Post by jim on Jul 21, 2010 12:04:47 GMT -5
This is mainly for dual/multi booting between operating systems though that's not all it does. If you don't need it you probably don't want to play with it.
neosmart.net/blog/2010/welcome-to-easybcd-2/
So, what's new? Lots. Lots, lots, and lots of new. And lots and lots of improved. With less and less and less bugs, too. The official changelog is miles long, but here's the stuff that we feel really shines. It's so hard to sort them in a way that doesn't leave one feature in the shadow of the other, but here goes:
* Complete Windows 7 support (including the pretty-boot screen!)
* Total redesign of the user interface to make the stuff you use more often easier to get to and easier to understand
* Automatic configuration and one-click setup of Windows XP dual-boots. No more mucking around w/ boot.ini and NTDETECT + NTLDR
* Support for multiple top-level Windows XP entries. You no longer need to go through a second NTLDR menu no matter how many XPs you have installed!
* Support for GRUB2 and ext4fs (we're looking at you, Ubuntu *glare*)
* Boot from ISO images and Virtual Harddisk (vhd) files!
* Create bootable USB drives!
* Change the boot drive on your system (including all the partition management stuff) with one click!
* Rewritten OS X support (yes, again *sigh*)
* EasyBCD BIOS Extender to let you boot from network devices, specific hard disks, USBs, and more even if your BIOS doesn't support it (thanks to PLoP integration)
* Support for multiple top-level GRLDR entries (in the same vein as XP entries above)
* Improved boot device detection, EasyBCD always runs, even if your boot device is inaccessible or the BCD isn't installed!
* Loading indicator for lengthy operations
* Better support for loading and managing external BCD stores
* Complete EasyBCD portability. Just tell the installer where to stick it, and you're set!
* Improved high DPI support
* Ability to create safe-mode entries
* Improved MBR repair, BCD repair, and more!
* Complete Windows 7 support (including the pretty-boot screen!)
* Total redesign of the user interface to make the stuff you use more often easier to get to and easier to understand
* Automatic configuration and one-click setup of Windows XP dual-boots. No more mucking around w/ boot.ini and NTDETECT + NTLDR
* Support for multiple top-level Windows XP entries. You no longer need to go through a second NTLDR menu no matter how many XPs you have installed!
* Support for GRUB2 and ext4fs (we're looking at you, Ubuntu *glare*)
* Boot from ISO images and Virtual Harddisk (vhd) files!
* Create bootable USB drives!
* Change the boot drive on your system (including all the partition management stuff) with one click!
* Rewritten OS X support (yes, again *sigh*)
* EasyBCD BIOS Extender to let you boot from network devices, specific hard disks, USBs, and more even if your BIOS doesn't support it (thanks to PLoP integration)
* Support for multiple top-level GRLDR entries (in the same vein as XP entries above)
* Improved boot device detection, EasyBCD always runs, even if your boot device is inaccessible or the BCD isn't installed!
* Loading indicator for lengthy operations
* Better support for loading and managing external BCD stores
* Complete EasyBCD portability. Just tell the installer where to stick it, and you're set!
* Improved high DPI support
* Ability to create safe-mode entries
* Improved MBR repair, BCD repair, and more!
neosmart.net/blog/2010/welcome-to-easybcd-2/