Renaming Multi-boot entry at OS 7

[kyawa...@gmail.com]

I have two OS 7 (32bit & 64bit) on different partition of the same HDD of a laptop. At the point to choose a OS at start, confuse to chose 32 or 64 as the name of the entry are the same. How can I solve this with command line without third party software.

Kyaw Myo Aung

[Michael]

You can edit boot entries in windows 7 at commnad prompt using bcdedit
command-line tool.

since you have two operating systems, you will have GUID for each.
renaming is easy, follow the steps here.
Firt open command prompt, type bcdedit and enter.
You will see windows boot manager and two windows boot loader.(since u
hv two operating systems installed correctly)

You can see the first default boot loader identifier (which is GUID)
as {bootmgr} which is the operating system which always boots up by
default.
The second windows boot loader identifier will be see as something
like this {77da19a1-2ae7-11de-a79b-8ffdb0066c6f}

So you have to know exactly which OS, that windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit
is loading by default. Let say, your windows 7 64-bit is default boot
loader and the second one MUST be windows 7 32-bit.
After assuming that, we can now rename the two boot entries properly
in command prompt.

C:\>bcdedit set {current} description "Microsoft windows 7 64-bit" >>>
this command will change your first default boot loader name (in this
example which is windows 7 64-bit)

C:\>bcdedit set {77da19a1-2ae7-11de-a79b-8ffdb0066c6f} description
"Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit" >>>this command will modify the name of
second boot loader (in this example which is windows 7 32-bit)

Note:this GUID {77da19a1-2ae7-11de-a79b-8ffdb0066c6f} is uniquie
identifier and you must get it from bcdedit command.
Type bcdedit in command prompt and you can see second boot loader
identifier (GUID). don't use mine ;-)

There's another way to edit boot entries at Microsoft windows, you can
use EasyBCD program available from the Internet.

Cheers
Mic

On Dec 3, 1:39 pm, "kyawaung...@gmail.com" <kyawaung...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Steven Soe]

too bad, i cannot test this steps. 

but i am just curious, why u install 2 same OS ? in addition, both are window 7. why not 7 and 8 ? vista and 7 or XP ?

while I am very frustrated with window, u r even putting 2 together ... 

[Michael]

I think kyawaungYGN is using his brand new laptop which is loaded with
6GB or 8 GB RAM which is not supported fully RAM capacity in any
windows 32-bit operating system.
That's why he installed 64-bit operating system in which computer's
processor handles large amount of RAM more effectively than a 32-bit
system.
However, some 32-bit support applications won't work in 64-bit
systems, so he still won't let go both systems and using parallel.

Cheers
Mic

[kyawa...@gmail.com]

Yeah, Ye Kyaw get the point. Steven is also right. I don't why its
getting slow with 64 bit OS and I feel the may be that 64 bit OS is
not good with 32 bit applications and I decided to install 32 bit OS
but it still slow even the right click on the desktop. Actually the
problem is HDD, I shake the laptop and it become quick as nomal,, ha
ha.. amazing.

[kyawa...@gmail.com]

Yes now I can choose the OS which I want to load. Thanks Spooky or
Spookary, confuse...

[Steven Soe]

wowww... that's something strange..

so whenever it slow, u gotta shake ur laptop.. 

sometime i learn though.. hahaaa

[Michael]

Don't shake your laptop HDD and i don't recommend it. You'd better
check your HDD with built-in diagnostics mode.
And check for any heating issues from power supply. Remove any
obstacles near the air outlet or try use laptop fan if convenient.
Above all, if you can afford, buy SSD drive which is around 80$ for
small storage like 150 GB.

Cheers
Mic

On Dec 4, 2:32 pm, "kyawaung...@gmail.com" <kyawaung...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Michael]

http://www.mediafire.com/file/j4aie5xbdda7k7e/EasyBCD%202.1.1.exe

Above is the link for EasyBCD program.

Cheers
Mic

On Dec 3, 1:39 pm, "kyawaung...@gmail.com" <kyawaung...@gmail.com>
wrote: