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I have created a external hard drive contain GRUB2. This drive can boot the following:

  • Windows 10 PE
  • Ubuntu 16
  • Many ISO files.

Now I want to include Windows installations. My problem is I want to put each version of windows in its own folder like so:

  • DIR windows10x64
  • DIR windows10x32
  • DIR windows8x64
  • DIR windows8x32
  • DIR windows7x64
  • DIR windows7x32

The issue now becomes that moving the installation files from their root directory to these folders messes up the BCD. I know you can use bcdboot to repair the BCD in a windows file system. My issue is there is no windows file system within the install files.

Is there anyway to repair the BCD on a windows installation USB?

Thanks!

Gavin Youker
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If you have the Windows installation image (e.g. *.iso), all that nonsense concerning the Windows file structure on installation media is a thing of the past. Format the drive as an Easy2Boot drive*, then just copy the iso to the USB stick, and you're finished. Copy two or five or ten iso's to the stick, if you like, as long as you have the space. When you boot, you'll get a menu to select which iso you want to boot from, and you're golden.

*If the images are 4 GB or larger, you need to format the drive as NTFS or exFAT.

benJephunneh
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