Fedora 12 - Windows 7 Dual Boot Issue


  1. senate6won6
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    Fedora 12 - Windows 7 Dual Boot Issue


    Ok, heres the situation,

    I was dual booting Win 7 and Ubuntu with the Windows bootloader in command. The Windows bootloader would pop up first with the NeoGrub bootloader or Win 7 option in the list and default to Win 7 if a choice wasnt made.

    I uninstalled Ubuntu and replaced it with Fedora 12. Now the Grub bootloader is in command. Heres where the problem lies.

    When I setup the dual boot for Ubuntu and Win 7 I actually was running Vista at the time and the program I used put the Windows bootloader back to the primary, Easy BCD, worked in Vista but apparently wont work in Win 7.

    So, does anyone know of a way to manually make the change, or know of a Win 7 compatible Easy BCD, or know of a way to do it in Fedora?
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  3. smarteyeball
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    Easy BCD 1.7.2 is compatible with Seven

    Does Fedora 12 use Grub 1.5 or grub2?

    So you are just booting straight into Windows atm?

    EDIT:

    easy BCD 2.0 beta availabale: http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=642

    But you will have to register with the forum to download.
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  4. senate6won6
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    I am fairly certain that Fedora 12 uses Grub 2.

    So the EDIT means that Easy BCD 1.7.x isnt compatible with Win 7 and that I need to obtain the 2.0 Beta?
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