If you are getting the following error when attempting to start a Virtual Machine (VM) in Hyper-V, Virtualization may either be not enabled in BIOS or Hypervisor was not started during your computer start up. Recently after configuring a computer to dual boot I was unable to start up a virtual machine in the second … Continue reading Enabling Hypervisor to auto start in the Boot Configuration Database (BCD)
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How to use BCDEDIT to add menu items to the selection screen in Windows Server and Win7
This question was asked in class the other day. BCDEDIT.exe will be used to add, delete or modify the boot configuration data store. To get the syntax on how to use the BCDEDIT.EXE command, type bcdedit /? at the command prompt. Note: In Windows Vista and Windows 7 in order to modify the boot configuration … Continue reading How to use BCDEDIT to add menu items to the selection screen in Windows Server and Win7
What happened to my BOOT.INI file?
The Old Way In legacy operating systems the boot sector (boot strap loader) loads the NTLDR that would then look for the BOOT.INI. If more than one operating system existed the BOOT.INI would provide the user with an Operating System Selection Screen. Once an operating system was chosen NTDetect.com would then take over to detect … Continue reading What happened to my BOOT.INI file?