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Windows 7 boot loader - detect new OS

  • 21-09-2009 1:39pm
    #1
    Bob_Harris
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭


    On my laptop I have a single hard drive partitioned into two.

    I had XP installed on the first partition (C:) with the second for general usage (D:). I used a partitioning tool to make an image of C: and write it to D:

    I then installed Windows 7 RC onto the first partition hoping it would pick up the XP in the second partition and add it automattically to the boot loader, but it did not.

    I used easyBCD to manually had an entry for XP, but if I select it at boot time, it just restarts the computer.

    I used bootsect to repair nt60 on the first partition and nt52 on the second partition

    I've editied boot.ini on the second partition to change the partition number from 1, the origional value, to 2, as XP is now on partition 2.

    Non of the above have worked.

    Any suggestions?


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  • #2
    cpu-dude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭cpu-dude


    Bob_Harris wrote: »
    On my laptop I have a single hard drive partitioned into two.

    I had XP installed on the first partition (C:) with the second for general usage (D:). I used a partitioning tool to make an image of C: and write it to D:

    I then installed Windows 7 RC onto the first partition hoping it would pick up the XP in the second partition and add it automattically to the boot loader, but it did not.

    I used easyBCD to manually had an entry for XP, but if I select it at boot time, it just restarts the computer.

    I used bootsect to repair nt60 on the first partition and nt52 on the second partition

    I've editied boot.ini on the second partition to change the partition number from 1, the origional value, to 2, as XP is now on partition 2.

    Non of the above have worked.

    Any suggestions?
    Two partitions, both NTFS primary partitions. Install XP on the first partition, then install Windows 7 on the secondary one. Windows XP will now be listed as Previous Operating System - which you can rename in Easy BCD.


  • #3
    Bob_Harris
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭Bob_Harris


    I have XP and Win 7 both installed and configured, applications installed etc.

    I'd prefer not to have to install both again.


  • #4
    Big Lar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭Big Lar


    There you go bob,

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

    Have a gander at that, it should sort you out.


    Dont forget to backup your boot.ini file first - just in case eh !


  • #5
    Bob_Harris
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭Bob_Harris


    Editing boot.ini didn't work.

    I think it's a case of XP not knowing how to handle itself once it switched from C: to E:

    I threw the towel in and just reinstalled XP, then restored the Win 7 boot loader with easyBCD from within XP.

    I only want XP there as a backup (in a non virtualized way) on a small enough partition so no biggy reinstalling it.


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