Issue in dual OS in windows 7 Professional

[konduruharish]

I have windows 7 professional 32-bit in my laptop. I did a partition on my hard drive and I installed windows server 2008 in it as a dual OS. After the installation, when I restart my computer, it is not giving me option to select the available two OS and directly starting up windows server 2008. What can I do to get the options to select the available OS on system boot up?

 

[simpod]

Download EasyBCD and use it to create a boot loader - this will give you the option on boot.

 

[konduruharish]

I can only install it on win server 2008 right now, as it is the only option I have. Should I go ahead and install on win server 2008? Just installation of EasyBCD does the work or should I do some thing else?

 

[zigzag3143]

I have windows 7 professional 32-bit in my laptop. I did a partition on my hard drive and I installed windows server 2008 in it as a dual OS. After the installation, when I restart my computer, it is not giving me option to select the available two OS and directly starting up windows server 2008. What can I do to get the options to select the available OS on system boot up?

When you are ready you can use either easybcd, or bcdedit to modify the boot loader. Here are the instructions for the later. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2676-bcdedit-how-use.html?ltr=B

Let us know if you need help

Ken

 

[SIW2]

In Easybcd, Click "Add New Entry"

Select Windows Vista/7 in the dropdown .

Type in any name you want to give the boot menu entry under "Name"

Select the partition 7 is installed in the "Drive" drop down

Click Add Entry.

 

[konduruharish]

When you are ready you can use either easybcd, or bcdedit to modify the boot loader. Here are the instructions for the later. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2676-bcdedit-how-use.html?ltr=B

Let us know if you need help

Ken

I am sorry Ken. I am not sure what entry to modify using bcdedit. Can you please help me with little more elaborated steps? I have no knowledge regarding these issues.

 

[SIW2]

click here

 

[konduruharish]

In Easybcd, Click "Add New Entry"

Select Windows Vista/7 in the dropdown .

Type in any name you want to give the boot menu entry under "Name"

Select the partition 7 is installed in the "Drive" drop down

Click Add Entry.

I can't see windows vista/7 option in "Add/Remove Entries=>Add new entry=>Type". I can see windows vista/Longhorn, windows NT/2k/xp/2k3 and windows 95/98/ME. What should I select in these?

 

[SIW2]

Vista/LONGHORN will do fine

 

[si8mon]

I can't see windows vista/7 option in "Add/Remove Entries=>Add new entry=>Type". I can see windows vista/Longhorn, windows NT/2k/xp/2k3 and windows 95/98/ME. What should I select in these?

You have to download Easy BCD 2.0 because that is the version that supports Windows 7. Because it is still a Beta (dont worry it as stable as the previous release) you have to download the program from the developers forum. You need to register before you can download.

EasyBCD 2.0 Beta Builds - The NeoSmart Forums

Edit: Sorry I didn't see SIW2 last post.

 

[konduruharish]

I can't see windows vista/7 option in "Add/Remove Entries=>Add new entry=>Type". I can see windows vista/Longhorn, windows NT/2k/xp/2k3 and windows 95/98/ME. What should I select in these?

You have to download Easy BCD 2.0 because that is the version that supports Windows 7. Because it is still a Beta (dont worry it as stable as the previous release) you have to download the program from the developers forum. You need to register before you can download.

EasyBCD 2.0 Beta Builds - The NeoSmart Forums

Edit: Sorry I didn't see SIW2 last post.

I downloaded the Easy BCD 2.0 and I Added the new entry. Now, when I restart my laptop, I can see the boot menu, but, here I got a new problem When I select win 7, it is showing me an error "Windows cannot verify the digital signature". What does this mean? How can I get over it?

 

[konduruharish]

Vista/LONGHORN will do fine

I downloaded the Easy BCD 2.0 and I Added the new entry. Now, when I restart my laptop, I can see the boot menu, but, here I got a new problem When I select win 7, it is showing me an error "Windows cannot verify the digital signature". What does this mean? How can I get over it?

 

[SIW2]

What is the win 7 drive letter as seen from within server 2008?

 

[konduruharish]

What is the win 7 drive letter as seen from within server 2008?

I see it as Local Drive(D: )

 

[SIW2]

Rt click on K.cmd and select RUN AS ADMIN

 

[konduruharish]

D/l this, View attachment 78541 unzip it. Rt click on K.cmd and select RUN AS ADMIN

HURRAYYYY Its working. Every thing is normal now. Thanks a ton. I have been trying to solve this issue using google from the last 2 days, but invain.

May I know the mistake what I did in installing Win Server 2008 on Win 7 and also why does this occur and the solution you gave to me? It helps me to resolve the same issue when my friends encounter it.

One last question. Can I now uninstall Easy BCD on my server? Once again, Thanks alot.

 

[SIW2]

They can use that file - it only works if the 7 drive letter is D from the o/s you are currently booted into.

It's because 7 is more recent than server you are using - it doesn't understand the digital sig of 7 winload.

You can unistall Easybcd if you like. Not sure why you would want to. It is only small and only runs when you want it to. It may be useful.