The Microsoft has revamped its boot loader for the new Operating System, Windows 8. The new boot loader is touch enabled. You can select the Operating System to boot by touching. But you will be able to see the new screen when you dual boot Windows 8 with another Windows Operating system e.g Windows 7.
With the Windows 8 boot loader, Microsoft has completely changed the way Operating System is loaded. If you are installing Windows 8 in dual boot mode for the first time, you will think that you can not login to Windows 7 as whenever you start your computer the new boot screen of Windows 8 starts first.
After a few seconds you are given the option to choose an Operating System on your computer.
The next thing is more strange because when you try to login to Windows 7 by clicking or touching Windows 7 Icon, your computer will restart and then boot into Windows 7 automatically. If you login to Windows 8 then your computer will not restart and will directly boot into Windows 8.
The new boot loader also comes with many new options. You need to click Change defaults or choose other options to open options.
Microsoft has integrated recovery tools into the boot loader (In Windows 7 Recovery Tools could be available with the setup DVD only). Click on Troubleshoot icon.
In the Troubleshoot interface, you have the option to Refresh, Reset your PC.
Refresh your PC reserves all your favorite settings, documents, photos, Metro apps and more. Windows is reinstalled in this way so that any damaged files are now replaced.
With Reset your PC all the data is wiped out of your computer and clean install is available on your computer.
Click on Advanced Options and you will have another options for system recovery e.g. restore system with System Restore or with System Image file.
You also use the command prompt if you know some commands for troubleshooting.
All in all Microsoft’s new boot loader is more useful than their traditional boot loaders of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
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