The 'default' line is the default operating system that boot.ini loads. We recommend the timeout be set to at least five seconds. The 'timeout' value defines how long, in seconds, the boot menu should be shown. In the boot loader section, there are two lines. In the above example, boot.ini contains two sections, the, and.
Multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS='Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition' /fastdetect Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.įor troubleshooting and advanced startup options for Windows, press F8.īasic example of a boot.ini file ĭefault=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS Please select the operating system to start:
