How to edit boot record in windows vista

December 3rd, 2008 | by admin |

You must be wondering and looking for the boot.ini file in windows vista like i was when i installed windows vista with windows XP the master boot record was set to windows vista and i was looking for the boot.ini to edit and make some change but i wasn’t able to find it.

Then i started searching and found that master boot record cannot be edited directly in windows vista.You have two option to edit master boot record in windows vista both the options are given below.

First Method:

> Go to Run and then type msconfig and hit enter.

> You will be greeted with a screen which will have some tabs on it.

> Click on boot tab and setting related to boot record will be shown to you.

Second Method

EasyBCD

EasyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies’ multiple award-winning answer to tweaking the new Windows Vista bootloader. With EasyBCD, almost anything is possible. Setting up and configuring Windows boot entries is simple

> Go to http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

> Download EasyBCD and install it.

> When you will launch it you will have tons of options related to boot records.