The choice of operating system does not appear at boot. Choosing an operating system when booting a computer: how to change or disable. Remove the list of operating systems in Windows XP
The situation when, when booting a computer, the user is prompted to select a system to boot, despite the fact that only one version of windows is installed, is very common. This happens most often after reinstalling the operating system due to an outdated entry about the previous version of windows in the configuration file.
There are two simple ways to fix this inconvenience.
Method one - through the properties of the system
We go into the system properties by right-clicking on the "Computer" icon on the desktop or in the "Start" menu and select "Properties" in the context menu that opens.
Remove system selection at boot - windows system properties
In the window that opens, select "Advanced system settings" at the top left. The following System Properties window will appear. In it, we are interested in the "Advanced" tab and the third button from the top "Parameters".
Windows system properties to disable the selection of the version of windows that is loaded
Uncheck "Show list operating systems' and 'Show recovery options'.
After that, click in all previously opened windows “OK”. That's all.
Method two - through the MSCONFIG system configurator
In the search bar, type "MSCONFIG" (you can copy). Click on the found icon right click mouse and select "Run as administrator".
Run MsConfig as Administrator
In the window that opens, go to the "download" tab. Here, select the entry that is not marked as "Loadable by default OS" and click the "Delete" button.
Hello friends! I saw a question in the comments about how to remove the choice of OS when you turn on the computer and decided to write about it.
One indirect question - is it possible to somehow get rid of the system selection at boot? Of course, you can uncheck the “system selection” box, but somehow it’s not feng shui. And I don’t know how to fix something like BOOT.INI in HP (to delete a line) (((
Apparently a person is not looking for easy ways :), but that's okay, now we'll figure it out.
By the way, I'm not working from my computer. I work today on Windows XP and weak hardware, also via 3G Internet. So sorry if something is wrong :).
Why does a window appear with a choice of operating system when the computer boots? And from the fact that you inattentively read my blog, in particular articles about that and. During the installation process, various failures and errors appear, you install Windows first, or install to an unformatted partition. I've had this before and I couldn't figure out what it was.
We remove the window with the choice of Windows. The easy way.
Before I say that in a complex way, we will edit the boot.ini system file. And if you make the wrong changes to this file, the computer may not turn on. easy way quite enough to ensure that the window in the OS selection does not appear.
So right click on "My computer" and select "Properties". Go to tab "Additionally" and in the section click on options.
A new window will appear in which we select the operating system that will boot by default (look carefully, you need to select a working system, otherwise the computer may not boot).
Then uncheck the box “Display a list of operating systems” and click "OK".
That's all, now when you turn on the computer, a window will not appear asking which OS to load.
We remove the OS selection using the boot.ini file. Difficult way.
As I promised, the second way. Be aware that editing the boot.ini file may cause the system to crash.
We go there in the same way as in the first method, but we don’t change anything, but click on “Edit” (screenshot above).
A window will open with editing the boot.ini file.
The correct content of the boot.ini file for Windows XP Professional looks like this:
timeout=30
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
If two systems are installed and a choice appears, then it looks like this:
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT=”Windows 2000 Professional” /fastdetect
You can read more about editing boot.ini on the Microsoft website http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022/en.
For a long time, running from one operating system to another, if there are two of them installed on the computer, will not work. After carefully studying both, sooner or later you will have to choose only one of them - basic, with which the work will be carried out mainly. If for the most part only one Windows system is used, its other versions or editions located on other partitions of the disk, not required to be removed. Of course, provided that the space hard drive not limited in size.
The ability to work in the future with other computer systems can be left, but for convenience, simplify the entrance to the main one by removing temporarily unused ones from the boot. In this case, starting the computer will be simplified automatic loading only the desired operating system. Another option to make it easier to get started with the computer is not to remove the boot selection window for all systems, but to set the desired version of Windows as the default boot and reduce the time to select other options in the bootloader window.
How to edit the boot process of several Windows operating systems installed on the same computer - more on this below.
