Dual boot original Vista with Windows 7?

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  1. Posts : 8
    Microsoft Windows 7 HomePremium, 64-bit
       #61

    SIW2 said:
    Try this:

    With Vista drive as first in Bios boot order, boot 7 dvd - run startup repair.

    That should put 7 entry in Vista Boot Configuration Data.

    If you also want Vista in the boot menu option when you have 7 drive as the first HD in Bios boot order:

    Set 7 drive as 1st in bios order

    Boot into 7

    Open an elevated command prompt and type:

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

    It will return a long number in brackets - a GUID or identifier.

    Type that, including brackets into the commands below ( Replace the D: with the Vista drive letter as seen when booted into 7)

    Press enter after each command.

    bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} device partition=D:

    bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} osdevice partition=D:

    close cmd prompt.

    That's it.
    i tried the part concerned with Vista as first boot hard drive, i booted to startup repair, and Windows 7 was added to startup list with a (recovered) label beside it, but it doesn't open..
    when i press enter to choose it, another window opens and says an error about a file in system 32 (don't remember its name exactly but it was something with "loader" in it, i think..)
    actually i tried the other thing about Windows 7 cmd thing, it didn't work either.. maybe i miswritten it, so am gonna try it again and tell you..
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  2. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #62

    Could it be winload.exe?

    Please post a screenshot of Disk Management window, like this:

    Dual boot original Vista with Windows 7?-diskmanagement2009-02-04_031947.jpg

    And type bcdedit into elevated cmd prompt , press enter - then post a screenshot, like this:

    Dual boot original Vista with Windows 7?-bcdedit2009-03-07_235226.jpg
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  3. Posts : 213
    Windows 7 x64
       #63

    A handy tool for editing the Boot records in Vista/Windows 7 is EasyBCD.
    Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies
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  4. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #64

    Thanks Frostbite - better to learn how to do it manually.
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  5. Posts : 213
    Windows 7 x64
       #65

    SIW2 said:
    Thanks Frostbite - better to learn how to do it manually.
    Agreed
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  6. Posts : 8
    Microsoft Windows 7 HomePremium, 64-bit
       #66

    SIW2 said:
    Could it be winload.exe?

    Please post a screenshot of Disk Management window, like this:

    Dual boot original Vista with Windows 7?-diskmanagement2009-02-04_031947.jpg

    And type bcdedit into elevated cmd prompt , press enter - then post a screenshot, like this:

    Dual boot original Vista with Windows 7?-bcdedit2009-03-07_235226.jpg

    here they are..
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Dual boot original Vista with Windows 7?-disk-management.jpg   Dual boot original Vista with Windows 7?-bcdedit.jpg  
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  7. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #67

    This should work - if you get winload.exe is missing - it is probably because there is a mistype in the {GUID}

    Open an elevated command prompt and type:

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

    It will return a long number in brackets - a GUID or identifier.

    Type that, including brackets into the commands below:

    Press enter after each command.

    bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} device partition=F:

    bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} osdevice partition=F:

    close cmd prompt.

    Otherwise you could use Easybcd from here( it does exactly the same thing)

    Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies
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  8. Posts : 8
    Microsoft Windows 7 HomePremium, 64-bit
       #68

    hi there,
    i know am kinda annoying, but would you please give a little hint about how to use this EasyBCD to get what i want?
    'cause i tried some stuff inside it but none of them worked..

    thanks.,
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