insanedown58 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) So I'm in a Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 13.10 dual-boot. Since I realized that 14.04 was set to come out in a few weeks, I decided to change the name of Ubuntu in the Windows 8.1 bootloader from "Ubuntu 13.10" to just "Ubuntu". When I restarted, the bootloader suddenly had the style of the old Windows 7/Vista/XP. The reason I used the 8.1 bootloader instead of GRUB is to make it easier for anyone who might need to use my PC since it had mouse control. How do I bring the 8.1 bootloader back? Edited March 24, 2014 by insanedown58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rerigam Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 So I'm in a Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 13.10 dual-boot. Since I realized that 14.04 was set to come out in a few weeks, I decided to change the name of Ubuntu in the Windows 8.1 bootloader from "Ubuntu 13.10" to just "Ubuntu". When I restarted, the bootloader suddenly had the style of the old Windows 7/Vista/XP. The reason I used the 8.1 bootloader instead of GRUB is to make it easier for anyone who might need to use my PC since it had mouse control. How do I bring the 8.1 bootloader back?Open the command prompt as administrator and enter the following command:"bcdboot c:\windows" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanedown58 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 So I'm in a Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 13.10 dual-boot. Since I realized that 14.04 was set to come out in a few weeks, I decided to change the name of Ubuntu in the Windows 8.1 bootloader from "Ubuntu 13.10" to just "Ubuntu". When I restarted, the bootloader suddenly had the style of the old Windows 7/Vista/XP. The reason I used the 8.1 bootloader instead of GRUB is to make it easier for anyone who might need to use my PC since it had mouse control. How do I bring the 8.1 bootloader back?Open the command prompt as administrator and enter the following command:"bcdboot c:\windows"Thanks man. I realized that when EasyBCD applied the changes after renaming, the BCD was set to the System Reserved partition which I guess has its own bootloader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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