How to configure the operating system boot. We install several operating systems (EasyBCD). Editing the Windows Boot List
For work, study and other purposes, the user may need to work on different operating systems Oh. If there is only one computer at home, then the installation of two operating systems can be suggested as a solution.
There are two ways to install an additional operating system: using a virtual machine, that is, a program inside which Windows or another OS will be installed, or by installing a full-fledged neighbor operating system.
The disadvantage of the first method is that another one will work inside the running operating system. This results in the consumption random access memory is doubled. The second method has the disadvantage that when you start the computer, you must immediately decide which OS will be launched - either one or the second.
In the article below, we will talk about installing two operating systems in the second way.
Installing two operating systems on a computer
The further procedure assumes that one operating system is already installed on your computer, for example, Windows 10, and with further actions we will install another one next to it. If you do not have any OS yet, you should install the first version of Windows you want.
Stage 1: creating a partition for the second operating system
You should not form a partition from the allocated space, so immediately close the window and proceed to the second or third stage of the procedure.
Stage 2: Prepare bootable media
There is a section, now you need to take care of the presence of a bootable USB flash drive or disk. In our work, we will need the UltraISO program, which you can download from the link below, a USB flash drive (or disk), as well as a Windows distribution kit in ISO format, which can be downloaded both from the official Microsoft website and from third-party resources.
Wait for the program to complete the procedure, after which the program can be closed, and then proceed to the process of installing an additional operating system.
Stage 3: Entering the BIOS and installing a second operating system
After that, every time the computer is turned on or restarted, the operating system selection window will be displayed on the screen. If you do not select anything in it, after a while the operating system will be automatically loaded first in the list.
How to remove system selection at boot What settings do you need to go to for this? Hello friends! This question is often asked on the site. For example, you installed a second operating system and when the computer boots up, a 30-second operating system selection menu immediately appears, of course, this menu will not be useful to everyone, since many do not need the old operating system and therefore many users try to get rid of the unnecessary menu at all costs downloads.
How to remove system selection at boot
In this case, you can go in two ways, the first - which is used in operating Windows systems Vista, and , and it is described in another article. The second way is much easier and any user, even a beginner, can handle it, so I propose to consider it here.In our article I will tell you how to remove the system selection when loading Windows 7, Windows 8 and.
How to remove the system selection in the boot menu in Windows 7 at boot
Start - Run
Another way to remove the choice of operating systems when loading Windows 7
Start-->Control Panel-->right click on "Computer" and select "Properties"
then "Advanced system settings",
Remove the checkmark from the item "Display a list of operating systems", click OK. Apply. OK.
Right click on Start menu and Run
Enter the command msconfig in the input field
In the window that opens, go to Download. We see two operating systems. The current default bootable operating system is second on the list. We do not touch it, go to the first one and select it with the left mouse, click on the Delete button, then Apply and OK.
That's it, now when you boot Windows 8 there will be no choice of operating systems.
Another way to remove the choice of operating systems when loading Windows 8
Right-click on the left corner of the desktop and select "Control Panel"
Then System and Security.
System,
Remove the checkmark from the item "Display a list of operating systems", click OK.
How to remove system selection at boot What settings do you need to go to for this? Hello friends! This question is often asked on the site. For example, you installed a second operating system and when the computer boots up, a 30-second operating system selection menu immediately appears, of course, this menu will not be useful to everyone, since many do not need the old operating system and therefore many users try to get rid of the unnecessary menu at all costs downloads.
How to remove system selection at boot
In this case, you can go two ways, the first - which is used in operating systems Windows Vista, and , and it is described in another article. The second way is much easier and any user, even a beginner, can handle it, so I propose to consider it here.In our article I will tell you how to remove the system selection when loading Windows 7, Windows 8 and.
How to remove the system selection in the boot menu in Windows 7 at boot
Start - Run
Another way to remove the choice of operating systems when loading Windows 7
Start-->Control Panel-->right click on "Computer" and select "Properties"
then "Advanced system settings",
Remove the checkmark from the item "Display a list of operating systems", click OK. Apply. OK.
Right click on Start menu and Run
Enter the command msconfig in the input field
In the window that opens, go to Download. We see two operating systems. The current default bootable operating system is second on the list. We do not touch it, go to the first one and select it with the left mouse, click on the Delete button, then Apply and OK.
That's it, now when you boot Windows 8 there will be no choice of operating systems.
Another way to remove the choice of operating systems when loading Windows 8
Right-click on the left corner of the desktop and select "Control Panel"
Then System and Security.
System,
Remove the checkmark from the item "Display a list of operating systems", click OK.
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 system file boot.ini . 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 we press right click mouse 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.
Good day, dear friends, acquaintances and other personalities.
If you have 2 or more operating systems on your computer, then for sure at a certain stage of computer boot you will see a list of these operating systems, prompting you to select them within, say, 30 seconds. Or, it happens that after installing the next operating system, the second one suddenly disappeared from the list, or even completely stopped loading. Another common problem is when you have not installed (or completely removed) the system, but it has already managed to register in the bootloader and hangs there with a dead line, or .. Or something else :-)
Today I will help you eliminate a number of embarrassments with this very list and generally make working with it more convenient or remove it completely, as well as edit and so on.
A little more about what is possible, and then how to do it.
Go.
Editing the Windows Boot List
A few words about the desired, in my opinion, and sometimes even useful, settings and methods for applying editing the list of operating systems, as well as about frequently occurring problems where it may be needed.
- Firstly, as for me, 30 seconds is a lot for someone, not enough for someone. How can there be too many? Well, for example, you turn on the computer and go to put the kettle on, and upon returning you see that the system, if it got out, is still loading. So you can change this very time to, in general, any value from 1 to n. Perhaps there is a limit to this value, but I have not checked, and I strongly doubt that someone needs the system to boot after 30 minutes :)
- Secondly , as I said above, perhaps you (or your friends) installed the second / third / fifth Windows (or another operating system), but interrupted the installation or something did not work out during it, or you completely deleted one of the systems from . Only now the record about this very undelivered \ remote Windows remained and in every possible way bothers, because. You have to choose a working system from the list all the time. So you can get rid of extra lines.
- Thirdly . Many people love all sorts of funny gadgets. In this case, you can, for example, rename the systems in the list as you like, for example, put Mega Winda Vasi instead.
- Fourth, let's say a friend brought you HDD with your Windows, but you do not know how to add the operating system to the list of available ones so that you can select it. Again, this can be done where I will now tell.
- Fifth , there is a somewhat crazy idea to use the below described method of editing the list of systems available for downloads. You can create a list of, say, 25 systems, but only one of them will be loaded, the rest, due to their non-existence, will give an error. Only you will know which account works, because you will create this list, and the attacker who turned on your computer will have to restart the computer 20 times in search of a working system. By the way, you can use this not only, but simply as a prank on a friend or girlfriend;)
