Welcome to EasyBCD 2.0!Hello and welcome to EasyBCD 2.0!!
It's rather hard to believe, but EasyBCD 1.7.2 has been out for over 2 years now, and we've been working on Version 2.0 ever since. In that time, a lot has happened. Windows 7 has shipped, ext4fs is the new cool kid on the Linux block, GRUB2 is finally seeing some adoption, VHDs are the new wow, and everyone and their grandmother want a dual-boot between Windows 7 and Windows XP.
Worry not, we haven't been sitting on our (not-so-proverbial) behinds this whole time. In fact, the entire NeoSmart team - developers, supporters, testers, and all - have been working around the clock to make EasyBCD 2.0 the biggest, coolest, greatest, and awesomest thing ever since the invention of the MBR. And now, over a 150 beta builds later and 2 years in the making, we're super-pleased to introduce you to EasyBCD 2.0. It's so incredibly overhauled and improved, so stuffed-to-the-brim with features, so much of a true one-click dual-boot experince, so customizable, so powerful, and so EASY that it took a lot of self-restraint to keep from calling it EasyBCD 10.0!
So, what's new? Lots. Lots, lots, and lots of new. And lots and lots of improved. With less and less and less bugs, too. The official changelog is miles long, but here's the stuff that we feel really shines. It's so hard to sort them in a way that doesn't leave one feature in the shadow of the other, but here goes:
Complete Windows 7 support (including the pretty-boot screen!)
Total redesign of the user interface to make the stuff you use more often easier to get to and easier to understand
Automatic configuration and one-click setup of Windows XP dual-boots. No more mucking around w/ boot.ini and NTDETECT + NTLDR
Support for multiple top-level Windows XP entries. You no longer need to go through a second NTLDR menu no matter how many XPs you have installed!
Support for GRUB2 and ext4fs (we're looking at you, Ubuntu *glare*)
Boot from ISO images and Virtual Harddisk (vhd) files!
Create bootable USB drives!
Change the boot drive on your system (including all the partition management stuff) with one click!
Rewritten OS X support (yes, again *sigh*)
EasyBCD BIOS Extender to let you boot from network devices, specific hard disks, USBs, and more even if your BIOS doesn't support it (thanks to PLoP integration)
Support for multiple top-level GRLDR entries (in the same vein as XP entries above)
Improved boot device detection, EasyBCD always runs, even if your boot device is inaccessible or the BCD isn't installed!
Loading indicator for lengthy operations
Better support for loading and managing external BCD stores
Complete EasyBCD portability. Just tell the installer where to stick it, and you're set!
Improved high DPI support
Ability to create safe-mode entries
Improved MBR repair, BCD repair, and more!
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- [EBCD-256] - Reset BCD Storage incorrectly claims "No Valid Entries"
- [EBCD-257] - Incorrect window title for Reset BCD Storage -> Select Vista Drive
- [EBCD-258] - EasyBCD is limited to hiding 100MB of memory
- [EBCD-260] - If only one entry, adding a second does not refresh list
- [EBCD-262] - NeoGrub Error 17 on certain FS layouts
- [EBCD-263] - Unexpected behavior if {bootmgr} "device" property is missing
- [EBCD-271] - Some tabs are missing from the list of tabs to startup EasyBCD on
- [EBCD-275] - EasyBCD may crash if you attempt to remove an entry whose chainloader does not exist
- [EBCD-280] - EasyBCD may crash if {bootmgr} is not present
- [EBCD-285] - EasyBCD crashes under limited user accounts on pre-Vista systems
- [EBCD-287] - "Change Settings" page doesn't list nor update drive letters for WinPE entries properly
- [EBCD-292] - EasyBCD crashes on bootmanager partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume*
- [EBCD-310] - WinPE and VHD items entries don't work with space in path name
- [EBCD-313] - EasyBCD doesn't work if no timeout key
- [EBCD-324] - If bootmgr ID is not {bootmgr}, entry list is blank
- [EBCD-325] - {bootmgr} device id isn't correctly set to "boot" on BCD reset
- [EBCD-326] - EasyBCD crashes if path key is not present in the Advanced Options screen
- [EBCD-327] - Detailed View hangs bcdedit.exe /v when certain custom entries are present
- [EBCD-328] - EasyBCD and bcdedit deadlock if bcdedit output is too long
- [EBCD-329] - Fix issues with NST Downloader in setup & EasyBCD
- [EBCD-345] - EasyBCD is not on top after UAC dialog
- [EBCD-346] - EasyBCD doesn't show an error message after failed backup or restore
- [EBCD-352] - EasyBCD doesn't detect if iReboot is installed correctly
- [EBCD-357] - Adding a WinPE entry to an empty store fails
- [EBCD-364] - EasyBCD crashes when (re-)selecting current system store
- [EBCD-376] - Certain calls to File.Copy result in crash because the destination already exists
- [EBCD-259] - Remove all WMI dependencies
