Startup Options - Enable or Disable in Windows 8

[Jm44jg39]

I believe my problem is that I don't have a "system reserved" partition on the ssd that Win 8 is installed on. My Win 7 ssd has a "system reserved partition". This may have been placed on the Win 7 ssd when I installed Win 8 pro. Is it possible to create a "system reserved" partition with a mbr on the Win 8 ssd. Right now, if I unplug the Win 7 ssd Win 8 will not boot.
Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Brink]

Do you have a retail Windows 8 installation DVD/USB to boot from and run the automatic repair from instead?

 

[Jm44jg39]

Yes. I have a retail Win 8 pro disk that I purchased from MS.

 

[Brink]

In that case, you should be able to boot from it to run the automatic repair.

 

[Jm44jg39]

Ok, thanks. I will try it. Will this procedure create a "system reserved" partition?

 

[Brink]

Since you dual boot with Windows 7 and Windows 8, it would have used your current Windows 7 System Reserved partition when you installed Windows 8 if Windows 7 was installed first.

An automatic repair will hopefully be able to fix your current boot manager, and allow you to boot using the new GUI again.

 

[sametoxxo]

@Brink Hello

i have tried couple times, and google it but i can't solve this problem;

first, I have installed EasyBCD and now when i run, i get old screen with Win8 and Ubuntu

however, to get standard; i followed ur steps; but when i type

bcdedit /set {current} bootmenupolicy Standard ------> also my identifier is same as urs {current}

i get this error:
The integer data is not valid as specified.
Run "bcd edit /?" for command line assistance.
The parameter is incorrect.

 

[Brink]

Hello sametoxxo, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Ubuntu may be throwing a monkey wrench in this. Go ahead and type bcdedit in the elevated command prompt, press Enter, and post back with the results to see what the issue may be.

 

[sametoxxo]

Hello sametoxxo, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Ubuntu may be throwing a monkey wrench in this. Go ahead and type bcdedit in the elevated command prompt, press Enter, and post back with the results to see what the issue may be.

 

[Brink]

sametoxxo,

I don't see anything that stands out for why this is happening, but I'm not familiar with dual booting with Ubuntu either. I would have to guess that something with Ubuntu may be the cause, but can't say what.

I've asked others to take a look to see if they may know.

 

[sametoxxo]

sametoxxo,

I don't see anything that stands out for why this is happening, but I'm not familiar with dual booting with Ubuntu either. I would have to guess that something with Ubuntu may be the cause, but can't say what.

I've asked others to take a look to see if they may know.

thank you very much; also if i find something i will share it here

 

[rdwray]

Bcdedit reports bootmenupolicy as standard and boots legacy. Tried Advanced Repair and it said "repairing disk" but no change. Tried deleting bootmenupolicy and it booted legacy. Reset to standard and it still boots legacy.

 

[Brink]

Hey rdwray,

Please go ahead and type bcdedit in your command prompt, press Enter, and post back with all of the results to see what the issue could be.

Did you install Windows 8 Pro with UEFI?

 

[rdwray]

This is a scratch install of Windows 8 Pro on a clean partition.

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
integrityservices       Enable
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {997d486f-5f67-11e2-9198-d65a11bae4cc}
displayorder            {current}
                        {b2e1dcfd-4ef4-11e2-ae77-f18f0e217593}
                        {b2e1dcfc-4ef4-11e2-ae77-f18f0e217593}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30
displaybootmenu         Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 8 64
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {997d4871-5f67-11e2-9198-d65a11bae4cc}
integrityservices       Enable
recoveryenabled         Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {997d486f-5f67-11e2-9198-d65a11bae4cc}
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard
debug                   No

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {b2e1dcfd-4ef4-11e2-ae77-f18f0e217593}
device                  partition=D:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 7 64
locale                  en-US
osdevice                partition=D:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {55d24cd2-4f5b-11e2-b3d9-806e6f6e6963}
bootmenupolicy          Legacy

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {b2e1dcfc-4ef4-11e2-ae77-f18f0e217593}
device                  partition=E:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Emergency 7 64
locale                  en-US
osdevice                partition=E:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {92129852-4edc-11e2-8b2d-806e6f6e6963}

 

[Brink]

Please go ahead and post a screenshot showing the full layout of your Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to better see what we're working with.

In addition, use the tutorial below to verify if you are using UEFI or legacy.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/29504-bios-mode-see-if-windows-boot-uefi-legacy-mode.html

 

[rdwray]

Installed Legacy...

 

[Brink]

Ah, that's why then. You'll only have the modern boot options ("Choose an option") screen available if you installed with UEFI instead of legacy.

 

[rdwray]

That's weird because it booted standard until I changed it to legacy. As a matter of fact it was booting standard yesterday and I had to change it to legacy for F8 and now it will not change back - Windows

 

[rdwray]

I just did some looking around and evidently this PC is not UEFI enabled. It also seems that if the BIOS is mouse enabled, it is UEFI enabled and this PC is BIOS mouse enabled. I think that the issue is that this is a Dell and their mother board is not an industry standard.

 

[Brink]

Your bcdedit report shows that you have Windows 7 (x64) on D: set to legacy instead of standard.

If you like, post a screenshot showing the full layout of your Disk Management to see if it may reveal an issue.