is there a way to manage boot manager,make os unaware

[webtax]

heya

i always like o keep two OSes, each in one of my two hardisk. I keep them separated, and access them by pressing F11 at Bios boot. This way, whenever i want i can wipe out any OS and access the other one without problems.

but now i dont have an optical drive anymore, so i tried installing Seven from Xp, by mounting the ISO, but it installed the boot manager in XP partition so now Seven depends on that partition.

Is there a way that i can, after installed, make Seven only use his own hard drive/partition to boot?

 

[SIW2]

YES.

Make sure 7 partition is marked Active.

Open an elevated cmd prompt and type: (Replace c with the 7 drive letter as seen when in 7 )

bcdboot c:\windows /s c:

Then press enter.

put 7 dvd in the drive and type:

yourdvdriveletter:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 c: /mbr

then press enter

yourdvdriveletter:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 yourXPdriveletter_as_seen_by_7:

then press enter

 

[SIW2]

If you tell me the drive letters as seen when in 7 - or better yet, post a screenshot of Disk Management window - I can give the exact commands - then just copy and paste .

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-how-post-screenshot-seven-forums.html

 

[webtax]

this is useful , i did found in the meantime the bootsect utility, but missed the /mbr

thanks!

 

[SIW2]

You're welcome.