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reply to a4nic8er

Re: Windows 7 boot manager editing questions

Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories > (right-click & "Run as administrator") Command prompt
(AT YOUR OWN RISK)
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Thanks, it appears my cmd window now has sufficient authority.

At the same time, I'm not sure how to change the name of say my Windows 64 boot manager entry.

This command looks dangerous, in that a mistake could require me to re-install both my operating systems.

The output of my command looks like this -

bcdedit /enum

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {96a7ebcf-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
displayorder {current}
{96a7ebcc-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 7

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {96a7ebd1-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {96a7ebcf-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
nx OptIn

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {96a7ebcc-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {96a7ebcd-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {96a7ebcb-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
nx OptIn
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You can use the /export command to create a backup file of the current system store contents.

For info on the /export command, type...

bcdedit /? /export
 

bcdedit /export C:\BCDbak
bcdedit /export C:\"BCD bak"
 

bcdedit /import C:\"BCD bak" 
bcdedit /import C:\BCDbak /clean
 

bcdedit /enum /v
 

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {07cf7f58-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
resumeobject {07cf7f57-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
displayorder {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c}
{07cf7f58-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 30

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \ntldr
description Earlier Version of Windows

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {07cf7f58-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
recoverysequence {07cf7f59-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {07cf7f57-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
nx OptIn

bcdedit
 

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {07cf7f57-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
displayorder {ntldr}
{current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {ntldr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \ntldr
description Earlier Version of Windows

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {07cf7f59-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {07cf7f57-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
nx OptIn

bcdedit /set {current} description "Windows 7 Ultimate X64 beta"
 

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {07cf7f57-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
displayorder {ntldr}
{current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {ntldr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \ntldr
description Earlier Version of Windows

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7 Ultimate X64 beta
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {07cf7f59-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {07cf7f57-e206-11dd-a0c8-bab28362099d}
nx OptIn

It worked, thanks so much!

I tried to change the name on the second boot to indicate it was the 32 bit version of Windows 7, but it didn't take.

I'm still happy to just have a distinction between the two boot options.

Overall, the 64 bit seems to be doing better than I expected. My concern was the extra address space for 64 bits vs 32 would limit system performance in a 2 GB PC. There is no significant performance hit and my 32 bit stuff runs fine.

Thanks again for your help!
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