vista boot menue

uncle_fred · #1 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

i am running xp and vista together vista has a boot menue i want to edit it can anyone tell me how and where i can find it the boot ini is not in vista anymore i have read something about BCD edit but to far for me to understand anybody explain it for me me or help thanks.
it's the menue i want to edit not the boot time or sequence that i know how to do it it must be a text file somewhere

Fred

Steve · #2 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

Fred,

I use VistaBootPRO from VistaBootPRO - Go PRO with Microsoft Windows Vista Boot Manager it makes changing the boot menu very easy,

regards

Steve

uncle_fred · #3 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

thanks Steve that looks good have a look later

don't want to pay though go through it and let you know but thats the way a boot meneu should be tried it with pq magic had to install the lot again wouldn't advice anybody to do the same

uncle_fred · #4 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

downloaded it made the boot disk that was all ok looked good now i am on a friends computer done something wrong new install but i will try again

Steve · #5 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

Hope all is well Fred

regards

Steve

uncle_fred · #6 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

nope didn't work i couldn't do it that both os started installed xp new i might do vista tomorow with the vista menue on my laptop works fine in the end landed with a dynamic hd going to have a look what thats about

but a good thing that the computers are faster i could see me doing that with dos and windows 3.1 and flopy disks

Steve · #7 (**permalink**) 10-06-2007

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Originally Posted by uncle_fred

but a good thing that the computers are faster i could see me doing that with dos and windows 3.1 and flopy disks

he he, those were the days. I remember getting my first PC, a WANG, on Hire Purchase...

We still have a Windows 3.11 PC in work.

For 15 odd years it has been printing out labels...

regards

Steve

uncle_fred · #8 (**permalink**) 10-06-2007

don't forget the old paper 5 inch disks

Steve · #9 (**permalink**) 10-06-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by uncle_fred

don't forget the old paper 5 inch disks

It's all coming back to me now....

uncle_fred · #10 (**permalink**) 10-06-2007

when you think back and see what a home computer can do now

how does a quick reply work ? can't seem to get the hang of it and the posts which i have been through have all the details in mine only has what i have written doing something wrong and can't find what

vista boot menue

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