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    Dual Boot Laptop - How to change default OS?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Dragunov-21, Jan 10, 2009.

  1. Dragunov-21

    Dragunov-21 Notebook Evangelist

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    I recently formatted my laptop and installed Vista and Ubuntu 8.10 on seperate partitions, in that order.

    After I installed Ubuntu, it set itself as the default OS, so when I turn on my laptop, I have to manually choose the Vista Longhorn loader in the first ~10 seconds if I want to load vista.

    Given that I use Vista 90% of the time, I'm wondering how to change the dual-boot settings to change Vista to the default OS.

    Any thoughts?
     
    Dragunov-21, Jan 10, 2009
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  2. sharp65

    sharp65 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm guessing ubuntu is in charge of the bootloader? Your going to need to enter the Grub menu. Enter the following into the terminal:

    "sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst"

    Look for a line that says default, next to it should a number, change that to be number of the order of the OS you want to boot up first. (I think it starts at 0, the memory option counts as an option as well so don't chose that by mistake).
     
    sharp65, Jan 10, 2009
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