to boot the loader.

How to force Vista Boot Menu
Evan evan...@yahoo.com microsoft public win2000 setup B_ust installed Win 2000 Pro to dual boot with Win ME. Everything is working fine. Is there a way I can change which operating system is highlighted by default. I know I need to change the boot.ini file...so here it is.... [boot loader] timeout=30

Boot up options
I never did have MS-DOS set up in a dual-boot arrangement.) I'm not sure any of this will help you. Since there's nobody here in my office-in-home but me, I can lock down the BIOS, OS boot option menu, Last Hardware Profile selection and the OS itself but I cannot find a way to disable the "Hit F8 for Advanced