The Grub2Win Boot Time Utilities
This screen will appear when you select the Boot Information and Utilities item from the Grub2Win boot time menu.
It lets you run several utilities that can be useful at boot time before any operating system is loaded.
To run a utility, you can use the hotkey character shown as a shortcut, or select it using the up or down arrow keys.
Display System Hardware Information
Depending on your machine's firmware, this utility may not be available.
Shows the processor type and memory installed.
On some machines, additional information about the EFI secure boot status and firmware level may also be displayed.
Scan Disk Drives and Partitions
This utility lets you examine the hard disks, USB drives and CD/DVD disks that are currently attached to your computer. Information on disk addresses, partition numbers and types will be displayed.
Most Windows, Linux and Mac file systems are supported and can be examined.
Pressing the Enter key will take you to the next available partition or disk. There are also commands to jump to a specific disk or partition and to list the files contained in a partition.
Display GNU Grub Boot Information
Shows the system clock time.
Also the version of Grub2Win that is running, the partition location where Grub2Win is installed and the Grub default boot menu entry.
On EFI systems, the location of the EFI partition is also shown.
Reload the Grub2Win Boot Menu
The Grub2Win boot menu will be restarted, just as if your machine had been rebooted.
Graphics and Video Card Settings
This utility lets you to test several different screen resolutions for the Grub2Win boot menu.
After you are satisfied with the test, you can set the Grub2Win default screen resolution.
The default screen resolution will then be used whenever you boot Grub2Win.
While you are in this menu, you can also enter the letter v to show the current status of your video card hardware.
This status screen shows the Grub video drivers in use and the modes available on your video card.
The video mode currently in use is indicated by an asterisk *.
Display The Grub2Win Disk Report
This displays a report of all hard disks and partitions attached your computer.
The report data is refreshed when you run Grub2Win and click the "Partition List" button.
Reboot your system
Causes your system to reboot.
Shut Down your system
Causes your system to shut down.
Note that the firmware on some machines does not support this function.
Firmware Setup for your machine
This utility is available on most EFI systems.
Causes a reboot to the firmware customization menu for your machine.
Windows Rescue Boot
Causes Grub to immediately attempt to load Windows. This can be useful in situations where configuration files have been corrupted or contain syntax errors.
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