How to rename "Windows" for boot selection

Hi,

renaming your Windows XP volumes can only be done while in Windows XP.

Open the Windows-Explorer and do a right-click on the Windows Drive (C:).

In the Window that opens is a empty field in which you can type in the Name you want.

When doing that, try avoid any kind of 'Special Characters' and stick to just Letters and Numbers.

Regards

Stefan

Hi,

well that's all I had to do when I renamed it some time ago.

Here's my Boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


And I get 'Win XP' as Name in the Boot Selection, which is the Volume Name.

Stefan

A great big apology from me to you

Just checked (boot reboot) my Boot Selection screen and also get only 'Windows' although in OSX it shows as Win XP on the Desktop.

It's been quite a while since I had look out what really is shown in the Boot Selection (just used the cursor-keys or mouse to choose without really looking).

So, again sorry for the confusion 😉

But I think rEFIt can change these Names http://refit.sourceforge.net/ but I have n't tried it.

Stefan

Hi,

I haven't tried Leopard BootCamp 2.0 yet, maybe Apple has re-changed the Boot Selection behaviour back to when it displayed the name of the Windows Volume.
But, I don't think so.

And since I am quite convinced that the 'Names' are somewhat saved in the 200MB EFI-partition, I still believe that rEFIt is your best chance.

Stefan

Q: I have two versions of Vista on separate drives, but when I select Windows, it then shows a list of:

Windows
Windows

I set the "D:" drive (Vista Business) as default and "C:" is Home Premium.

the volumes have unique names, and those names show in OS X and on desktop, but not during the Windows boot sequence.

Am I left with having to edit a file?
I do not want to use rEFIt. Not yet anyway. That may work at the OPTION key selector but not the list Vista keeps (and don't want to mess up).

Hi The Hatter,

since Apple officially does not support more than one Windows with BootCamp I am quite sure they will not offer any solution.
But as you have found out Vista supports EFI, so it may be that a tweaking of the Vista Bootloader can also do the trick.

Have a look at EasyBCD http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 , might be helping you with your problem.

Stefan

Apple didn't support RC1 or 64-bit versions. I am oppossed to putting Windows on the same disk drive as OS X, and even then, I think I'd want to put primary OS (whatever it is, linux, XP etc) on the first partition anyway.

I'd be in way over my head with tweaking a bootloader with 3rd party tool. I keep buying tools that don't work, don't support x64 or something.

Can you imagine a backup program for Vista that then says it doesn't support native disk drives? claims I have Dynamic Drives when they are in fact reported as Simple (I did play around with stripping but those are gone.

I have a hunch that no one has tested their products fully on EFI based systems, and if they have, Itanium and therefore treat Mac Pro as "server class" and maybe why their product is "confused" when it sees GPL and EFI partitions.

Leo dropped support for Java 6 and I work with one application that just doesn't seem to exist on Mac, so for once I feel freed to use hardware and software I need.... mostly... for once. Not the other way around.