DUAL BOOTING PROBLEMS- booting win8 with win7.

Rougeace4

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Okay, so ive tried many ways, and Ive finally got stuck with using a VHD.
I have followed countless tutorials, and finally found one. (on this forums somewhere)
I go through all the steps, and it seems like it is working, and then when I boot my system it says this,
"[FONT=Calibri, Segoe UI, Meiryo, Microsoft YaHei UI, Microsoft JhengHei UI, Malgun Gothic, Khmer UI, Nirmala UI, Tunga, Lao UI, Ebrima, sans-serif]VHD_BOOT_INITIALIZATION_FAILED" [/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri, Segoe UI, Meiryo, Microsoft YaHei UI, Microsoft JhengHei UI, Malgun Gothic, Khmer UI, Nirmala UI, Tunga, Lao UI, Ebrima, sans-serif]things I have done to try to fix this:[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Segoe UI, Meiryo, Microsoft YaHei UI, Microsoft JhengHei UI, Malgun Gothic, Khmer UI, Nirmala UI, Tunga, Lao UI, Ebrima, sans-serif]Updated BIOS[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, Segoe UI, Meiryo, Microsoft YaHei UI, Microsoft JhengHei UI, Malgun Gothic, Khmer UI, Nirmala UI, Tunga, Lao UI, Ebrima, sans-serif]Enabled Virtualization in BIOS[/FONT]


[FONT=Calibri, Segoe UI, Meiryo, Microsoft YaHei UI, Microsoft JhengHei UI, Malgun Gothic, Khmer UI, Nirmala UI, Tunga, Lao UI, Ebrima, sans-serif]Please help! I have been trying to get it to work for days...
Ronnie
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 7
I, and probably most, use the term "dual booting" in the sense that multi-booting and dual booting are described here. Note that this read distinguishes between multi-booting/dual booting and virtualization.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win7 Ult on DIY; Win8 Pro on MBP/Parallels; Win7 Ult on MBP/Boot Camp; Win7 Ult/Win8 Pro on HP
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    DIY Rig; MacBook Pro (MBP)/Parallels/Boot Camp; HP Pavilion dv6500t Laptop
    CPU
    Intel i7-2600K (sometimes OC'd to 4.8 GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Rev B3
    Memory
    16 GB Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 570 SC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Gateway
    Hard Drives
    Dual Boot:
    Win7 Ult RAID 0 on OCZ Revo x2 and
    Win7 Ult RAID 0 on Caviar Black SATA 3's
    PSU
    Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000W
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    Cooler Master 932 HAF
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    Zalman CNPS9900MAX-B CPU Fan
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    Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500
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    Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500
    Internet Speed
    20 Mbps Download/2+ Mbps Upload
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    Pioneer Blu-ray Burner/DVD Burner
Hi Ronnie and welcome to the Forum.

Why don't you try this. It is easier and it works: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2899-vmware-player-install-windows-8-a.html
is this dual booting? so I can chose which I want to use, either windows 7 or windows 8?
You can run both systems side by side and switch from one to the other with 1 click.

I run Windows 8 like that all day whilst I am really working in Windows 7. But when I need Windows 8, it takes only 1 click. No reboot and other awful things. See this video and you will understand:

VMware Player - a Windows 8 Demo - Windows 7 Support Forums
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
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