![]() ![]() But the fact remains that this is a Windows only app and it applies only if you use Vista. So yoru whole arguement is seen and understood. Let alone OS X which is compeletely closed source and not way to get your hands on ANY of their code. I have already asked about Linux versions of iReboot before and it was explained in there how hard it would be to get teh code working in Linux. So the concept to do what you want with a LiveCD is a lot more troubling than you think. Considering you can not use the toll unless Vista is installed. Kinda useless to use on any other OS if you dont have Vista. ![]() To run on OS X or Linux you would have to force it to look for and be able to use the Windows Registry. So it is kinda hard to make it a all in one utility since it can only run on XP/Vista/Server 2008. It also does not work with Linux or OS X. Well first Guru did not program this to work on the 9X or the NT platform. HnS deals with dual-booting issues between XP/Vista and since EasyBCD allows you to do this easily, it would make perfect sense to combine them. I'm not a programmer myself, but I would think that taking open source code to provide the foundation for the enviornment EasyBCD would need to run in wouldn't pose much hardship as far as trying to provide for such things as drivers.Īs for feature combination, I am halfway on the matter myself, but again, I am sure most who use the software would prefer to have one solution for all thier problems. It would be pratical to meet the needs of everyone, and not just those who rely on Window's proprietary bootloader. The boot disc would dodge the need to tailor the program for each platform. But why then does EasyBCD run in Windows XP? Why can't it run in any of the OSes that the user might be using? Correct me if I am wrong, but I can bet that users using more then just the Windows platform would like to be able to use EasyBCD from any of thier OSes. My vision behind this is that if EasyBCD is designed to help you multiboot between all of the major OSes, then why should it be limited to being able to run on the Windows platform? Now I know some well argue the point that it should because it has to deal with configuring Vista's BCD store. The EasyBCD tool as a separate program sees the NeoGrub option included for adding in a Linux distro making a dual or multi boot configuration far easier. With the HnS tool here I use Grub4Dos for actually managing the dual boot while Grub remains on the second XP drive for loading ubuntu as default there or the option for the Vista boot loader still seeing the working dual boot inplace. ![]() The EasyBCD tool itself not involving hiding one from the other is focused on configuring the VIsta boot loader with the option to restore in order to undo any changes made there. Yet both of us rarely use restore points anyways. This is with the HnS tool in use here for further evaluation and testing while Makeveli213 doesn't have anything invested in software and is ready to reinstall either version on the spot. On one occasion a boot into XP saw the manage boot loader option used and the other saw a boot up with the Vista dvd. To see Vista remain as the default OS the VIsta boot loader was restored actually more then once with the previous try at seeing Mandriva 2008 go on before ubuntu. The distro at first was then made the default OS seeing the Vista boot loader option. The installer actually saw Grub installed on both of the two sata drives with the first being the Vista primary and second for XP. Grub was installed by the live cd when first installing the distro off of a live disk. I have Grub on drive at the present time after seeing ubuntu added into the mix along with the XP/Vista dual boot. I know something like that would require a lot recoding, but something I'm sure a lot of users would appreciate. They are not limited by the limitations of any OS since you not need one to run them. without the need for a seperate recovery disc.įor example, Super Grub Disk is an excellent bootable disk for configuration and the use of GRUB.īootable discs in my opinion are the most convient way to maintence a system. Users could easily perform simple tasks such as re-installing the Vista bootloader to the MBR as well as edit thier entries from a single disc. Though this user wasn't having just boot problems, a bootable disc could make it easier for users that need to verify that the entries in the BCD store are correct when they cannot boot Vista.Ī bootable disc would make a single solution possible for complete configuration and restoration of boot entries or the entire BCD store itself. I've seen some people ask about being able to boot EasyBCD from a disc, like noted in this thread: ![]()
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