How to Disable New Metro Boot Loader and Restore Classic Boot Loader in Windows 8 and Later? UPDATE: This tutorial will also work in Windows 8. One of the most interesting and impressive features introduced in Microsoft's latest OS Windows 8 is the new boot loader. ![]() ![]() Previous Windows versions used to contain a boot loader without a GUI. It was similar to Command Prompt screen where you could use the arrow keys present in your keyboard to select the desired OS to boot. Microsoft replaced this classic boot loader with a brand new boot loader in Windows 8 which is now called . It comes with a GUI and allows you to interact with your mouse as well. What is the MBR? MBR stands for Master Boot Record and it’s the first sector of your hard drive that basically tells the BIOS where to look for the operati. ![]() It provides various useful options such as troubleshoot PC startup problems, reset or repair Windows 8, restore Windows, disable device driver signature check, access Safe Mode and much more. You can read more info about this new boot loader in following article: How to Access and Use Windows 8 Metro Boot Loader and Advanced Boot Options? But there is one problem with this new boot loader which occurs when you dual boot between Windows 8 and any other previous Windows version such as Windows Vista or 7. If you have set Windows 8 as default boot entry in your system, first Windows 8 boots and the new Metro boot loader to select installed OS is shown after Windows 8 boot screen. It might become quite annoying if you want to boot into other Windows version. First you'll have to watch Windows 8 boot screen and then you'll be able to select previous Windows OS from new Metro boot loader. On the other hand in previous boot loader, no installed OS boots until you select it from the OS list in boot loader. Windows Vista has often been criticized for being bloated and slow and everyone unanimously seems to agree that Vista is a beast that Microsoft needn’t have. Screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate, showing its desktop, taskbar, Start menu, Windows Sidebar, Welcome Center and glass effects of Windows Aero. Windows Boot Genius. Laptop won't boot with blue/black screen of death? Windows crashed and can't access your data? Computer keeps restarting or freezes after login? One of the questions I am often asked is how to speed up the time it takes Windows to load or boot. There are a variety of factors (both hardware and software. I have had this problem many times with Vista while modifying the hard disk system. All i have to do then is to boot using the Vista disk and select to Repair the. It saves lots of time. Today in this article, we are going to tell you how to disable new Metro boot loader and bring back Windows Vista and 7 style boot loader in Windows 8. So if you also want to get Windows Vista and Windows 7 style classic boot loader back in Windows 8, follow these simple steps: 1. To disable new Metro boot loader we'll need to execute a command in Command Prompt. So first open Command Prompt as Administrator using following tutorial. Now type following command and press Enter: bcdedit /set . Restart your system and you'll see classic Windows Vista and 7 style boot loader in Windows 8. ![]() ![]() ![]() In case you want to re- enable Windows 8 Metro boot loader in future, simply execute following command in Command Prompt: bcdedit /set . Restart and you'll get the new Metro boot loader back in Windows 8. BONUS TIP: You can also try following special commands to tweak and customize Windows 8 Boot Screen and Boot Loader: To enable advanced options in Windows 8 boot menu: bcdedit /set.
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