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boot.ini (in windows partition !! maybe in C: or D:)
!!! it's a hidden file, so you can view it typing C:/boot.ini or D:/boot.ini in RUN
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
@snjblack, there is no boot.ini in Vista or Windows 7. Both OSes now use Boot Configuration Data (BCD). See the BCD FAQ at MS TechNet for more:
http://technet.microsoft.com/e.....21886.aspx
@InDiSent, if you read the FAQ, above, it has some introduction to the bcdedit command line which you can use to change the description that shows up in the Win7 multiboot loader. Boot into Win7, start an elevated command prompt, and run "bcdedit". That will spit out the info on the BCD entries so that you can find the GUID of the XP entry. The GUID is the {big long number in squiggly brackets} or, if you only have XP and 7, you can probably use the shortcut {ntldr} to address the XP entry. To change the description, run:
bcdedit /set {ntldr} description "Windows XP Professional SP3"
and replace ntldr with the full GUID, if necessary, and put whatever you want in quotes for the description. That's the geeky way. All others should follow Scott's advice and just use EasyBCD!
@ScottW,
THANKS for the post giving the Technet information concerning the New Boot Manager.
As for as I'm concerned, The New Boot Manager is one of the (LEAST) understood and one of
(MOST IMPORTANT) Changes MS made with the introduction of the Vista O/S.
Any other information you may have or find concerning the New Boot Manager would certainly be welcomed especially by me.
Best Regards,
Rick P.
InDiSent, did you run bcdedit in Win7, or from the Recovery Environment? And what operation are you trying -- the /set {} description command from above?
I don't have my Win7 up right now, so give me a while to test it. I do know that I ran EasyBCD in Win7rc and it worked fine.
I did it this way :
@InDiSent, if you read the FAQ, above, it has some introduction to the bcdedit command line which you can use to change the description that shows up in the Win7 multiboot loader. Boot into Win7, start an elevated command prompt, and run "bcdedit". That will spit out the info on the BCD entries so that you can find the GUID of the XP entry. The GUID is the {big long number in squiggly brackets} or, if you only have XP and 7, you can probably use the shortcut {ntldr} to address the XP entry. To change the description, run:
bcdedit /set {ntldr} description "Windows XP Professional SP3"
and replace ntldr with the full GUID, if necessary, and put whatever you want in quotes for the description.
It says the change was successful, but when i reboot it still says "old version"
I was finally able to try this in Win7rc and had no problems. The entire transcript is available in the HTG pastebin. Here is the highlight:
C:\>bcdedit /set {ntldr} description "Windows XP Home (SP3)"
The operation completed successfully.
Since I am using Win7 and XP, they are both assigned helpful nicknames, {current} and {ntldr} respectively. If you are dealing with Vista and Win7, probably only one of them will be {current} and for the other you need the {full GUID} number.
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