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    changing names of boot entries

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by FairTrade, Aug 15, 2009.

  1. FairTrade

    FairTrade Notebook Geek

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    hey, whats the best/most convienaint way to change the names of boot entries? i recently had to use the windows vista dvd to restore my mbr so now my vista and 7 entries have "(recovered)" at the end of them....and i don't like that....how do i change the name?
     
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Slayer366 Notebook Consultant

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    If you are brave enough you could edit the hidden BOOT.INI file at the root of your hard drive and change it there, too.
     
    Slayer366, Aug 24, 2009
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    goofball Notebook Deity

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    Pretty sure that Win Vista/7 don't use the boot.ini anymore.
    EasyBCDEdit is also another way to make changes to the BCD.
     
    goofball, Aug 24, 2009
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    I thought that might be the case as they are totally different how they work in the background. That was the method they used for the longest time though with 2000 & XP. I would like to think that there may still be a config file like this still in those OSes, but just located elsewhere. I could be wrong though.
     
    Slayer366, Aug 24, 2009
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