Reduce OS selection time in dual boot setup

 

 

If your pc is in dual mode setup than you might have noticed that it gives you 30 seconds for selection if you are using any windows system. It is because windows boot manager is set for 30 sec as default time and you can edit it by editing boot manager file, it is possible by using 'system configuration utility' window. But here shown method only works for windows boot manager if you have Linux OS install alongside windows than it use another method.

Open 'run' dialogue and type 'msconfig'

click on 'boot' tab

Here edit the 'Timeout' field, as default value is 30. You can decrease and increase it according to your need

By editing options in msconfig you are modifying boot file also in xp you can do it directly by unhidding boot.ini which is in directory root C: and opening it in notepad.

 As here you can see many things can be edited including the timeout field value.

Also you can edit boot.ini from cmd, open cmd and type

cd C:\

attrib -r -a -s -h boot.ini

edit boot.ini

and can edit as you want or search for more editing commands in cmd.