Dual boot activate on press key

Hi,

My PC has two partitions. 1-XP pro, 2-DOS. I create a dual boot (XP and
DOS). The DOS partition is only for use to recover if a crash occurs on the
XP partition. I use ghost.exe.

But at each boot, a menu appears for select the boot partition. It is
possible to not display a menu and to activate the DOS Partition using a
special key combinaison on my keyboard only when i want it?

Thank you for any idea
Alain

It's possible but also complicated. You need a good knowledge of the
boot process. The details are way beyond a news post...you should search
the web. However, the method you are proposing will fail if the disk is
corrupted, e.g. by a voltage spike or a virus.

May I give my opinion that there is a much better way? Disk imaging is
the way to go. With a regularly updated disk image you can restore your
computer in minutes.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Alain wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My PC has two partitions. 1-XP pro, 2-DOS. I create a dual boot (XP and
> DOS). The DOS partition is only for use to recover if a crash occurs on the
> XP partition. I use ghost.exe.
>
> But at each boot, a menu appears for select the boot partition. It is
> possible to not display a menu and to activate the DOS Partition using a
> special key combinaison on my keyboard only when i want it?
>
> Thank you for any idea
> Alain
>
>

Or simply stay with single boot, and use a bootable CD or diskette to boot
ghost when inserted before booting ?

"Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> It's possible but also complicated. You need a good knowledge of the boot
> process. The details are way beyond a news post...you should search the
> web. However, the method you are proposing will fail if the disk is
> corrupted, e.g. by a voltage spike or a virus.
>
> May I give my opinion that there is a much better way? Disk imaging is the
> way to go. With a regularly updated disk image you can restore your
> computer in minutes.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Alain wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My PC has two partitions. 1-XP pro, 2-DOS. I create a dual boot (XP and
>> DOS). The DOS partition is only for use to recover if a crash occurs on
>> the XP partition. I use ghost.exe.
>>
>> But at each boot, a menu appears for select the boot partition. It is
>> possible to not display a menu and to activate the DOS Partition using a
>> special key combinaison on my keyboard only when i want it?
>>
>> Thank you for any idea
>> Alain
>>