{"id":136,"date":"2013-08-21T03:23:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T03:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/kb\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2015-08-18T09:24:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T14:24:35","slug":"basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/","title":{"rendered":"EasyBCD Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EasyBCD is a powerful bootloader-modification tool that has a wide-range of applications and usages. It can perform a variety of tasks ranging in complexity and application from the most basic to advanced and highly-customizable features.<\/p>\n<p>Please use EasyBCD with care, it&#8217;s a powerful tool that you can either make your life a lot easier or make it rather miserable by letting you shoot yourself in the foot.<\/p>\n<h3>EasyBCD Core Functionality<\/h3>\n<p>These cover the basic features baked into EasyBCD.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Page-list plugin v.5.9 wordpress.org\/plugins\/page-list\/ --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"page-list subpages-page-list \">\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-4730\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/viewing-entries\/\">Viewing Entries<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-4736\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/adding-entries\/\">Adding Entries<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-139\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/renaming-entries\/\">Renaming Entries<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/changing-default-entry\/\">Changing the default boot entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-144\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/setting-menu-timeout\/\">Changing the Menu Options<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-148\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/reordering-entries\/\">Reordering Menu Entries<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-159\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/deleting-entries\/\">Deleting Menu Entries<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-151\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/advanced-settings\/\">Advanced Settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-161\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/bcd-backup-and-restore\/\">BCD Backup and Restore<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-163\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/updating-mbr-and-bootsector\/\">Updating the MBR and Bootsector<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-167\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/creating-a-bootable-usb\/\">Creating a Bootable USB<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-169\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/editing-external-bcd\/\">Editing a BCD on a different disk<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-171\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/changing-the-boot-partition\/\">Changing the Boot Partition<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-173\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/basics\/resetting-the-bcd\/\">Resetting the BCD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dual-Boot Guides<\/h3>\n<p>What EasyBCD is all about.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Page-list plugin v.5.9 wordpress.org\/plugins\/page-list\/ --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"page-list \">\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-179 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/legacy\/\">Legacy Microsoft Operating Systems<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-181\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/legacy\/dos\/\">Microsoft DOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-183 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/windows-xp\/\">Windows XP<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-191\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/windows-xp\/installing-first\/\">Dual-booting an existing Windows XP installation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-186\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/windows-xp\/installing-second\/\">Installing XP as a second OS<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-4860\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/windows-xp\/windows-2003\/\">Windows 2003<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-351\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/windows-xp\/windows-2000\/\">Windows 2000<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-205 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/bcd-based\/\">Newer versions of Windows<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-208\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/bcd-based\/windows-vista\/\">Windows Vista<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-210\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/bcd-based\/windows-7\/\">Windows 7<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-212\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/bcd-based\/windows-8\/\">Windows 8<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3572\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/bcd-based\/windows-10\/\">Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-214\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/bcd-based\/server-2008\/\">Server 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-216\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/bcd-based\/server-2012\/\">Server 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-220 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/linux\/\">Linux<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-223\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/linux\/ubuntu\/\">Ubuntu<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-228\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/linux\/fedora\/\">Fedora<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-234\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/mac-os\/\">Mac OS X<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-353\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/easybcd\/dual-boot\/bsd\/\">BSD<\/a><\/li>\n<li 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