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10 Jun 2013 | #1 |
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Dual Boot Error (Win7 and Win XP)
Hello,
I have two HDDs one with Win7(250GB) and other with WinXP(120GB). As my PC does not allow me to select boot drive by pressing F8 or any key, i tried to make it dual boot using EasyBCD. I installed EasyBCD on Win7 and as per the tutorial added entry to Win Xp and then follwed the steps to Install WinXP bootloader to MBR and then write MBR. When i rebooted PC with Win7 disk as my primary boot drive it ended up in error invalid Boot.ini file ,booting from C:\Windows as i have Win XP installed on another drive i can boot in XP without any problem. (before adding EasyBCD to my Win7,it was working fine too )(but each time i had to change the HDD order in boot order of my BIOS) what is the resolve ? thank you |
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10 Jun 2013 | #2 |
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Do you see the win7 bootmenu? Options win7 works? option winxp is in menu ?
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10 Jun 2013 | #3 |
![]() Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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Post disk management screenshot as well
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10 Jun 2013 | #4 |
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@Kaktussoft
no options,no boot menu is seen when booting from Win7 installation HDD. (Selecting XP HDD as boot device takes directly in to Win XP without any error ) boot.ini from win XP installation [boot loader] timeout=15 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect from Win7 Installation ; This boot.ini was automatically generated by NeoSmart Technologies' BootGrabber.exe ; Use EasyBCD from EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies to manage your bootloader [boot loader] timeout=15 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on G:\" /fastdetect |
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10 Jun 2013 | #5 |
![]() Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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In win7 elevated command prompt: Elevated Command Prompt
Code:
bcdedit/enum all >c:\bcdlog.txt |
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10 Jun 2013 | #6 |
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10 Jun 2013 | #7 |
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Do you boot in UEFI mode or Legacy BIOS mode?
I found this KB article that may help? M5A97 R2.0 - Motherboards - ASUS In your specs it also shows you have Win 8 Ent... |
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10 Jun 2013 | #8 |
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@ David
I do not boot in UEFI mode.. I m using OLD/Legacy BIOS Windows 8 Ent. is not a part of this setup btw, this might be useful to help (i forgot to mention in first post).. both OS (7 and XP) are installed separately on their respective HDD (only 1 HDD present at installation time) |
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10 Jun 2013 | #9 |
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You can try using a Win 7 Startup Repair to see if it fixes the boot issue.
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10 Jun 2013 | #10 |
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If F8 doesn't work for the Boot Time selection window, that sounds like a BIOS issue to me.
Have you checked if there is a new version of BIOS available? I see there was a fix in BIOS version 1503 for F8: "Fixed F8 function is abnormal under fastboot" M5A97 R2.0 - Motherboards - ASUS |
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