So, we have in our case a computer with installed versions Windows 7 and 8.1. When you turn on the computer, we see the bootloader window with a list of systems to choose from.
Each time you boot your computer, you can get into the desired system by making the appropriate selection. Otherwise, after a certain time - and by default this is 30 seconds- Windows will automatically boot, first on the list. In our case, this Windows 7, since it is the last one installed on the computer, and it is its bootloader, as we see, that meets us after starting the computer.
Well, let's change that. Let's configure the automatic boot of the main system - Windows 8.1. To do this, of course, you need to enter it.
We need a settings section, and in Windows 8.1 you can get to it using the context menu on the button.
In the system window, select Extra options.
You can also get to the settings section in Windows 7 using the context menu, but called on the icon "Computer" in the conductor. Among the commands, you must select .
In Windows 7, also select Extra options.
Further steps in both systems are identical.
In the system properties window that appears, in the tab "Additionally" click the options button in the last section.
Now you can start editing the boot of several systems. Change the default boot Windows from among the options in the drop-down list. In our case, we change the pre-installed Windows 7 to Windows 8.1.
As mentioned, by default the Windows bootloader waits half a minute to allow the user to select an operating system.
If predominantly work is carried out only in one system, it makes no sense to leave half a minute waiting for it to automatically load. Another operating system can not be deprived of the ability to start, but reduce the preset time for selecting boot options. In the display of the list of bootable systems, in our case, set 5 second waiting before autoloading main Windows systems 8.1. This time is more than enough to make a choice if you suddenly need to enter Windows 7 sometime.
To completely remove another system from the boot list, you must uncheck the option system list display. In this case, only the system selected for booting by default will boot without any time delays.
If a second operating system is ever needed, it will be possible to enter it by making this option active again.
After making changes, click "OK" at the bottom of this window, as well as at the bottom of the system properties window.
That's it - the operating system boot list has been edited.
Above, we looked at editing the boot of existing operating systems. But often when you start the computer we can see a list of operating systems that are already on the computer No. This is a natural development after the second operating system was removed by simply formatting the disk partition or destroying it. system files manually, but the entry about the possibility of loading it in the system configuration was not removed. The bootloader may also display the option to launch a non-existent core Windows after the system has been reinstalled. This, by the way, is not the main, but one of the reasons why system engineers advise to carry out the so-called clean Windows installation- without saving the files of the previous system and formatting the disk partition.
It is better to remove the non-existent operating system from the boot options altogether so that it does not delay the process of starting the main Windows.
In the main system, we call the command . In Windows 8.1, quick access to it is implemented in the context menu on the button.
We need system configuration section. Enter the value in the command field:
We press "OK".
In Windows 7, launching the system configuration window can be easier - by entering a key query in the menu search field.
The system configuration window will appear, go to the tab. We select the record about loading a non-existent system and delete it.
In our case, the download list contained different versions of Windows, and decide on the one to be deleted "Seven" We obviously didn't have a hard time. But if the load list contains entries for two identical Windows versions, in orientation with the one to be removed, descriptions of the systems will help. The Windows we are actually on will be marked as current.
The changes made are saved with the button. After pressing "OK" the system will prompt reboot.
After restarting the computer, we can observe the immediate startup of the main system.
Some users don't know what exists operating system selection when booting the computer. Of course, if you have plenty to choose from. For example, I have three Windows systems installed, and I do not always have time to choose the system that I need at the moment. If you also have several operating systems on your computer, then you can configure it so that when the computer boots, a list of their choice will be displayed, and not for fractions of seconds, but as much as you need. Or you can completely remove this list, and the computer will boot only one system of your choice. All this you can set up yourself.
To do this, so that you can change the boot order or remove the list of operating systems when you turn on the computer, we need to get to the system settings. This is done differently on different operating systems.
INWindows 7
In Windows 7, this can be done in several ways:
- First way. If there is a Computer icon on the Desktop, then right-click on it, and select the item in the context menu Properties. If there is no icon on the desktop, then go to the menu Start and find the record Computer. Click on it with the right mouse button, and also select the item Properties Options.
