Overview technology:
Microsoft's operating system since Windows Vista boot Bootmgr is really powerful, just because of its all-bottom command operation, and unfriendly commands help to deter people!
Basic technical Summary point of Reference:
- boot. INI support : XP, 2003-old multi-system boot. You can still use it after Vista, add this file to the boot partition. The boot entry must be valid!
Example:
[boot loader] Timeout=0default=c:\grldr[operating Systems]C:\grldr = "Grub4dos"c:\grldr= "Grub4dos2"c:\grldr= "Grub4dos3"c:\grldr= "Grub4dos4"
- Bootmgr (bcdedit) native support
Example:
Windows boot loader-------------------identifier {992b0cd1-047c-11e6-9c7c-d68f36f60678}device VHD=[S:]\windows10_64.vhdpath \windows\system32\winload.exedescription Windows10Pro (VHD) locale Zh-cninherit {bootloadersettings}recoverysequence {351e8275-047d-11e6-8d0b-f0cb3ea7a5ef}recoveryenabled Yescustom:17000077 352321653Osdevice VHD=[S:]\windows10_64.vhdsystemroot \windowsresumeobject {992b0cd0-047c-11e6-9c7c-d68f36f60678}nx optincustom:250000c21Windows boot loader-------------------identifier {Current}device partition=V:path \windows\system32\winload.exedescription64Win7_sp1locale Zh-cninherit {bootloadersettings}recoverysequence {2c1fbb70-f4 B1-11e5-b7a1-00e04cdd5318}recoveryenabled Yesosdevice Partition=v:systemroot \windowsresumeobject {d09d1330-f4ae-11e5-8a5f-dee87c93a0e2}nx optinwindows boot loader-------------------identifier {07bc0fe3-f404-
11e5-9df3-005056c00001}device VHD=[S:]\windows7_32.vhdpath \windows\system32\winload.exedescription32Win7_sp1locale Zh-cninherit {bootloadersettings}recoverysequence {abeb0690-f4 14-11e5-a6fe-00e04cdd5318}recoveryenabled Yesosdevice vhd=[S:]\windows7_32.vhdsystemroot \windowsresumeobject {07bc0fe2-f404-11e5-9df3-005056c00001}nx OptIn
- bootmgr VHD format support : really is very bright. What's more, the various features of the VHD format are supported! Incremental, differential ...
- implied grub4dos such as third-party boot manager support !
Grub4dos, EasyBCD, Pcmaster .....
In short, Microsoft's bootmgr function is really very powerful!! Flexible use of it, with third parties such as grub4dos, that is, "The magic in hand, the world I have"!
OS Multi-boot (multi-system) boot on Windows xp\2003