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Any way to stop Windows 8.1 from replacing Win 7 boot manager?
As the title says. After installing 8.1 on a new partition (same disk) it replaces Windows 7 boot loader and configuration.
In order to fix it i have to wipe the partition, wipe all the entries in bcdedit except the memory test and then let startup recovery fix win 7 boot.
Some things I've researched:
- Make a VHD and install it on that, but im thinking it will still overwrite the boot info.
- If I backed up the current boot config is there a way to add a generic boot entry for win 8.1?
Here's my current boot config:
HTML Code:Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=C: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {ea98e852-8be2-11e3-8987-d13e75d13fd5} displayorder {current} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows 7 locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {ea98e852-8be2-11e3-8987-d13e75d13fd5} nx AlwaysOff pae Default bootux Disabled detecthal Yes sos No debug No