boot menu doesn't show up - XP and Win7 dual boot

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  1. Posts : 19
    Windows XP x86 / Windows 7 x64
       #1

    boot menu doesn't show up - XP and Win7 dual boot


    I have XP (x86) installed on one partition.

    Last night I installed Windows 7 (x64) on a separate partition.

    Anytime I had tried this in the past, using Vista, it always detected the Windows XP partition, and gave me a boot menu with "Earlier Version of Windows" option to boot to.

    This is not so with Windows 7.

    How can I get the boot menu to show both options, to boot to XP or to Win7?

    Thank you
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  2. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #2
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  3. Posts : 19
    Windows XP x86 / Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    No go


    I tried the tutorial... I used:

    To create a new boot entry to load Windows XP from a partition on your disk:
    NOTE: The example below uses F: as the Windows XP partition. Replace with your xp drive letter.bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d "Windows XP"

    bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=F:

    bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr

    bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast

    (I substituted the "F:" for the actual location of my XP partition)

    No go. Any ideas?
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  4.    #4

    Can you download EasyBCD and post the first screen showing your entries?

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...en-forums.html

    You will be looking for both OS entries and checking they show the correct drive.

    If not, use Add/remove tab and add XP by name and type, with correct drive.
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  5. Posts : 16,133
    7 X64
       #5

    bcdedit /set {ntldr} device boot

    At a guess - I probably won't be around when you post the screenie.
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  6. Posts : 19
    Windows XP x86 / Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Still not there


    I tried this:

    bcdedit /set {ntldr} device boot

    This is reflected in the attached image

    ... didn't work. I DID see the dual boot option, but got an error saying that NTLDR was missing or could not be found.

    So I changed it to what is displayed below:


    locale en-US
    inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
    default {4e4775e1-c505-11de-83dd-8e04539615eb}
    resumeobject {4e4775e0-c505-11de-83dd-8e04539615eb}
    displayorder {4e4775e1-c505-11de-83dd-8e04539615eb}
    {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c}
    toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
    timeout 30

    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {4e4775e1-c505-11de-83dd-8e04539615eb}
    device partition=C:
    path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
    description Windows 7
    locale en-US
    inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
    recoverysequence {4e4775e2-c505-11de-83dd-8e04539615eb}
    recoveryenabled Yes
    bootdebug No
    osdevice partition=C:
    systemroot \Windows
    resumeobject {4e4775e0-c505-11de-83dd-8e04539615eb}
    nx OptIn
    pae ForceDisable
    sos No
    debug No

    Windows Legacy OS Loader
    ------------------------
    identifier {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c}
    device partition=D:
    path \ntldr
    description Windows XP




    This still doesn't work. When I select "Windows XP", the screen just goes black and reboots the computer.

    Never had this problem until I installed Windows 7, so I KNOW it's not an XP problem.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails boot menu doesn't show up - XP and Win7 dual boot-easybcdimage.jpg  
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  7. Posts : 16,133
    7 X64
       #7

    Really need a screenshot of Disk Management window.
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  8. Posts : 19
    Windows XP x86 / Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #8

    SIW2 said:
    Really need a screenshot of Disk Management window.
    Thanks man ... here's the screenie...
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails boot menu doesn't show up - XP and Win7 dual boot-diskmgmnt.jpg  
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  9. Posts : 16,133
    7 X64
       #9

    Hi,

    Go to Folder Options - show Hideen files and protected o/s files - see if ntldr is on the Downloads and Media partition.

    (If you have changed the Bios boot order - it may be somewhere else - have a look and see )

    If it is there:

    Then try giving the Downloads and Media a drive letter - S is good.

    Open Easybcd - go to Add/Remove entries and remove the XP entry >Save

    Then add a new XP entry - select S as the drive letter. Click Add Entry.
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  10.    #10

    SIW2 said:
    Hi,

    Go to Folder Options - show Hideen files and protected o/s files - see if ntldr is on the Downloads and Media partition.

    (If you have changed the Bios boot order - it may be somewhere else - have a look and see )

    If it is there:

    Then try giving the Downloads and Media a drive letter - S is good.

    Open Easybcd - go to Add/Remove entries and remove the XP entry >Save

    Then add a new XP entry - select S as the drive letter. Click Add Entry.

    SIW2 - We are seeing about one of these a day, where the ntldr is on a data partition. How does it get there? Is it desirable to leave it there, as what if they swap out that S: data partition, which happens frequently?
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