Hi, I just made a new installation of Windows 8 Pro.
Before installation I had Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit with same computer specs minus the Samsung SSD disk.
My intention was to make a dual boot system with both Windows 7 and Windows 8.
However, due to tiredness and common confusion I think I did some mistakes.
I don't think I had an Uefi installation so probably an mbr installation of Windows 7.
Ok, so here goes: I started with installing the new Samsung SSD disk in my system, I forgot to disconnect the other drives before starting Windows 8 installation. However, at first I could dual boot but I couldnt see my 2TB disk in Windows 8. I assigned a drive letter to it and then my problems began.
I can now start Windows 8 and see all 3 disks and use them as well. If I try to boot into Windows 7 on my OCZ drive I get a disk error.
I guess I messed up the mbr boot table. My question is, how can i fix this best?
Most important is to not loose my Windows 7 installation, I can Always make a new installation of Windows 8 as it is still fresh.
This is how my system looks now:
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM 16,0 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8P67 DELUXE (LGA1155)
Graphics 1535MB GeForce GTX 580 (ASUStek Computer Inc)
Hard Drives
1863GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 (SATA)
112GB OCZ-VERTEX3 (SSD)2
238GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series (SSD)
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp DVDWBD SH-B123L SCSI CdRom Device
Before installation I had Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit with same computer specs minus the Samsung SSD disk.
My intention was to make a dual boot system with both Windows 7 and Windows 8.
However, due to tiredness and common confusion I think I did some mistakes.
I don't think I had an Uefi installation so probably an mbr installation of Windows 7.
Ok, so here goes: I started with installing the new Samsung SSD disk in my system, I forgot to disconnect the other drives before starting Windows 8 installation. However, at first I could dual boot but I couldnt see my 2TB disk in Windows 8. I assigned a drive letter to it and then my problems began.
I can now start Windows 8 and see all 3 disks and use them as well. If I try to boot into Windows 7 on my OCZ drive I get a disk error.
I guess I messed up the mbr boot table. My question is, how can i fix this best?
Most important is to not loose my Windows 7 installation, I can Always make a new installation of Windows 8 as it is still fresh.
This is how my system looks now:
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM 16,0 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8P67 DELUXE (LGA1155)
Graphics 1535MB GeForce GTX 580 (ASUStek Computer Inc)
Hard Drives
1863GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 (SATA)
112GB OCZ-VERTEX3 (SSD)2
238GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series (SSD)
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp DVDWBD SH-B123L SCSI CdRom Device
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- intel core i7 2600k
- Motherboard
- Asus P8P67 Deluxe Rev 3.0
- Memory
- 16GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus Geforce GTX580
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG2363D
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256 GB
- Keyboard
- Logitech G510
- Mouse
- Logitech MX518