How to Repair Dual Boot Issues With Visual BCD Editor in Windows 8/7/Vista

If are facing the problem with boot file, you can repair it with this command line tool. But if you want to edit your boot with some cool software then, You can also tweak and customize Windows Boot Configuration Data with the help of BCD Editor.

Visual BCD Editor is an advanced GUI version of Windows bcdedit utility. The tool ships with tens of useful features and options, and is the best available software to edit and repair BCD. The only catch is that EasyBCD is free for personal use only. This great tool can be downloaded from the download link below after the article.
Visual BCD Editor is a free tool to edit the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. Visual BCD Editor lets you backup BCD store, import store, and create a new BCD store. In simple words, you can use this tool to easily add a new operating system entries to the boot options menu, rename boot menu entries, set default boot menu entry, change default boot menu timeout, create new Windows/Mac/Linux loader, and create and add VHD loader.
Visual BCD Editor includes a small utility named Dual-boot Repair to quickly fix multi-boot issues. The Dual-boot Repair is capable of repairing partition boot records, master boot record, Windows BCD, and disk structure. An automatic one-click repair option is also present in the tool. This Dual-boot repair tool comes in handy if you are experiencing issues with dual-boot setup.

Visual BCD Editor implements automatic creation of loaders for dual or multi boot systems with Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 7 VHD installations. For installation it requires .NET Framework 2.0 and Windows 7/Vista. While Dual-boot Repair tool is part of Visual BCD package and needs .NET Framework 2.0 and Windows XP as minimum.

It can repair the MBR, partition boot records (PBR's), Windows BCD and the disk structure by simple selections and clicks. The tool offers automatic one-click dual-boot repair for non-booting Windows 7/Vista in the scenario of a dual or multi boot system with Windows 7/Vista/XP. Windows bootmgr problems are fixed as well.

Even though Visual BCD Editor is not as feature-rich as EasyBCD and sports a simple user interface, it’s a powerful tool with decent set of options. Do note both EasyBCD and Visual BCD Editor are for power users. We recommend you create a system restore point or system image backup before playing with these tools. 

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