Open My Computer, select Tools from the menu, then select Folder Options.This file is hidden so we need to show it first.

The boot.ini file is located on the drive where you installed Windows XP.Unlike Windows 7/ 8.1/10, Windows XP uses the menu in the boot.ini file. Grub2 does not support booting from XP, here I will boot to Grub4Dos and then boot to Grub2. Click Save current system to save the menu.The system will automatically boot into the selected menu if it is not selected within the time specified above. You can adjust the number of seconds in the Timeout (s).

OS title: enter the name you want the menu to display.

Partition: select the partition where you extracted AIO Boot. Here, I extracted to C: drive.

Boot disk: select the disk containing the partition where you extracted AIO Boot.

In the next option, you need to select the following:.

Select Add and then select New RealMode entry (Grub/Linux).

Switch to BCD, select BCD of current system by default and click Easy mode.

Running BootICE, this tool can be found in /AIO/Tools folder or from AIOCreator.exe -> Tools.

The steps below help you add a Grub2 and Grub4Dos menu to BCD of Windows 7/8.1/10. We will now use BootICE to add Grub2 and Grub4Dos to Windows Boot Manager. For Windows XP, we just need to add the menu to boot.ini. We will now proceed with adding Grub2 nor Grub4Dos menus to Windows Boot Manager.

Click OK to proceed with the extraction.

New partitions can be created easily by using the Shrink feature of Disk Management.

You should create a new partition to install AIO Boot.

Select the drive on which you want to extract the files and install AIO Boot.

Select Use Hard Disk Drive to list all drives in the drop down list.

Uncheck Auto install Bootloader to skip installation of Grub2. After extracting, you can install Clover and Syslinux from AIOCreator.exe -> Bootloaders.

Install AIO Bootįirst, you need to download and install AIO Boot to any drive you want. Installing AIO Boot on your hard drive will give you more free space to integrate your packages, as well as faster speeds than a regular USB drive. This makes it possible to add a menu to Windows Boot Manager without having to install Grub2 or Grub4Dos. If you have only one Windows operating system, the menu will not display and will automatically boot into that operating system.īy editing the Windows Boot Manager menu, we can add or remove any menu if desired. The great thing is that both Grub2 and Grub4Dos from AIO Boot support booting from Windows Boot Manager. When you boot into Windows, there is always a menu to select the Windows operating system that you have installed on your hard drive.

Note: This method only applies to Legacy BIOS mode. UEFI mode is not supported. Grub2 and Grub4Dos of AIO Boot can be booted from Windows Boot Manager without having to install them to your hard drive.

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