This got me thinking…I knew that I could boot from VHD with Windows 7, so I decided to explore that angle. If only I could install Windows 7 on this loaner box… Unfortunately, the Terminal Services client in Windows XP lacks two things: Support for Network Level Authentication (fixable with some registry keys) and, more importantly, lack of 2D acceleration found in the Windows 7 RDP client. Since I didn’t have time to copy the 70gb image, I copied it over to a Hyper-V server and fired it up.Īfter fixing the bootloader, I finally got my broken machine’s image running on the Hyper-V server.
Using disk2vhd from Sysinternals, I took an image of my disk before packing it up.
I’ve been using Windows 7 now since last summer, so I was less than thrilled to do without Windows 7. I got a loaner T410 from one of the guys which was, unfortunately, loaded with the standard image - Windows XP SP3. This leaves me without a machine for the next seven business days. It hide partitions, change active flags, and create complex boot scenarios.My machine at work has a cracked case, so I had to send it back in for service today.Add, rename, remove, configure, and reorder BCD entries.This app troubleshoot Windows, back up and repair the bootloader, etc.Create entries to boot into recovery utilities.It boot from and into USB drives, ISO images, virtual disks, etc.Create bootable USB sticks with repair utilities.Thus, you just point and click and EasyBCD does the rest. Setting up and configuring a dual-boot between Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, BSD, and macOS is a breeze. EasyBCD extends and revamps the Windows BCD bootloader. It app is designed to manage the windows bootloader or also known as BootManager (BCD) on windows based operating system. So, you just want to add an entry to your old XP partition or want to create a duplicate for testing purposes if you’re interested in debugging the Windows Kernel or septuple-booting your seven test operating systems, EasyBCD is the key. EasyBCD is geared for users of all kinds. This app also has Extra facilities that can be used to add an ISO file, the VHD image, WIM image, which contains the operating system into the windows boot manager and add non-Windows operating system into the boot options list, such as Linux and Mac. It boot modification tool which allows you to create, manage boot files and use multiple systems on the same computer.
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