With EasyBCD you can edit the names of entries, add and remove entries onto the bootloader menu, change the timeout on the bootloader selection menu, and tweak boot-related items like enabling PAE ...

With the introduction of Windows Vista came a new boot loader and a new tool to edit the file as well call BCD edit. Well BCD edit is a command line tool and can be a bit of a headache to manipulate.

4) Modify boot order in BIOS so that 160 GB SSD boots first 5) Load into Windows 7, download EasyBCD 6) In EasyBCD add an XP entry to the BCD selecting the appropriate drive.

Learn how to back up and restore Boot Configuration Data Store in Windows 11/10 using CMD or freeware. If BCD is missing or corrupted, Windows won't be able to start.