Can you Edit the OS Name in start up and recovery

Im running dual boot PC XP pro & W2K, thinking about making triple booter using two versions XP pro & W2K.
So my Question is can I change the name of one of the XP pro's OS?
That would make easier to Identify at the boot page and or in System Properties/Startup and Recovery.

Thanks

 

Yes.

The easiest way is to go to start, run:

C:\boot.ini

Change the section(s) in quotes:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
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" /fastdetect

Then save it.

You will need to remove the read only attribute from boot.ini as well.

 

How do I remove read only attribute?

Thanks! Again!

 

Right-click on it > Properties > Uncheck Read-only

 

To add to that, its a hidden file, so make sure you show hidden files and folders, and uncheck hide protected operating system files.

 

Thanks! Adrynalyne & Alanc