Category: BCD

• Windows 8: Choosing an Operating System

  I spend a lot of time switching between different operating systems.  It is simply the nature of what I do.  So the first time I created a multi-boot system with Windows 8 I was surprised to see the new Boot Configuration Device (or BCD) Menu (The ‘Choose an operating system’ menu that comes up).  I…

  Mitch Garvis

  June 21, 2012

  BCD, Boot Configuration Device, Multi-OS Boot, Windows 8

  BCD, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Phone

• Creating a Multi-OS Environment with Boot from VHD

  I spend a lot of time demonstrating different technologies for different audiences.  Because of that I often need to use different operating systems and rather than take along several machines (which I often have to do anyways, but for other reasons) I have taken to configuring my laptop (currently an HP EliteBook 2740p) in a…

  Mitch Garvis

  June 20, 2012

  BCD, Boot from VHD, Dual Boot, Windows 7, Windows 8

  Disk Management, Operating system, VHD, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Automated Installation Kit, Windows Server 2008 R2