Showing posts with label metro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metro. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Enable new metro boot loader when dual booting with Windows 8.1 and Windows 7

When I configured a dual boot system with Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, I was given the old school black and white boot loader menu. This does the job but I really liked the new metro boot loader menu. So, to enable it back, I executed the following steps:

  • Open cmd
  • Type in 'bcdedit /set {default] bootmenupolicy standard'
  • Insert the Windows 8 cd and boot into advanced options
  • Open cmd and identify which drive letter partition your Win 8 OS lives (I could tell easily due to certain applications installed in Prog Files)
  • Type in the following command 'bcdboot E:\windows" ('E was where my Win 8 OS was, D was my Win 7)
  • Reboot and your done!

Done! If you want the old school, replace the word 'standard' with 'legacy' and if your system does not change the boot loader, redo the Windows 8 boot cd process and use the Win 7 drive letter.