I am setting up a system with Win/7 on the first disk drive (C) and Win/XP on the second drive (D). I used Macrium Reflect 4.2.2952 to create an image of XP from another system I own.
I restored this image to the second drive, but did not allow it to install the MBR in the image backup. I used EasyBCD to add a new entry to the bootloader, verified that NTLDR was in the NST folder on C, verified that NTDETECT and BOOT.INI were in the root of Win/7.
The bootup proceeds through asking me to choose an OS (Win/7 or Win/XP). When I choose Win/7 it boots fine. When I choose Win/XP it goes through to the XP startup screen, but then drops back into a reboot - it will cycle like this each time I choose XP, but will come out of it when I choose Win/7.
There are also copies of NTLDR, NTDETECT and BOOT.INI on drive D that were on the image I restored, but I have tried booting without them being present and the same happens.
I have also tried adding these files to the BOOT folder on C that Win/7 uses.
Is this happening because I didn't include the MBR from the XP backup image in the restore? I would have thought that by the time the XP startup screen shows the MBR is no longer a factor.
Any ideas as to what is (not) happening?
MJMathews
I restored this image to the second drive, but did not allow it to install the MBR in the image backup. I used EasyBCD to add a new entry to the bootloader, verified that NTLDR was in the NST folder on C, verified that NTDETECT and BOOT.INI were in the root of Win/7.
The bootup proceeds through asking me to choose an OS (Win/7 or Win/XP). When I choose Win/7 it boots fine. When I choose Win/XP it goes through to the XP startup screen, but then drops back into a reboot - it will cycle like this each time I choose XP, but will come out of it when I choose Win/7.
There are also copies of NTLDR, NTDETECT and BOOT.INI on drive D that were on the image I restored, but I have tried booting without them being present and the same happens.
I have also tried adding these files to the BOOT folder on C that Win/7 uses.
Is this happening because I didn't include the MBR from the XP backup image in the restore? I would have thought that by the time the XP startup screen shows the MBR is no longer a factor.
Any ideas as to what is (not) happening?
MJMathews