Issues with Windows 7 identifier

Make sure the 160GB drive is not connected to the PC and try it. Also...
This may help, run the steps outlined in this tutorial, Option Two, and reboot the system:
SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
If that doesn't correct the issue, run it two or more times with a reboot between.
You may get this result:

Code:

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired
them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
The system file repair changes will take effect after the next reboot.

Or a message that no integrity violations were found.
Or that Windows Resource Protection found errors it cannot repair, if so rerun the steps above.

Hello Lincer,

That is only the name listed in the "Windows Boot Manager" screen at boot. It's not what is used to identify the OS.

Instead, the registry location below is what is used to ID the OS.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

If you like, the tutorial below can help show you how to change this OS name displayed in msconfig and "Windows Boot Manager" to what you like instead.

Dual Boot - Change OS Name in Windows Boot Manager

Hope this helps, :)
Shawn

Britton30 said:

Make sure the 160GB drive is not connected to the PC and try it. Also...
This may help, run the steps outlined in this tutorial, Option Two, and reboot the system:
SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
If that doesn't correct the issue, run it two or more times with a reboot between.
You may get this result:

Code:

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired
them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
The system file repair changes will take effect after the next reboot.

Or a message that no integrity violations were found.
Or that Windows Resource Protection found errors it cannot repair, if so rerun the steps above.

Already tried the CBS last night with no good results, actually sorry for the foreign language, it says "Current Operating System, Default Operating System"

Brink said:

Hello Lincer,

That is only the name listed in the "Windows Boot Manager" screen at boot. It's not what is used to identify the OS.

Instead, the registry location below is what is used to ID the OS.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

If you like, the tutorial below can help show you how to change this OS name displayed in msconfig and "Windows Boot Manager" to what you like instead.

Dual Boot - Change OS Name in Windows Boot Manager

Hope this helps, :)
Shawn

Gonna try this one Shawn!

EDIT: I've found another issue, while trying to perform a ''Repair Install'' the Windows 7 compatibility report it says the next:


Translated it's quite simple:
-Cannot update from a Windows version of 64 bits to another from 32 bits. For update, get a 64 bits version of the install disk of Windows or check this website to see how to install Windows 7 without losing Files and Configs (Ps. nothing intresting here)

This is driving me nuts, i've tried to fix files with the sfc and repair the identifier, but nothing seems to work...

Sorry for crappy quality, basically this is the Windows 7 DVD at boot and trying to repair system, but mostly it's like the same as que "Compatibility Report" at the repair install...

Needless to say, that this is the same DVD that installed my Windows 7 unto my PC.

Lincer,

We need to know if you are booting from a 32-bit or 64-bit DVD.

The error you are getting is basically saying that you must boot from a 64-bit DVD instead.