No option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7

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  1. Posts : 960
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 - 64 Bit
       #1

    No option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7


    So I originally had Windows 7 on Disk 0.

    I shrunk 140GB of space so I can install Windows 8 as a dual boot.

    I used a bootable Windows 8 Setup Disk to install Windows 8.

    I installed Windows 8 to the empty 140GB partition.

    - My system doesn't show the option to choose which operating system I want to use.
    - System automatically launches to Windows 7
    - Windows 8 not shown in Boot tab of msconfig:
    No option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7-example.png

    Here is a screenshot of my Disk Management:
    No option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7-example-2.png

    Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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  2. Posts : 71,980
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Infinite,

    You might see if booting from your Windows 8 installation media, and doing an automatic repair may help.
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  3. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #3

    Can't Win 8 be added to the Win 7 boot manager menu using BCDEDIT or what I prefer, EasyBCD. I like the easy to use graphical interface.

    Boot Win 7, install EasyBCD, add Win 8 as a selection and you're done (I think).
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  4. Posts : 960
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 - 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks Brink, that seemed to fix partly.

    I now have the option to choose Windows 7 and Windows 8.

    However as the tutorial stated it was recommended to run automatic repair 3 times, I could only do it once, the second time I tried I had the option to either startup repair Windows 7 or Windows 8, if I selected Windows 8 I would get an error:
    No option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7-example5.pngNo option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7-example6.png

    Here are the logfiles:
    SrtTrail.log
    SrtTrail.txt

    There also appears to be system flags on my Data Drive, and I am a bit concerned that Windows 8 is only labelled as a "Primary Partition".

    No option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7-example-3.pngNo option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7-ex4.png
    Last edited by Infinite; 27 Jun 2013 at 22:33.
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  5. Posts : 71,980
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #5

    So far so good.

    Are you able to select and actually boot into Windows 8 or Windows 7 now without issue?

    Is so, then I wouldn't worry about trying to run Automatic Repair again.

    It's fine for the "Windows 8" partition to only have "Primary partition" since all of the boot information is on the "Windows 7" partition. What does Disk Management say while you are in Windows 8?
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  6. Posts : 960
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 - 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    If it's normal for it to restart after selecting the Windows 7 option in the Boot Manager, then I guess I'm good :)

    Here:
    No option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7-untitled.png
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  7.    #7

    The screenshot looks correct for being booted from Win8, and it does reboot from the Metro Dual Boot menu to start Win7 as I recall. Or do you have the Metro-style Dual Boot Menu?

    What had me wondering earlier were the Win7 screenshots with the Metro color scheme. I thought you were posting from Win8 and might have installed it to C as signified by the Boot flag showing it was the booted OS. How did you get Win8 theme on your Win7 Disk Mgmt window?
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  8. Posts : 71,980
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #8

    Infinite said:
    If it's normal for it to restart after selecting the Windows 7 option in the Boot Manager, then I guess I'm good :)

    Here:
    No option to use Windows 8 in dual boot with Windows 7-untitled.png
    Yep, that's perfectly normal for the PC to restart to switch from the new Windows 8 boot GUI to the old Windows boot manager. You're good to go then. :)

    If you like, you could stop the restart for this by disabling the new Windows 8 boot GUI to always use the old boot UI.

    Startup Options - Enable or Disable in Windows 8
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  9. Posts : 960
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 - 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    gregrocker said:
    The screenshot looks correct for being booted from Win8, and it does reboot from the Metro Dual Boot menu to start Win7 as I recall. Or do you have the Metro-style Dual Boot Menu?
    Yes I do have the Metro Dual Boot Menu.

    gregrocker said:
    What had me wondering earlier were the Win7 screenshots with the Metro color scheme. I thought you were posting from Win8 and might have installed it to C as signified by the Boot flag showing it was the booted OS. How did you get Win8 theme on your Win7 Disk Mgmt window?
    The screenshots I used in Post 4 are on Windows 7, I use a theme known as "Soft 7 2.0" if that may have been the confusion.

    The screenshot from Post 6 is Windows 8.
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  10.    #10

    It is configured correctly. However Win7 holds the System Boot files so if you decide to remove it you'll need to mark Win8 Active and run it's Automatic Repair to write the System boot files onto its partition first.
    Last edited by gregrocker; 28 Jun 2013 at 10:36.
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