Download EasyBCD 2.0.1

NeoSmart Technologies released version 2.0 of EasyBCD earlier this week and 2.0.1 is now available again. EasyBCD is a program with which the boot configuration data, or the bootloader, can be modified. For example, it can be used to multi boat set-up in order to be able to choose from different versions of Windows when the PC starts, or Windows in combination with Linux, BSD or Mac OS X. Also in a single-boot setup the program is usable, because it can also be used to change settings of the BCD or to make a backup. Below is the changelog for both version 2.0 and 2.0.1.

Changes in EasyBCD 2.0.1:

• Crash if detailed mode set to default startup
• Crash if closing EasyBCD during middle of CreateHandle call
• EasyBCD crashes due to incorrect BootGrabber output w/ Reserved Partitions (id 0x74)
• Crash when adding Bios Extender entry under certain circumstances
• Viewing documentation after adding DOS entry crashes EasyBCD
• btnSaveSettings is sometimes enabled when no entry is selected
• Change Boot Drive will crash EasyBCD if there’s only one partition available for selection

Changes in EasyBCD 2.0:

• Reset BCD Storage incorrectly claims “No Valid Entries”
• Incorrect window title for Reset BCD Storage -> Select Vista Drive
• EasyBCD is limited to hiding 100MB of memory
• If only one entry, adding a second does not refresh list
• NeoGrub Error 17 on certain FS layouts
• Unexpected behavior if {bootmgr} “device” property is missing
• Some tabs are missing from the list of tabs to startup EasyBCD on
• EasyBCD may crash if you attempt to remove an entry whose chainloader does not exist
• EasyBCD may crash if {bootmgr} is not present
• EasyBCD crashes under limited user accounts on pre-Vista systems
• “Change Settings” page doesn’t list nor update drive letters for WinPE entries properly
• EasyBCD crashes on boot manager partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume*
• WinPE and VHD items entries don’t work with space in path name
• EasyBCD doesn’t work if no timeout key
• If bootmgr ID is not {bootmgr}, entry list is blank
• {bootmgr} device id isn’t correctly set to “boot” on BCD reset
• EasyBCD crashes if path key is not present in the Advanced Options screen
• Detailed View hangs bcdedit.exe /v when certain custom entries are present
• EasyBCD and bcdedit deadlock if bcdedit output is too long
• Fix issues with NST Downloader in setup & EasyBCD
• EasyBCD is not on top after UAC dialog
• EasyBCD doesn’t show an error message after failed backup or restore
• EasyBCD doesn’t detect if iReboot is installed correctly
• Adding a WinPE entry to an empty store fails
• EasyBCD crashes when (re-)selecting current system store
• Certain calls to File.Copy result in crash because the destination already exists
• Remove all WMI dependencies
• Show boot drive on the easy-read screen
• TinyURL-ify text links in message dialogs
• Update to Windows Vista SP1 BCD code
• Change default font to Calibria
• Rewritten OS X support
• Clarify when the drive for Windows entries will be auto-determined
• Ship with the DevNet Update Checker module
• Enhanced Windows XP Chain Loading
• Only show fixed drives in the Recovery prompts
• Improvements to the default naming scheme for new entries
• Fix alignment of certain controls on “Add/Remove Entries” page
• Boot OS X as an EFI-Based Linux Distro
• Repair OS X Boot Sectors for Chainloading Support
• Improved Boot Device Detection
• Failure to locate valid BCD now has advanced options
• No need to remove NeoGrub from own section
• Full Windows 7 Support
• Ability to chainload GRUB from the MBR in addition to the boot sector
• General Usability Improvements
• Improved handling of non-letter {bootmgr} drives
• Ability to pick default boot drive for EFI OS X booting
• EasyBCD support for WinPE 2.0 WIM on Boot Partition
• Smart menu.lst searching
• “Save EasyBCD Settings” should default to a My Documents location
• Full ext4fs Support
• Improved MBR repair
• Support the new Windows 7 boot screen
• Improved WIM Handling
• Improved handling or modifying BCD on external drives
• Improved support for multiple WIM images with different bootloader menu names
• Attempt to copy Boot.sdi from Windows\System32 first
• Top-level BCD integration with NeoGrub entries
• Dis-allow selection of “Drive x” entries in Linux drive menu
• Add option to select installation directory
• Get drive list in separate thread
• Create BCD store from scratch on BCD reset
• Redesign Layout
• Use events for communication between BCD Library and UI
• Use intelligent units for size of partitions
• Improve performance of NST Downloader
• EasyBCD needs to show a “loading” indicator instead of hanging for lengthy operations
• No longer create .LOG .LOG1 and .LOG2 files after backup/restore
• Update status bar text for more actions
• EasyBCD will run in limited mode if no BCD is loaded
• Fix EasyBCD support for higher DPI (> 96) display modes
• Use standard App Paths in registry
• Remove TweakVI
• Disable resize or SdiMaker dialog
• Revise usage of “Windows Vista” in EasyBCD to reflect Windows 7 support
• Remove un-used DriveSelect_Numerical class
• Explicitly label HFS+ drives in drop-down menus
• EasyBCD should no longer rewrite the MBRs of other disks
• Clean up Windows flag
• Highlight selected pages button
• Use NST Link Manager for web links to prevent broken URIs
• Support separate /boot partition for auto-finding GRUB on RedHat/Fedora
• Scan more locations for GRUB menu file
• Support for adding safe mode Vista entries
• Full DOS/Win9x support, including the generation of bootsect.dos
• NeoGrub support for `uuid` command
• Boot from VHD File
• Automate the changing of boot drives
• Automatic (re)Configuration of Boot.ini
• Automatically copy NTLDR and NTDETECT to correct location
• PLoP Integration
• GRUB2 Support
• Feature to create external boot media
• New feature to recreate boot files
• Support for booting from ISO images
• EasyBCD BIOS Extender
• Allow multiple NeoGrub-based automatic entries
• Add events to BCD Library
• Warn users when writing the XP MBR if not in expert mode
• Add option to skip the boot menu
• Add option to save EasyBCD backup path
• EasyBCD will ask for confirmation if exiting with no entries in the list
• EasyBCD will delete all entries upon BCD reset
• Add support for changing entry locale
• Add easy way to re-load system store after manually selecting a BCD
• Allow backup/restore or non-system BCD stores
• Make EasyBCD fully portable
• Link to Vista/7 Recovery Disc downloads from Useful Utilities
• Display path of current BCD store in “View Settings” for portable entries
• Top-Level Windows XP entries