have a Sony VAIO VGN-FE770G Laptop in which I can physically install 2.5GB, 3GB, or 4GB of memeory. It has a Phoenix BIOS ver, RO174J3 dtd 5-24-07. The main OS is Windows 7 Hone Premium, 64 bit, SP1 ver. 6.1.7601. I also have two other OS's installed on separate partitions; DOS 6.22 and Windows XP SP3 latest update.
When I have <= 2.5 GB installed the BootLoader gives me three choices and boots correctly into each OS. However, with > 2,5GB installed, no choices are offered and the system boots directly into Windows 7. I have to physically remove memory to be able to boot any other OS.
EasyBCD is configured as follows:
There are a total of 3 entries listed in the bootloader.
Default: Windows 7
Timeout: 5 seconds
EasyBCD Boot Device: C:\
Entry #1
Name: DOS 622
BCD ID: {6e60583f-67dd-11e2-b0dd-0013a94718a9}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\AutoNeoGrub0.mbr
Entry #2
Name: Microsoft Windows XP
BCD ID: {93ccf254-9712-11e2-9c6e-0013a94718a9}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\ntldr
Entry #3
Name: Windows 7
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
I have found that there are no BIOS updates and that this BIOS supposedly will only recognize 3GB and support use of 3GB, but this is what I find when I run W7 64 bit:
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.99 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.54 GB
Total Virtual Memory 3.24 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.70 GB
Page File Space 256 MB
Do you have any suggestions ?
When I have <= 2.5 GB installed the BootLoader gives me three choices and boots correctly into each OS. However, with > 2,5GB installed, no choices are offered and the system boots directly into Windows 7. I have to physically remove memory to be able to boot any other OS.
EasyBCD is configured as follows:
There are a total of 3 entries listed in the bootloader.
Default: Windows 7
Timeout: 5 seconds
EasyBCD Boot Device: C:\
Entry #1
Name: DOS 622
BCD ID: {6e60583f-67dd-11e2-b0dd-0013a94718a9}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\AutoNeoGrub0.mbr
Entry #2
Name: Microsoft Windows XP
BCD ID: {93ccf254-9712-11e2-9c6e-0013a94718a9}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\ntldr
Entry #3
Name: Windows 7
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
I have found that there are no BIOS updates and that this BIOS supposedly will only recognize 3GB and support use of 3GB, but this is what I find when I run W7 64 bit:
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.99 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.54 GB
Total Virtual Memory 3.24 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.70 GB
Page File Space 256 MB
Do you have any suggestions ?