Starting a second Windows without EasyBCD

fotosing

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I have a rather unusual question. Does EasyBCD have to be used to start a second system located on a different partition of the same disk? Can I replace EasyBCD with something so that I don't have problems with completely removing EasyBCD from the system?
 
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As I understand the desire, it is dual-booting and some type of software is needed to allow the choice of which installed OS boots up. A Search on the Internet should produce some choices.
 

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If it ever has been a dual boot system it should be sufficient to find "msconfig" by going to "Run" or "Search", switch to the second tab called "Boot" in English (my screenshot is on a French computer) and restart
If it never has been a dual boot system or it's corrupted, then it's more complicated. Many experts now advice to stay away from dual boot with two partitions on the same disk (two different disks are fine), because of all the new boot security measures from Microsoft.

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I asked about this:
Can I replace EasyBCD with something so that I don't have problems completely removing EasyBCD from the system?

But @Bighorn writes that something is needed there but this answer gives absolutely nothing!

@RogerOver is already writing something about it:

If it ever has been a dual boot system it should be sufficient to find "msconfig" by going to "Run" or "Search", switch to the second tab called "Boot" in English (my screenshot is on a French computer) and restart
If it never has been a dual boot system or it's corrupted, then it's more complicated. Many experts now advice to stay away from dual boot with two partitions on the same disk (two different disks are fine), because of all the new boot security measures from Microsoft.

but that's not related to what I'm asking! I'm just about to install a second system and what @RogerOver writes seems like little knowledge about SSD drives.
You can even have more than two systems on one SSD drive and it doesn't interfere at all! The only thing that matters is its capacity in GB.

I found the answer to my question in a topic on one of the Polish forums.
This is the answer:

Install the second system and once the installation is complete, you will see a boot menu every time you start your computer. Use this menu to select the version of Windows you want to boot. You do not need to install EasyBCD anymore. Depending on the version of Windows you are using, the screen will look different. In Windows 8 and later versions of Windows, it is a blue screen with tiles titled "Select an operating system."

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And problem solved! I don't have to install the bootloader at all!
 

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