How to Install Windows 7 Over Windows 8 | Dual Boot

okay fine, just tried it, currently doing some work , will post back the result tonight.

heheheh , yup actually we've been forced to use Metro as Start Menu so why not Boot GUI, anyway I didn't notice anything bad in windows 8 so far as people were saying it will DOA

I'm not real happy with it but if you can't whip 'em join 'em eh!

Thanks saltgrass your command works, but that GUI bootloader appears after win8's boot screen, is it normal ?

I've also used this to set the default boot-loader.

bcdedit /default {your identifier}

Saltgrass said:

But we know now, if you want to get rid of the GUI, for some reason, and still have Win 8 as the default OS, you can remove the bootmenupolicy entry in the BCD Store and you will then see the Text boot menu.

Let us know how it goes with Win 8 ......

well I think I will stick with the text boot loader, can you plz tell me how can I get that back , I didn't backup it earlier , my mistake.

Bare Foot Kid said:

I've also used this to set the default boot-loader.

bcdedit /default {your identifier}

Run this command from an elevated command window using the Windows 7 identifier to set Windows 7 as default, this tutorial is very helpful for reference.

BCDEDIT - How to Use

Use these commands to create a backup of the bcd file.

   Warning

IMPORTANT: make a backup of your bcd file first. To do that, type:

bcdedit /export C:\SAVEDBCD

This will create a file c:\savebcd which is your boot entry backup.
If you mess up, you can always undo changes by:

bcdedit /import c:\savedbcd