dual boot VISTA/Win 7 does not work

[SIW2]

If you try and open E from within 7, so you can copy to the E drive, explore the user folder, etc - do you have permission to do that ? If you get a message click here to get permission, do so.

 

[gregrocker]

Boot into Win7 DVD, select Repair my Computer on the second screen, then click through to Recovery Tools list to run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times with reboots until Win7 starts.

Then install Easy BCD 2.0 and attempt to add Vista by name, type and drive letter.

If this fails post back a screenshot of your full Disk Management drive map, using Snipping Tool in Start Menu attaching file using paper clip in reply box.

 

[SIW2]

That will probably work. It doesn't answer the question of why the command didn't complete. Would like to find out why that was. It works perfectly every time for me.

 

[richdave]

If you try and open E from within 7, so you can copy to the E drive, explore the user folder, etc - do you have permission to do that ? If you get a message click here to get permission, do so.

I can browse the public folders but not the account name folders.

I have resolved my issue by changing the way I boot and where easyBCD is installed.

I installed EasyBCD on the WIn 7 drive and made that the first boot device then set EasyBCD to make the VISTA OS the default OS.

Works just fine that way

 

[SIW2]

Yes, it always works fine that way round.

I can browse the public folders but not the account name folders.

Sounds like the destination was blocked.

Don't you get a message like this?



If so, just click continue.

Then do the bcdboot command - see if it completes now ( don't worry , it won't do any harm )

 

[richdave]

Don't you get a message like this?

yeah I did get something like that...

Happy to continue testing in the interest of learning however I want to be able to stop the user files being browsed by other users and/or from the other OS for privacy reasons.

Also would like to know exactly what the command does. I prolly should have asked before attempting first time but better late than never...