Coolname007
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Also, My Computer will not show any partitions which do not have any drive letters assigned to them. And so consequently, the partitions only show up in Disk Management. Did they have drive letters before?
Lol, it would have been quicker to just type:
M:
That changes to the root directory on the M: partition. Then you just have to cd to the system32 directory. Its easier.![]()
Also, My Computer will not show any partitions which do not have any drive letters assigned to them. And so consequently, the partitions only show up in Disk Management. Did they have drive letters before?
Hi Joe,
Usually if you add 7 to Vista bcd using the Vista boot critical files - you get an error booting into 7. The digital signature of 7 winload.exe is not recognised by Vista bootmanagement - presumably because it is newer.
The fix is to do it the other way round - add Vista to 7 bcd - Vista winload.exe is recognized as OK by 7 bootmanagement.
To do that - you can either go thru the steps mentioned by Terry's method - or simply replace the Vista boot critical files with the 7 ones. The bcdboot command you used does the latter.
I don't see how what you are seeing now with drive letters and the one missing driver can result from the bcdboot command.
No one else has come across it.
Hi joe,
I am curious as to why you don't install 7pro in place of the RC?
Hi joe,
Export the bcd store to one of the partitions you are keeping.
Install 7 in place of the RC.
Import the bcd store you saved. Easybcd will do it for you. You will need to Add the bcd entry for the 7 you just installed after importing the bcd store - not difficult.
Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version - Windows 7 Forums
Hello Joe.
Installing the Win 7 on top of the other one will not incur any ill effects, I don't believe. What will happen is the Win 7 installer will detect the other Windows OSes on your computer, and automatically add them to its BCD (I'm not sure, but the installer may not even replace the old BCD, if it detects one already there, and you don't format that partition first). If I were you, I would just go ahead, and do it.
But if you prefer to install it to its own empty partition, it is your choice. Either way, it should be fine.
Cheers.
Jake
Hi joe,
Sorry , it is Manage Bootloader> Backup and Restore Backup.
The equivalent command are:
bcdedit /export path_and_filename_of_your_choice
and
bcdedit /import path_and_filename_of_your_choice
Just delete the "Earlier Version of Windows" entry, and you'll be fine.
It was added because the installer detected XP on your computer, but apparently wasn't smart enough to realize there was already an entry for it in the BCD.![]()
I think it will happen anytime you install Vista or W7 on a computer which has XP installed, but that's only a guess ...
Jake
To be a bit picky, it did create a quadruple boot, but just added an extra XP entry.Thanks Jake...
I was fairly confident that it would create a quadruple boot because of something I believe I read on this forum. Considering all I read through in the past 10 days I could be wrong. Maybe the moderator would know...
Joe P
To be a bit picky, it did create a quadruple boot, but just added an extra XP entry.
I assume your system is working now the way you want it to?
Cheers.
Jake
Also, My Computer will not show any partitions which do not have any drive letters assigned to them. And so consequently, the partitions only show up in Disk Management. Did they have drive letters before?