
(in administrator mode, as described in Chapter 8), type bcdedit and press
Enter, and you’ll see output that looks something like this:
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {default}
displayorder {ntldr}
{default}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 3
Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {ntldr}
device partition=C:
path \ntldr
description Earlier version of Windows
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {default}
device partition=D:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=D:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {70c7d34d-b6b4-12db-cc71-d30cdb1ce261}
nx OptIn
detecthal Yes
What a mess. In short, the first section describes the menu you see when you
first boot; the second section here—Windows Legacy OS Loader—describes the
older version of Windows (XP); and finally, the third section—Windows Boot
Loader—describes your new Windows 7 installation.
If you type bcdedit /? at the prompt, you’ll see a bunch of command-line
parameters you can use to add or remove entries, choose a new default (the
OS that’s loaded if you don’t choose one before the timer runs out), or run a
variety of debugging tools.
But if all you want to do is choose a default and maybe change the timeout,
there’s a better tool. Open your Start menu, type msconfig in the Search box
and press Enter to open the System Configuration window, and choose the
Boot tab as shown in Figure 1-5.
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