Windows8 consumer preview is starting up with no dual boot menu!urgent
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you should get the option to boot into win7 half way through the win8 boot up before you get the log on screen for win 8
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I thought so too, that's why I installed it, because I haven't heard of a problem like this before, it looked so easy. any ideas on how to fix it ?
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Find out where your bootmgr is (active partition) and add the Win7 BCD.
Windows 7 - EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki
Windows 7 - EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki
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Will adding the BCD values to Win 8 show Win 7 on the boot loader GUI? Right now, I can only make one work.
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Whatever you do, you need both BCDs in the bootmgr.
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thanks so much, works like a charm .
hmm, first ever post on a forum and its answered straight away ... I should do this more often , instead of trying stupid things Myself!
hmm, first ever post on a forum and its answered straight away ... I should do this more often , instead of trying stupid things Myself!
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Glad to hear that. Stick around. There is a lot of exciting subjects being covered.
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Yeah man. The combined knowledge around this forum is unreal. Lots of intelligent users around these parts. I still learn from many all the time and that's saying a lot because I previously extracted all the information from them that I could! heh heh
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http://www.eightforums.com/installa...virtual-machine-using-easy-bcd.html#post75637 whs can you have a look at this for me please
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It is ok here - but Easybcd is not EFI compliant.
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Sorry I dont understand, whats ok here and what do you mean by Easybcd is not EFI compliant?
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Apparently, version 2.2 is. However, I haven't tried it yet.
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start up windows 8 select advanced, start up with cmd promt. Type bcdboot x:\windows /s c: (replace "x" with the drive your windows is on (c) as well)
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example bdcboot c:\windows /s c:
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Not bdc but bcd
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