Windows® 7 Boot.Ini File

Are you interested to explore the need for changing the boot.ini file in Windows 7?

You might need to change the Boot.ini file specifically in Windows7 but it is to be noted that now no Boot.ini file exists in Windows 7. Nevertheless, the fact still remains that for starting versions of Windows operating system that is based on Microsoft the Boot.ini file is a requirement. Moreover, this file is needed if the user wants to install the Windows version of East Asian languages.

However, in this section the three main aspects related to Windows 7 Boot.ini are described. They are:

Need to change Boot.ini file in Windows 7
Boot.ini for dual boot of Windows XP and Windows 7
Changing Boot.ini file to edit boot menu in Windows 7

Need to change Boot.ini file in Windows 7
Boot.ini file is essentially being utilized for the upgrading of Microsoft Windows XP. However, in case of the dual booting Windows utilizes Boot.ini to display a menu of bootable choices of partitions found on the current system. In Windows7 system however the boot loader is moved from Boot.ini to a new utility. Where Windows 7 has to be reinstalled it was reinstalled in same HDD but reformatted. Now when booting up there is OS selector screen where there are two Windows 7 options and Windows XP. In such cases you need to change Boot.ini file in Windows 7. For that, the user has to download EasyBCD 1.7.2 essentially from NeoSmart technologies.

Boot.ini for dual boot of Windows XP and Windows 7
In this case, the user has set up dual boot for both Windows 7 and Windows XP using Boot.ini. He had installed Windows 7 separately on first partition and Windows XP on the second partition. When Windows XP installed it overwrote Windows 7’s Boot.ini with its own. Thus the user had to manually add Windows 7 boot option. It is important to note that Windows 7 does not use Boot.ini. Thus, user has to repair the boot sector so that it loads Windows 7 boot mgr instead of Windows XP ntldr. This involves utilization of Windows 7 DVD. Thus, user should install Windows XP first and Windows 7 next. Moreover, user has to user EasyBcd to put Windows XP and Windows 7 in the startup list. Then copy boot.ini from Windows XP partition to Windows 7 partition so that after selecting Windows XP in boot menu it opted for the boot file on first partition that was Windows 7. Boot.ini will effectively point to second partition where Windows XP is installed and both boot successfully.

Changing Boot.ini file to edit boot menu in Windows 7
In this case, the user wants to edit boot menu he will need to change the Boot.ini file as well to get it working. The Boot.ini can be however effectively changed by downloading EasyBCD. This download will make sure to have some modifications as it is a much easier to change the boot setting graphically.

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