How to change the default system of dual-boot using Wubi?
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Solution 1
Click setting and select wubi as default operating system from drop-down menu. Click OK.
Solution 2
Assuming that you are using Wubi (saw boot.ini
).
Use EasyBCD. It's a free program to modify the Windows Bootloader.
After you installed it, open it and go to the Edit boot menu Section.
Then tick the box beside the Ubuntu Entry under "Default".
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kev
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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kev over 1 year
I have both Windows XP and Ubuntu installed.
I want to set Ubuntu as my default system when boot the machine.
I don't want to press Down+Enter every time.I am using Wubi.
Original
boot.ini
:[boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"
Modified
boot.ini
:[boot loader] timeout=30 default=C:\wubildr.mbr [operating systems] C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
But nothing changed.
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Admin almost 12 yearsPossible duplicate of How do I set Windows to boot as the default in the boot loader?
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Admin almost 12 years@BasharatSial No, that question is about the GRUB2 menu this with a standard Ubuntu installation. This question is about the Windows boot menu with a Wubi installation.
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Admin almost 12 yearsThe original poster here has a Wubi system, not a standard Ubuntu system. In a Wubi system, the boot menu that gives a choice between Windows and Ubuntu is the Windows boot menu, not the GRUB2 boot menu. So editing GRUB's configuration files won't help at all in this case. Also, graphical programs should be run with
gksu
/gksudo
, notsudo
, as usingsudo
to run any nontrivial graphical program can (reversibly) break the program when you need to run it not asroot
. Also, for this you'd needsudo update-grub
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Rahul Virpara almost 12 yearseasyBCD only works with vista or later(because it uses bcd as boot config.) not with XP(becasue xp uses boot.ini) except you have installed vista or seven along side.
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Emerson Hsieh almost 12 yearsIt doesn't??? I never knew that. Thanks for pointing it out!
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bcbc almost 12 yearsWarning: do not set the
Time to display operating systems
to zero when Ubuntu is the default OS. This will prevent Windows from booting. It can be easily fixed for Windows XP, but not on Windows Vista and 7 which requires a Windows repair CD. The minimum for the timeout should be 10 as even small numbers > 0 can cause problems.