In Windows Server, 7 and Vista the bootloader file contains the necessary information is located in [root directory]\bootmgr. For Windows XP, the file is \ntldr.
Bcdedit is a powerful tool that Windows Vista, 7 and Server 2008 uses to manage the boot entry option value in the Windows boot configuration data store (BCD).
Easiest way to edit the boot loader entry names
Open your Command Interpreter > Win + R > and type “cmd.exe” > and use the following command
bcdedit /set {current} description "any name" |
Restart your computer to see the results…
For Windows XP users, you can read this old blog article that I wrote.
Note: It is important to backup the bcd entries first:
bcdedit /export c:\savebcdentry |
To undo the changes:
bcdedit /import c:\savebcdentry |
How to delete entry from the list
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=C: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {e6317784-92a2-11df-a5ba-ab1b23d1ff42} displayorder {current} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Microsoft Windows Vista locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {e6317784-92a2-11df-a5ba-ab1b23d1ff42} nx OptIn Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {a1d5593a-5b7-11e0-9e3c-d0a2d26a53be} device partition=E: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description dummy OS locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {e6317784-92a2-11df-a5ba-ab1b23d1ff42} nx OptIn C:\Windows\system32> |
First, you need to know the identifier value by launching “bcdedit” as shown above and after that, you can now delete the entry “dummy OS” by using the command:
bcdedit /delete {a1d3593a-5b7-11e0-9e3c-d0a2d26a53be}
For more detailed information from Microsoft, read here..
http://WindowsForUs.com?bcdeditms3
Thanks for reading the guide!