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2011-12-29 Updated

Also see my other post, http://sysadmin-e.com/bitlocker-win7.

I made these notes a while back before Windows 7 came out. They should mostly apply to Windows 7 also.

Vista has totally changed the boot process from what has been used since NT. The new boot process is centered around the BCD, which stands for either "Boot Configuration Database" or "Boot Configuration Data" depending on the article or document. To modify the BCD, you can use BCDEdit.exe or the BCD WMI interface. If you just type bcdedit in a command prompt you'll see the current boot configuration. (more...)

2011-12-29 Updated

I researched this a while back before Windows 7 even came out, but it looks like Windows 7's offline files feature behaves pretty much the same way as in Vista. (more...)