How to disable the new Metro bootloader from Windows 8 and bring back the classic bootloader from Windows 7

In Windows 8, Microsoft amended including bootloader, And giving him a Skin Metro. Girl bootloader that we used in Windows Vista si Windows 7, Metro bootloader not only look better, but that functionality is more equipped in terms boot options, etc.

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But when it comes to dual-bootThere was a small problem compared to previous systemsIf you install Windows 8 in dual boot another OS Windows and set Windows 8 as a primary system, Bootloader is displayed only after boots Windows 8. When we want to boot to the other system quickly, we may miss the simplest bootloader of Windows 7.

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How to disable the new Metro bootloader al Windows 8 and how to bring the classic bootloader back Windows 7?

  • open Command Prompt with privileges administrator (type: cmd in Start ScreenThen select Command Prompt the results and click on Run ace administrator menu displayed at the bottom of the screen)
cmd-administrator
  • enter the following command and dam Enter:

bcdedit / set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

  • after message The operation completed successfully is displayed, restart the system
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And that's it. We see that in place Metro bootloader the old bootloader that we got used to from will be displayed Windows Sight yes Windows 7.

Note: if you want to reactivate the metro bootloader, open it command Prompt (also with the privileges of administrator) and write the command:

bcdedit / set {default} standard bootmenupolicy

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