Solved Dual boot original Vista with Windows 7?

[Nosha]

Try this:

With Vista drive as first in Bios boot order, boot 7 dvd - run startup repair.

That should put 7 entry in Vista Boot Configuration Data.

If you also want Vista in the boot menu option when you have 7 drive as the first HD in Bios boot order:

Set 7 drive as 1st in bios order

Boot into 7

Open an elevated command prompt and type:

bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Windows Vista"

It will return a long number in brackets - a GUID or identifier.

Type that, including brackets into the commands below ( Replace the D: with the Vista drive letter as seen when booted into 7)

Press enter after each command.

bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} device partition=D:

bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} osdevice partition=D:

close cmd prompt.

That's it.

i tried the part concerned with Vista as first boot hard drive, i booted to startup repair, and Windows 7 was added to startup list with a (recovered) label beside it, but it doesn't open..
when i press enter to choose it, another window opens and says an error about a file in system 32 (don't remember its name exactly but it was something with "loader" in it, i think..)
actually i tried the other thing about Windows 7 cmd thing, it didn't work either.. maybe i miswritten it, so am gonna try it again and tell you..

 

[SIW2]

Could it be winload.exe?

Please post a screenshot of Disk Management window, like this:



And type bcdedit into elevated cmd prompt , press enter - then post a screenshot, like this:

 

[Frostbite]

A handy tool for editing the Boot records in Vista/Windows 7 is EasyBCD.
Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies

 

[SIW2]

Thanks Frostbite - better to learn how to do it manually.

 

[Frostbite]

Thanks Frostbite - better to learn how to do it manually.

Agreed

 

[Nosha]

Could it be winload.exe?

Please post a screenshot of Disk Management window, like this:

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And type bcdedit into elevated cmd prompt , press enter - then post a screenshot, like this:

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here they are..

 

[SIW2]

This should work - if you get winload.exe is missing - it is probably because there is a mistype in the {GUID}

Open an elevated command prompt and type:

bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Windows Vista"

It will return a long number in brackets - a GUID or identifier.

Type that, including brackets into the commands below:

Press enter after each command.

bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} device partition=F:

bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} osdevice partition=F:

close cmd prompt.

Otherwise you could use Easybcd from here( it does exactly the same thing)

Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies

 

[Nosha]

hi there,
i know am kinda annoying, but would you please give a little hint about how to use this EasyBCD to get what i want?
'cause i tried some stuff inside it but none of them worked..

thanks.,