Comments on: Set Windows as Default OS when Dual Booting Ubuntu

By: Neep

Neep — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:31:05 +0000

I change the 0 to 4 and it will not let me save, i tryed not changing anything and it will not let me save what did i do wrong?

By: John S

John S — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:15:16 +0000

I have a somewhat different problem. I installed ubuntu alongside windows half and half, and upgraded the windows partition to windows 7. Now when the computer starts up i no longer have the option of picking an OS to begin with. The only way I can access ubuntu now is through the cd, and that’s still just the disc version. How can i switch ubuntu back to the default?

By: emonweb

emonweb — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:42:39 +0000

Just wana to say thanks

By: karthik

karthik — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:17:24 +0000

Thanks buddy!! Thanks for sharing the info.. Was really helpful.

By: Len

Len — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:26:56 +0000

I tried to edit this, and i get it loaded, but when I go down to where it says:

default 0

I can’t change it. I try to go with it with the cursor and it wont change.

It seems that the number cant be changed no matter what I do.

Is there another way to change this setting?

By: Michael Fox

Michael Fox — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:49:40 +0000

The Ubuntu crowd tries to be very helpful to neophytes, but their explanations seem to start one step too late. They say what to put into the COMMAND line but don’t say how to get to the command line. I want to boot into Windows.

By: Davonte

Davonte — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:26:17 +0000

I want it to be remove from my computer.

By: brentoboy

brentoboy — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:01:55 +0000

if you are having issues with upgrading the kernel moving the indexes so that xp is no longer default, you could take the xp entry, and move it up to be the first one, and move the default back to 0

put it between these two lines:

# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

(here)

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

so, after the move, mine looks like this

…
…
…
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
…
…
…

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:31:46 +0000

Thanks for this. Works great! Cheers

By: Sukku

Sukku — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:03:14 +0000

HI dudes,

any one can help me out..

i have installed two Operating systems, i.e., server 2003 and XP…. By using server 2003 i have installed oracle apps. for some days i have worked convienently. after few days i had a problem that my XP has stopped working. i tried to re-install, but it is not accepting now.. after few days Sound drivers has stopped working in server 2003. i tried to re-install, it is also not accepting.

But XP is there in the boot list..