- [EBCD-265] - Show boot drive on the easy-read screen
- [EBCD-266] - TinyURL-ify text links in message dialogs
- [EBCD-268] - Update to Windows Vista SP1 BCD code
- [EBCD-270] - Change default font to Calibri
- [EBCD-272] - Rewritten OS X support
- [EBCD-276] - Clarify when the drive for Windows entries will be auto-determined
- [EBCD-277] - Ship with the DevNet Update Checker module
- [EBCD-278] - Enhanced Windows XP chainloading
- [EBCD-279] - Only show fixed drives in the Recovery prompts
- [EBCD-281] - Improvements to the default naming scheme for new entries
- [EBCD-282] - Fix alignment of certain controls on "Add/Remove Entries" page
- [EBCD-283] - Boot OS X as an EFI-Based Linux Distro
- [EBCD-284] - Repair OS X Bootsectors for Chainloading Support
- [EBCD-286] - Improved Bootdevice Detection
- [EBCD-289] - Failure to locate valid BCD now has advanced options
- [EBCD-290] - No need to remove NeoGrub from own section
- [EBCD-291] - Full Windows 7 Support
- [EBCD-296] - Ability to chainload GRUB from the MBR in addition to the bootsector
- [EBCD-297] - General Usability Improvements
- [EBCD-299] - Improved handling of non-letter {bootmgr} drives
- [EBCD-301] - Ability to pick default boot drive for EFI OS X booting
- [EBCD-302] - EasyBCD support for WinPE 2.0 WIM on Boot Partition
- [EBCD-303] - Smart menu.lst searching
- [EBCD-305] - "Save EasyBCD Settings" should default to a My Documents location
- [EBCD-307] - Full ext4fs Support
- [EBCD-309] - Improved MBR repair
- [EBCD-311] - Support the new Windows 7 bootscreen
- [EBCD-312] - Improved WIM Handling
- [EBCD-314] - Improved handling of modifying BCD on external drives
- [EBCD-316] - Improved support for multiple WIM images with different bootloader menu names
- [EBCD-317] - Attempt to copy Boot.sdi from Windows\System32 first
- [EBCD-322] - Top-level BCD integration with NeoGrub entries
- [EBCD-323] - Dis-allow selection of "Drive x" entries in Linux drive menu
- [EBCD-330] - Add option to select installation directory
- [EBCD-331] - Get drive list in separate thread
- [EBCD-332] - Create BCD store from scratch on BCD reset
- [EBCD-334] - Redesign Layout
- [EBCD-336] - Use events for communication between BCD Library and UI
- [EBCD-338] - Use intelligent units for size of partitions
- [EBCD-340] - Improve performance of NST Downloader
- [EBCD-341] - EasyBCD needs to show a "loading" indicator instead of hanging for lengthy operations
- [EBCD-347] - No longer create .LOG .LOG1 and .LOG2 files after backup/restore
- [EBCD-348] - Update status bar text for more actions
- [EBCD-349] - EasyBCD will run in limited mode if no BCD is loaded
- [EBCD-350] - Fix EasyBCD support for higher DPI (> 96) display modes
- [EBCD-351] - Use standard App Paths in registry
- [EBCD-356] - Remove TweakVI
- [EBCD-358] - Disable resize of SdiMaker dialog
- [EBCD-359] - Revise usage of "Windows Vista" in EasyBCD to reflect Windows 7 support
- [EBCD-362] - Remove un-used DriveSelect_Numerical class
- [EBCD-363] - Explicitly label HFS+ drives in drop-down menus
- [EBCD-366] - EasyBCD should no longer rewrite the MBRs of other disks
- [EBCD-367] - Clean up Windows flag
- [EBCD-368] - Highlight selected page's button
- [EBCD-370] - Use NST Link Manager for weblinks to prevent broken URIs
- [EBCD-371] - Support separate /boot partition for auto-finding GRUB on RedHat/Fedora
- [EBCD-375] - Scan more locations for GRUB menu file
- [EBCD-255] - Support for adding safe mode Vista entries
- [EBCD-273] - Full DOS/Win9x support, including the generation of bootsect.dos
- [EBCD-294] - NeoGrub support for `uuid` command
- [EBCD-295] - Boot from VHD File
- [EBCD-298] - Automate the changing of boot drives
- [EBCD-300] - Automatic (re)Configuration of Boot.ini
- [EBCD-304] - Automatically copy NTLDR and NTDETECT to correct location
- [EBCD-306] - PLoP Integration
- [EBCD-308] - GRUB2 Support
- [EBCD-315] - Feature to create external boot media
- [EBCD-318] - New feature to recreate boot files
- [EBCD-319] - Support for booting from ISO images
- [EBCD-320] - EasyBCD BIOS Extender
- [EBCD-321] - Allow multiple NeoGrub-based automatic entries
- [EBCD-335] - Add events to BCD Library
- [EBCD-337] - Warn users when writing the XP MBR if not in expert mode
- [EBCD-339] - Add option to skip the boot menu
- [EBCD-342] - Add option to save EasyBCD backup path
- [EBCD-343] - EasyBCD will ask for confirmation if exiting with no entries in the list
- [EBCD-344] - EasyBCD will delete all entries upon BCD reset
- [EBCD-353] - Add support for changing entry locale
- [EBCD-354] - Add easy way to re-load system store after manually selecting a BCD
- [EBCD-355] - Allow backup/restore of non-system BCD stores
- [EBCD-360] - Make EasyBCD fully portable
- [EBCD-361] - Link to Vista/7 Recovery Disc downloads from Useful Utilities
- [EBCD-365] - Display path of current BCD store in "View Settings" for portable entries
- [EBCD-374] - Top-Level Windows XP entries