How to edit system.ini in vista

This installation attacks also the MBR. Afther the installation, there was the selection-menu "Earlier versions of Windows" and "Microsoft Windows" witch means : Vista.

Linux was disappeared. Thirst "Windows" or "Linux", second "Previous version" or "Vista", and if I go to the "Previous Version" once again the old know selection by the "boot. What I like to realise, is to put into the Vista boot loader, the second XP-version that I have on my removable disk.

I tried this already with VistaBootPro 2. Creating a new entry is not the prob, however he always read the default "boot. The second XP-version is located on drive "E" seen from Vista. However, when I boot into this version, the same partition is indicated as C-drive. And my Vista-partition has the drive-letter "H". Mostly, one BOOT. The whole string is set as the updated value of loadoptions. Some, perhaps even many, details remain to be worked out. Text is case-insensitive.

An option is considered present at its first occurrence only. Also, an option need not be preceded by a forward slash or even by white space. In each of the following sets, only one member is accepted, in decreasing order of precedence:. The num placeholder stands for an uninterrupted sequence of decimal digits.

An empty num is permitted, and evaluates as zero. The str placeholder stands for any number of characters up to but not including the first space. If there is no such occurrence, the bootems and ems elements are added without emsport. Unlike manual editing, Bootcfg edits boot options without changing the protective attributes on Boot.

It also helps you avoid typing errors that might prevent the operating system from starting. You must be a member of the Administrators group on the computer to use Bootcfg. For detailed instructions about using Bootcfg, see Help and Support Center.

You can use a text editor, such as Notepad, to edit Boot. However, because this method is prone to error, use it only when Bootcfg is not available. Before editing Boot. When Boot. Use the following procedure to prepare Boot. There's some other crap at the root of the C drive, but I'm not sure if it's equivalent to the boot. The more I try to figure out Vista, the more pissed off and annoyed I get at what MS did do it in a failed attempt to lock it down.

Vista has the "Boot. That is the easiest and safest waty to edit the boot. Vista includes a command-line tool you can use to edit the BCD; not surprisingly, it's called Bcdedit.

The syntax of the Bcdedit command is daunting, to say the least. Those facts are enough to strongly recommend using a graphical editor for the BCD store instead.

I recommend a third-party tool, VistaBootPRO, which adds a graphical interface to handle every function you can accomplish using Bcdedit and then some. EasyBCD 2.