Windows 7: Advanced Boot Options

Still continuing.....

Theres a very easy way to add RE options in the boot menu.

1) One needs 1 file- winre.wim. Winre can be made in WAIK or simply extracted from the install dvd. Its inside install.wim (DVD\Sources\install.wim), so just mount install.wim with imagex and copy off the winre.wim file (about 150 mb size).

2) Create a folder on any drive say D:\Sources and paste winre.wim above into it.

4) In Easybcd, add a new boot menu entry of the WINPE type, name it something appropriate and point it to D:\Sources\winre.wim. Save settings.

5) Done. Now when you reboot, there'll be an option called <whatever name you gave>, selecting it will take you to the system recovery options.

If you dont use easybcd, then you'll need to copy off Boot.sdi as well from the install dvd and paste it into C:\boot, then configure bcdedit manually.

PS: Admins, please feel free to delete/move if inappropriate.

I have an HP and I just found out that I need to use F5.

Shawn,

Thanks so much for that info. It sounds like that will fix my problem. I will try what you said when I get home from work tonight.

Thanks to all who contributed on this thread.

Glad it could help Mconnell, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Have a Dell620 desktop with a USB keyboard. I got the boot menu to load by watching carefully the Dell's start menu (F2-___ and F12- ____) and just before (or as it was just finishing) hit the F8 key repeatedly.