#EASYBCD INSTALL WINDOWS 7 FREE#
EasyBCDĮasyBCD is a completely free application by NeoSmart Technologies which helps you configure the bootloader entries stored in SystemVolume\Boot\BCD. Editing this file can be done through the command-line by using the command “bcdedit,” but we’ll be using a third-party GUI application which does a much better job and lets you configure and boot other operating systems like Linux through the Windows bootloader.
Unlike the older NTLDR which referred to boot.ini in the System Volume, the new bootloader refers to SystemVolume\Boot\BCD for its boot entries. Along with the new bootloader comes a new way of dealing with entries in the bootloader. The new boot manager was a result of supporting EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface), a replacement of the BIOS that is present on all IBM-compatible desktops, with the newer versions of Windows. Do the IDs of the bootable drive match the one in the error, if so you can use this video and reinstate grub from the liveCD.Introduced with Windows Vista, BCD (Boot Configuration Data) and Windows Boot Manager are together a completely new bootloader and configuration system. If you boot to live CD you can run sudo blkid.
It might help to check out the GRUB2 tutorial reference to get an idea of how GRUB works.
Then, the windows bootloader will pass you off to GRUB, from where you should be able to select ubuntu. The GRUB2 bootloader is going to be installed on your external hard drive, so what you want to do is point the Windows Bootloader to boot GRUB2, which should point to the partition that is your external. So what you are doing with EasyBCD is adding Ubuntu to the Windows Bootloader. Here is yet another guide for using EasyBCD. And it has nice screenshots with explanations.Ĥ. Here is a detailed guide to adding ubuntu to the windows bootloader and setting the two up using EasyBCD. Here is a video that shows a walkthrough for using EasyBCD.ģ. Here is a solution regarding the alert you got. It sounds like you might have skipped a step in using easybcd to point the bootloader to the right place where Ubuntu is.įirst, here is some reading you should skim over:ġ. I am not sure if you are still having this problem, but like Mahmoud said, EasyBCD is not a third party bootloader at all. What's wrong here? Why can't I load Ubuntu now? Am I going to have to reinstall Ubuntu with Windows, then set up the bootloader with EasyBCD instead of Ubuntu, THEN Win7? If I hit Ctrl+Alt+Del, it goes to the Login menu where it acts normal for about 10-15 seconds, then freezes. I reboot, select "Ubuntu" and the purple screen comes up, but NOTHING HAPPENS. Next, I go to "BCD Deployment" and select "Install the Windows Vista/7 bootloader to the MBR" and click "Write MBR" In EasyBCD, I select "Add New Entry" and select "Linux/BSD" and change the type to "GRUB 2" and name it "Ubuntu" I research and find that Win7 has overwritten the Ubuntu bootloader, etc etc. Of course I reboot and it goes directly to Win7. After I was done doing all the stupid updates from Microsof, I thought I was done and I wanted to go back to Ubuntu. Installation went smoothly and I was successfully booted into Win7 and setting everything up. Then I installed Win7 onto that 250GB partition. I then partitioned the hard drive to 500GB (for Ubuntu) in ext4 format (what it already was from the clean install of Ubuntu).and 250GB for Win7 in NFTS format. I first had Ubuntu 11.10 installed on a single partition on my 750GB hard drive.
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