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

Brink said:

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

Hmm I tried this and got this error:
"The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
The requested system device cannot be found."

gregrocker said:

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 boot files onto its partition first.

Thank you, I'll keep that in mind.

That worked :)

I'm also a bit sceptical of why there is boot files on my Data Drive :S

If you'll look at the screenshot in Post #4 you'll find the answer: The data drive held the System Active flag and thus was then booting at least Win7, which held the Boot (currently booted) flag.

The repairs moved the System Active flags and Boot Files to Win7 and cut the Data drive out of the boot, so those 4 Boot files can be deleted as they are Inactive and not being used. You may need to run the Take Ownership Shortcut on them first.

gregrocker said:

If you'll look at the screenshot in Post #4 you'll find the answer: The data drive held the System Active flag and thus was then booting at least Win7, which held the Boot (currently booted) flag.

The repairs moved the System Active flags and Boot Files to Win7 and cut the Data drive out of the boot, so those 4 Boot files can be deleted as they are Inactive and not being used. You may need to run the Take Ownership Shortcut on them first.

Seemed to work :)

Thanks to both of you.