How to change the default delay on the boot menu from 30 seconds to 5 seconds on windows 8

I suspect that you may be talking about the delay during the "Select an operating system" screen during boot, that defaults to 30 seconds.

To change this:

  1. open the System control panel (shortcut: Windows+Break)

  2. select Advanced System Settings from the left hand menu:

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  3. Click the Settings button in the Start-up and Recovery group:

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  4. Edit the Time to display list of operating systems to suit:

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