Boot should fail (if set) as loader parameters are handed over to ntoskrnl.exe.Also, if you set the bootmenupolicy to Standard on the Windows 7 bootloader,
Win 7 kernel does NOT know about bootmenupolicy as this was introduced later for Win8.
Give it a try and you would know (try W7 loader, bootmenupolicy=0 and bootmenupolicy=1).
It has no meaning having W7 bootmgr on active if W8 is installed as W7 bootmgr cannot load W8.
Hello Boyans.
I'm not trying to be hard to get along with, just curious, with Windows 8 on an Extended partition, you're saying it's still handling the boot in this case?
Code:Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200] (c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=D: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {default} resumeobject {6c8678be-ed4c-11e1-8e3f-b4aaa0e8f515} displayorder {ntldr} {current} {default} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Legacy OS Loader ------------------------ identifier {ntldr} device partition=D: path \ntldr description Windows XP Pro Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows 8 Pro locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {6c8678c0-ed4c-11e1-8e3f-b4aaa0e8f515} recoveryenabled Yes allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075 osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {6c8678be-ed4c-11e1-8e3f-b4aaa0e8f515} nx OptIn bootmenupolicy Standard Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {default} device partition=D: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows 7 Ultimate locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {6c8678ba-ed4c-11e1-8e3f-b4aaa0e8f515} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=D: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {6c8678b8-ed4c-11e1-8e3f-b4aaa0e8f515} nx OptIn C:\Windows\system32>
Win8 can display a text menu, or what you are calling the GUI menu.
Text menu is not "old". It is the best for multibooting - that is why it is there.
The GUI has big squares - for touch screens .
If you are multibooting, text menu is vastly better. If you only have a touchscreen - GUI is much easier to operate.
The drawback to the gui is that if you select anything apart from win8 - your machine will reboot.
@Ted,
Yes, you are using win8 bootmgr.with Windows 8 on an Extended partition, you're saying it's still handling the boot in this case?
Yes, it is safe... and run it from within Windows 8 so it will use that BCD store.
It seems others cannot duplicate your situation. I seem to have no trouble duplicating it. Since you have confirmed the other suggestions, such as set Win 8 as default and have bootmenupolicy set as Standard, and it has not fixed your system, the Bcdboot command will work And I even get to keep the F8 options, but only from the text boot menu.
If you have doubts, use the bcdedit /export C:\TangoBCD.bcd so you will have the old version you can go back to if you were to feel the need.
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