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dual boot with XP as default- BCDEdit Denied
Hi
i have XP installed in my 320GB Hard disk having 2 partitions
i installed windows7 on 3 unused part. Now i get the dual boot but the
- Part XP
- used for Data
- unused part
default is set to window 7 so it will boot this window in say 20 sec, i would like to set the default to the Earlier version which is XP,
i tried to open the boot.ini in XP (part1) this is what is there
;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /PAE
i opened cmd typed BCDEdit and it give me access denied.
Can some one please let me know how to set the default to XP.
thank you
bhu
Last edited by johngalt; 11 Jan 2009 at 21:33. Reason: Edited for readability