Solved New Windows 8 Boot Menu Not Working!!

Arpan

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I installed the windows 8 release preview a few days ago in a virtual hard disk. Then after using it for few days, I installed another version of the same windows 7 (my actual primary os) on another vhd file for testing.

Which means now I have one windows 8 and two windows 7 (one primary another in vhd).
So, now when I power on my laptop, it uses the old text style boot menu, instead of the new windows 8 metro boot menu.
Can anybody help? I have already tried a few procedures explained in eight forum but unfortunately in my case the problem persists.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
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    HP Pavillion g4
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    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
I'm not up to speed on VHD installs but don't you have to launch those "from" Windows? I would think you would have to install Windows 8 to a physical partition so it could see Windows 7 and setup the dual boot. When running it from a VHD it thinks its the only OS. Same deal for the Windows 7 VHD, it doesn't see the other operating systems so no OS selection screen.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
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    PC/Desktop
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    Asus
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    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
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    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
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You are possibly using the Windows 7 (text-based) boot manager. If you repair your windows 8 installation, it will probably revert to the Windows 8 gui boot, Bootim.exe.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP COMPAQ Presario CQ57
    CPU
    AMD E- 300 APU with Radion HD Graphics 1.30GHz
    Motherboard
    inbuilt
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
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    High Definition Audio on-board
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    notebook
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    1366x768
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    Seagate ST9500325AS
    Google drive 15GB
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    external 20v
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    pretty good
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    inbuilt
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    touchpad
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    BT Infinity Unlimited - 80 up 20 down =70/16 really
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    Chrome Canary usually
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    Windows Defender and Malwarebytes
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    no Start menu modifications
    Upgraded with no issues to 8.0 and to 8.1

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    AMD Phenom II x6 1055T, 2.8 GHz
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I'm not up to speed on VHD installs but don't you have to launch those "from" Windows? I would think you would have to install Windows 8 to a physical partition so it could see Windows 7 and setup the dual boot. When running it from a VHD it thinks its the only OS. Same deal for the Windows 7 VHD, it doesn't see the other operating systems so no OS selection screen.

Look, as far as vhd is concerned, there is no issue with that. All the three os run as if it were installed in a physical hard drive.
The thing is that, because I installed windows 7 after installing windows 8, the text boot menu is used instead of the metro graphical boot menu.
All three os show up on the text boot menu. But I want the GUI boot menu. Thats the problem.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion g4
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
You are possibly using the Windows 7 (text-based) boot manager. If you repair your windows 8 installation, it will probably revert to the Windows 8 gui boot, Bootim.exe.


How can I repair windows 8?
What is bootim.exe and where can I find it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion g4
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
You're fortunate, text menu is much better.:p

Run win 8 startup repair from the win8 dvd /usb drive/winre.wim
 

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  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
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    PC/Desktop
You're fortunate, text menu is much better.:p

Run win 8 startup repair from the win8 dvd /usb drive/winre.wim

I will try to repair windows 8 as you told. Thanks for your help.
But text menu is certainly not better than the GUI menu.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion g4
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
Run win 8 startup repair from the win8 dvd /usb drive/winre.wim
What do you mean by this?

I could not find winre.wim in the installation dvd of windows 8?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion g4
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
Not from Windows 8, Windows 7 DVD. No such DVD is available for Windows 8.

I know there is no dvd available in the market.

I meant the dvd in which I burned the windows 8 release preview file which I downloaded from microsoft.

So can you please tell me where the winre.wim file is?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion g4
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
Thanks for your kind information Mike!!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion g4
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
Boot your windows 8 dvd .

There should be an option called Repair computer, or startup repiar.

Probabaly on the same screen that sys "Install Now".

No point in downloading WAIK.

You already have it on your win8 dvd.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Boot your windows 8 dvd .

There should be an option called Repair computer, or startup repiar.

Probabaly on the same screen that sys "Install Now".

No point in downloading WAIK.

You already have it on your win8 dvd.

What do you exactly mean by boot your dvd? Do you mean boot from the dvd when I power on my machine? Or should I run windows 8 first and then insert the installation dvd and then run the setup file from there?
Thanks for helping!! ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion g4
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
Thanks SIW2. I will try it later. Haven't got time today. Many thanks for helping.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux Mint 14
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion g4
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1 GB Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500 GB HDD
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