boot option gone!!!!

[ranjitdutt]

i have two partition one has windows 7 and other windows developer preview, and running well. but when my windows 7 crash i used acronis true image to restore my windows 7.

but now i cannot find the booting option ask at the begining
choose operating system:
windows 7
windows developer preview

it directly loads windows 7

i try to check @ msconfig.exe in boot option, but there shows only windows 7 default boot.......
my windows developer preview is in another partition....

kindly please tell me the way where i can use both the os

thx
Ranjit

 

[theog]

Take look at those tutorials:
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2843-automatic-repair-run-windows-8-a.html
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2293-refresh-windows-8-a.html
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2269-system-recovery-options-boot-windows-8-a.html

 

[ranjitdutt]

thx theog for this all tutorials, and i have tried but there i cannot find the defualt os as windows developer preview.

now please help me start the windows developer preview while it is already installed

 

[Kaktussoft]

That partition with developer edition is still there and accessible? Try "startup repair" from recovery mode. Does it detect that windows version?

 

[theog]

Do you try Refresh?
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2293-refresh-windows-8-a.html

 

[jloc]

If you have EasyBCD installed on Win7/Win8, there's an option that says 'Skip the boot menu', make sure it's not checked