- Second way. This open menu Start, choose Control Panel, Go to system and safety, and choose a link System. The "System" window will open, in which on the left you need to click on the link Additional system settings, go to the block , and click on the button Options.
Where it's written
INWindows 10
- First way. Right click on the button Start. Select an item from the list System. The "System" window will open, in which on the left you need to click on the link Additional system settings, go to the block , and click on the button Options.
Where it's written Display a list of operating systems, you can change the display time of this list, or uncheck the box so that this list is not displayed at all.
- Second way. If there is an icon on the desktop This computer”, then right-click on it and select the item in the drop-down context menu. Properties. Further, as described above.
- Third way. Enter system settings via .
There are other ways, but they are more complicated and take a lot of time.
Video about choosing an operating system when booting into Windows 7:
Almost the same thing can be done in Windows 10.
Friends, I can explain to you in a nutshell why this happens, for example, you installed Windows 8 on one hard drive, and then Windows 7 on another, so Windows 8 commands the loading of both operating systems and all the files responsible for loading are in it, if You remove it or dismantle the disk on which it is installed from the system unit, then you will no longer boot Windows 7. Why? Because...
1. The partition from which the operating system is loaded is not active.
2. Or the partition from which the operating system is being loaded is active, but there are no operating system boot files on it. For Windows 7, 8, the bootmgr file and the Boot folder with boot configuration (BCD) files.
4. If you have permanently disconnected one HDD then restore the load remaining on the second Windows disk 7, 8.1, 10 is possible according to our article.
5. Also you can produce.
Note: Manager EasyBCD downloads 2.0.2 is best used if you have two or three operating systems installed on the same hard drive.
- If you want to install several operating systems with independent bootloaders on different hard drives, then you need to do everything so that each installed Windows does not know anything about its neighbor located on another hard drive installed in the same system unit. That's all. Another question, how to do it and how to manage computer boot afterwards? The answer is yes, very simply.
Look at my working system unit, it has four hard drives and operating systems are installed on all hard drives, they all start and work being in the system unit together or one at a time. There are no special boot managers installed on any system: EasyBCD 2.0.2 or MultiBoot.
SiliconPower SSD (120GB) - Windows 8 installed
SSD ADATA SSD S510 (60GB) - Windows XP installed
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD (120 GB) - Windows 7 installed
Western Digital Caviar Blue (250 GB) Simple Hard Drive - Installed Ubuntu Linux
The secret is simple, install any operating system on the computer, then simply disconnect the hard drive with this Windows from the system unit and connect another hard drive and install another operating system on it, if you have a third hard drive, do the same with it. And now the most important thing, when you install everything and connect all the hard drives to system unit how to manage the loading of operating systems?
If there are several hard drives in the system, the BIOS (AMI) parameter appears Hard Disk Drives,
And in BIOS (Award) parameter Hard Disk Boot Priority,
In BIOS UEFI option Hard Drive BBS Priorities, all of them are responsible for the supremacy or priority of hard drives in the system.
If in any of the above parameters the first is a certain hard disk, then the computer will boot from it first of all by default, since it is the main one. But to quickly change the priority of the hard drive, it is not at all necessary to climb into the BIOS every time and look for these parameters, you can make everything easier.
Press the Delete or F8 key at boot and enter the boot menu, then use the arrows on the keyboard to select the hard disk with the operating system you need and press Enter, the Windows you selected will load.
If you most often use a particular operating system, then you need to make it bootable by default.
Boot option number 1 is the hard disk the operating system on which is loaded by default in the first place. Click on the parameter with the left mouse
And in the menu that appears, select the hard drive with the Windows we need. For example, I will choose a SiliconPower SSD with Windows 8 installed, as this is my main operating system.
And Yes, the computer restarts and boots Windows 8 on the hard drive of my choice. SSD drive SiliconPower.
If during the day I suddenly need Windows XP, then I reboot, press Delete, enter the boot menu and select the hard drive with Windows XP installed and that's it.
