Installed windows seven, Now can't boot to vista.

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  1. Posts : 9
    Windows 7, Vista
       #1

    Installed windows seven, Now can't boot to vista.


    Problem:

    I installed windows seven and it boots up automatically without giving me the option to boot into my old vista partition.


    Background:

    I am sure this is something simple, but I can't get it working.
    I had vista installed and I used partition magic to repartition my hard drive on my laptop.
    I made the new partition come before my old partition, because I wanted windows 7 to be my primary eventually.

    I think it may have someting to do with making the vista partition active, but I am notentirely sure how to do that, so if you can help me out i would really appreciate it, Thanks!
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  2. Posts : 9
    Windows 7, Vista
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Ok, so I did the commands in this post, except I changed the "XP" to "Vista" and it shows vista but it will not boot, it says I need to insert my vista disk..

    Do I need to do that? Or is there something wrong in those commands?
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  3. Posts : 16,129
    7 X64
       #3

    Hi,

    No , those commands won't work here - nice try , though.

    If you moved your Vista partition , you will need to make a bcd entry to reflect the new position.

    Look in Disk Management and find which is the System partition.

    Better still, post a jpeg screenshot, like this: ( click View and untick the Action pane and Console Tree to take a shot of the whole Disk Management window)

    Installed windows seven, Now can't boot to vista.-diskmanagement2009-02-04_031947.jpg

    To post a jpeg screenshot, click Go Advanced at the bottom of this page and follow Step 8 onward of this tutorial:

    http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ool-vista.html
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  4. Posts : 9
    Windows 7, Vista
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Heres my disk management, I did insert the vista disk and it tried to fix the boot, but it didn't work either



    Thanks for the help in advance
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  5. Posts : 16,129
    7 X64
       #5

    Sadly, Partition Magic is not compatible with NT6 (Vista/Win7 ) o/s - it wrecks them.

    You got away with it because you installed 7 after using it.

    1. Go to folder options and make sure Hidden Files and Protected Operating System files are showing.In Disk Management, rt click C and Mark as active

    2. Copy and paste bootmgr and the yellow boot folder from D to C.

    Installed windows seven, Now can't boot to vista.-bootmgr2009-05-11_182540.jpg

    You will get a message saying you can't copy bcd as it is in use - skip it and the rest will copy.

    3. Open an elevated command prompt and at the > prompt, type: (press enter after each command as indicated)

    bcdedit /export C:\Boot\bcd {enter}

    4. then type:

    bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Windows Vista" {enter}

    You will get a long number in brackets - the {GUID} , or identifier.

    Use the {guid-you-got}, including the brackets, in these commands:


    bcdedit /set {guid-you-got} device partition=D: {enter}

    bcdedit /set {guid-you-got} osdevice partition=D: {enter}

    close the cmd prompt.

    5. Reboot . Done..
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  6. Posts : 9
    Windows 7, Vista
    Thread Starter
       #6

    SIW2 said:
    bcdedit /export D:\Boot\bcd C:\Boot\bcd
    I am getting stuck here, it says that the export command is invalid and that the parameter is incorrect....

    Any ideas?

    Edit: It looks like I need to create or store the BCD file before I can export it, but I am a not very familar with windows cmd...
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  7. Posts : 5,747
    7600.20510 x86
       #7

    Are you sure you did SIW2's step number 2 first?

    The absence of C:\boot folder, if you did not, would explain the error message.

    If so, just do this command instead:

    bcdedit /export C:\Boot\bcd
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  8. Posts : 9
    Windows 7, Vista
    Thread Starter
       #8

    torrentg said:
    Are you sure you did SIW2's step number 2 first?

    The absence of C:\boot folder, if you did not, would explain the error message.

    If so, just do this command instead:

    bcdedit /export C:\Boot\bcd
    Ya except my boot directory was named "boot" "Boot" so I used lower case

    What I did after a little research was used the import cmd from D: and then the export cmd to C: and that seemed to work...
    Still finishing up the rest, but I will report back, Thanks for the help guys!
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  9. Posts : 9
    Windows 7, Vista
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Okay, That worked, and I can now get choose vista and even log-in but after that it says "preparing your desktop" forever and then finally loads a blank turqoise screen, ughh!
    Anyway, I can run tskmanager and thats about it, What did I do!

    BTW, what free partitioning tool do you guys use, now that I know I shouldn't use Parted magic
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  10. Posts : 5,747
    7600.20510 x86
       #10

    I use Acronis Disk Director Suite. Others, including SIW2 like and use Paragon.

    See SIW2 post here:
    Clean install with partition

    Either will do well for ya. Gparted is a free one though. I never used that but see that it is recommended a lot.

    Is explorer.exe started, when looking in task manager? If not, go to file | new task (run) in it and type explorer.exe, hit enter.
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