Solved No Windows 8 (CP) bootloader after install

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Hey all,

I just installed Windows 8 CP on primary hard drive, which consists of 2 partitions. One for W7 and one for W8. However, I'm not able to boot into W8 since I don't get the W8 bootloader at startup, though the installation went fine.

What to do? Already tried reinstalling.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel
EasyBCD 2.1 :)

Just add an entry to the correct W8 partition... but you will have the old (W7) boot loader style.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10.0.10122
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    My Build - Vorttex Ultimate
    CPU
    Core i7 @ 4500 MHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    Memory
    32GB DDR3 @ 1822 MHz (OC)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R9 280X 3GB @ 1180 / 6800 MHz
    Sound Card
    7.1 HDA
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    Hard Drives
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    3 x 500 GB HDD (Data/Media)
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    ThermalTake 1000W PSU
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Hmm.. I made a new entry for partition G:, where my Win8 is installed, but I could only select ''Type: Windows Vista/7''.

When trying to select it from the bootloader, I got this: Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file.

I used EasyBCD 2.1.2
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel
Strange, EasyBCD has saved my life milions of times
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10.0.10122
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    My Build - Vorttex Ultimate
    CPU
    Core i7 @ 4500 MHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    Memory
    32GB DDR3 @ 1822 MHz (OC)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R9 280X 3GB @ 1180 / 6800 MHz
    Sound Card
    7.1 HDA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD LG 22" + CRT LG 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1760 x 1320 / 1280 x 960
    Hard Drives
    1 x 240 GB SSD (System)
    3 x 500 GB HDD (Data/Media)
    1 x 2000 GB e-HDD (Backup)
    PSU
    ThermalTake 1000W PSU
    Case
    Corsair Carbide R300
    Cooling
    Corsair H60 (Push-Pull)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse
    Internet Speed
    60 Mbps (Down) 5 Mbps (Up)
    Browser
    IE, FF, Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG Internet Security 2015
    Other Info
    Some wired stuff
I have the same issue. I've installed Win8 multiple times now on a new partition on my main drive. The partition is about 25gb in size and a healthy primary partition. According to the disk management program in windows, my boot partition is still my main C drive.

Installation goes fine and then the system reboots, only to bring me back to Windows 7. I don't know how to boot from my new win8 partition without messing anything up
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 developers preview 64 bit
I thought I was the only one!

I still have Win8 sitting on my secondary partition, waiting for it to be used... Please help us out here! :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel
Maybe "Dual-boot Repair" can help.
The utility comes with Visual BCD Editor - Windows 7/Vista.

Start Dual-boot Repair and click on "Automatic Repair". This will install the latest bootmgr (Windows 8) and make the system boot by default to latest OS (Windows 8).

Adding missing loader entries for booting installed Windows OS's is also automated (no parameters, drive letters or whatever to specify) - run Visual BCD Editor, right click in tree view and select "Create missing Windows loaders".
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    XP, Win7, Win8_Eval
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Notebook
    CPU
    Intel
Enter in EasyBCD, add the Win 8 entry (as Vista/7) then repair boot files. This must give you a old boot style with Windows 7 / 8.

~edit~

after repairing boot files and if you're using Daz Loader for 7 you will need to run it again.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10.0.10122
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    My Build - Vorttex Ultimate
    CPU
    Core i7 @ 4500 MHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    Memory
    32GB DDR3 @ 1822 MHz (OC)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R9 280X 3GB @ 1180 / 6800 MHz
    Sound Card
    7.1 HDA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD LG 22" + CRT LG 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1760 x 1320 / 1280 x 960
    Hard Drives
    1 x 240 GB SSD (System)
    3 x 500 GB HDD (Data/Media)
    1 x 2000 GB e-HDD (Backup)
    PSU
    ThermalTake 1000W PSU
    Case
    Corsair Carbide R300
    Cooling
    Corsair H60 (Push-Pull)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse
    Internet Speed
    60 Mbps (Down) 5 Mbps (Up)
    Browser
    IE, FF, Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG Internet Security 2015
    Other Info
    Some wired stuff
Maybe "Dual-boot Repair" can help.
The utility comes with Visual BCD Editor - Windows 7/Vista.

Start Dual-boot Repair and click on "Automatic Repair". This will install the latest bootmgr (Windows 8) and make the system boot by default to latest OS (Windows 8).

Adding missing loader entries for booting installed Windows OS's is also automated (no parameters, drive letters or whatever to specify) - run Visual BCD Editor, right click in tree view and select "Create missing Windows loaders".

BAM! Worked like a charm. This program is compatible with Win8, recognizes the problem and fixes it! Thanks a bunch :).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel
Get rid of Windows 8, and extend the old partition, make a new partition that's about 30GB, then insert the USB/Disk that has Windows 8 Installer when you start your computer, press Custom Install, and select the Windows 8 partition, and install it, then take the USB when it's about to restart, then it should start "Setting Up Devices", the wait, it should go straight into Windows 8 for the first time, and setup Windows 8, then restart your computer and a blue screen should come up, quickly press the button at the bottom, and choose it to have Windows 8 as your primary OS, or select timer as 30 seconds or something like that

You could also go into the BIOS and change your primary boot partition to C:\ or D:\ or whatever Windows 8 is on, and it should boot into that partition instead
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7, Windows 8 Consumer Preview
    System Manufacturer/Model
    eMachines 355-13667
    CPU
    Intel Atom
    Memory
    1GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel GMA
Get rid of Windows 8, and extend the old partition, make a new partition that's about 30GB, then insert the USB/Disk that has Windows 8 Installer when you start your computer, press Custom Install, and select the Windows 8 partition, and install it, then take the USB when it's about to restart, then it should start "Setting Up Devices", the wait, it should go straight into Windows 8 for the first time, and setup Windows 8, then restart your computer and a blue screen should come up, quickly press the button at the bottom, and choose it to have Windows 8 as your primary OS, or select timer as 30 seconds or something like that

You could also go into the BIOS and change your primary boot partition to C:\ or D:\ or whatever Windows 8 is on, and it should boot into that partition instead
This is, of course, what should've happened. But Windows 8 just didn't boot after installing, not even the bootloader showed up.

Don't worry, it's fixed now. Thanks, though.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel
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