Hi!
I have 2 hard discs. They both boot fine independently. One with 7 the other with XP. So what i would like to do is to boot from a USB stick and leaving intact the actual boot configurations.
I found the chainload explanation from this page. The Boot Process. It's not clear in my mind when the menu of choices is displayed. MBR? Bootsector? or Bootmgr?
Here is what i tried so far. Format the USB stick with NTFS. GO here: Use EasyBCD to create a bootable USB. For step 5 i changed "Add New Entry | ISO" for "Add New Entry | Windows" and made 2 entries (7 and XP). Steps 7 and 8 were skipped.
From this point the dual boot is a success. One thing can be improve from what i understand. The USB stick cannot be safely removed. When i boot with 7, the file "USB drive":\Boot\BCD is use by the OS. This file on the USB stick is clearly a copy of "System Reserved Partition":\Boot\BCD". How can i change the chainloading to use ...\Boot\BCD from the hard disc instead of the USB stick ? Can that be accomplish and how ?
Thank you in advance!
Jean
I have 2 hard discs. They both boot fine independently. One with 7 the other with XP. So what i would like to do is to boot from a USB stick and leaving intact the actual boot configurations.
I found the chainload explanation from this page. The Boot Process. It's not clear in my mind when the menu of choices is displayed. MBR? Bootsector? or Bootmgr?
Here is what i tried so far. Format the USB stick with NTFS. GO here: Use EasyBCD to create a bootable USB. For step 5 i changed "Add New Entry | ISO" for "Add New Entry | Windows" and made 2 entries (7 and XP). Steps 7 and 8 were skipped.
From this point the dual boot is a success. One thing can be improve from what i understand. The USB stick cannot be safely removed. When i boot with 7, the file "USB drive":\Boot\BCD is use by the OS. This file on the USB stick is clearly a copy of "System Reserved Partition":\Boot\BCD". How can i change the chainloading to use ...\Boot\BCD from the hard disc instead of the USB stick ? Can that be accomplish and how ?
Thank you in advance!
Jean