Just create a file that has the exact same name as the one in the Media folder and replace it. If you don’t like some of the other default Windows sounds, you can change them also in the same manner. Step 3: Now copy the two renamed files to the C:WindowsMedia folder and restart your computer! You should now hear the new audio play rather than the default sounds. This is just in case the two WAV files you created do not work and you want to revert back to the original sound. Go ahead and move the two original files from the Media folder to some other backup folder. Here you will find the files Windows XP Startup.wav and Windows XP Shutdown.wav along with a bunch of other Windows sounds.
Step 2: Now go ahead and navigate to the folder with the current startup and shutdown Windows sounds, which is C:WindowsMedia. All files are available in both Wav and MP3 formats.
