Dual-Boot problem using EasyBCD 2.2.
I need to dual-boot Windows-7 and Windows-ME. I have asystem hard drive partitioned with two partitions, one for Win-ME (FAT 32) andthe other for Win-7 (NTFS). The Win-ME system was installed first and wasoperating properly. After installing Win-7 on the other partition the computerwould only boot into Win-7. So I installed EasyBCD 2.2 and was then able toboot into either OS. It seemed to be working OK, so I spent most of the dayinstalling software on the Win-7 system. All the software (much of it old)installed and seemed to work properly on the Win-7 system.
I then attempted to boot into the Win-ME system (the Win-7 boot loader menu hadnot changed and showed both systems, as before). But instead of loading myWin-ME system, the screen displayed the following message in a DOS format:
GRUB4DOS 0.4.5c 2012-06-19. Mem: 638K/2038M/0M, End:3548DB
[ Minimal BASH-like line ending is supported. For the first word, TAB listspossible command complications. Anywhere else TAB lists the possiblecomplications of a device/filename. ]
grub>
Pressing the TAB key returns a long list of English words that have no meaningfor me.
I tried many things. Uninstalled all the software on Win-7, no help.Reinstalled Win-7, no help. The Win-7 boot loader menu still showed both OSsbut the same error message displayed when I selected the Win-ME OS. If theWin-7 OS was chosen it booted normally to Win-7. So, finally I decided to notonly re-install Win-7 but to re-format the Win-7 hard drive partition first.After doing this I could again boot to either OS using EasyBCD 2.2. I thenbegan to re-install software, on at a time, and check after each installationif the problem re-occurred. What I found is, after certain older programs wereinstalled the problem occurred – and the only way to recover was to againre-format the Windows-7 partition, re-install Win-7 and start over.
I found that the following older programs will installand run properly under Windows-7 and they cause no problems AS LONG ASWINDOWS-7 IS THE ONLY OPERATING SYSTEM AND DUAL-BOOT IS NOT NEEDED. But all ofthem cause the above-described dual-boot problem.
Adobe Illustrator 7.0
Adobe Photoshop LE 2.0
Adpbe Pagemaker 6.5
And several others that were written duing the Windows-95through Windows-ME period.
My system is now operating well, and I can run theseolder programs using the Windows-ME system, which is the other system to whichI dual-boot. But, since the above listed programs will all install and runproperly under Windows-7, and cause no problem as long as Windows-7 is the ONLYoperating system, WHY does installing them cause this inability to dual-boot?
I am now living in fear that some program I may installto Windows-7 will again cause this problem.
Gary Clark
Colorado Springs
I need to dual-boot Windows-7 and Windows-ME. I have asystem hard drive partitioned with two partitions, one for Win-ME (FAT 32) andthe other for Win-7 (NTFS). The Win-ME system was installed first and wasoperating properly. After installing Win-7 on the other partition the computerwould only boot into Win-7. So I installed EasyBCD 2.2 and was then able toboot into either OS. It seemed to be working OK, so I spent most of the dayinstalling software on the Win-7 system. All the software (much of it old)installed and seemed to work properly on the Win-7 system.
I then attempted to boot into the Win-ME system (the Win-7 boot loader menu hadnot changed and showed both systems, as before). But instead of loading myWin-ME system, the screen displayed the following message in a DOS format:
GRUB4DOS 0.4.5c 2012-06-19. Mem: 638K/2038M/0M, End:3548DB
[ Minimal BASH-like line ending is supported. For the first word, TAB listspossible command complications. Anywhere else TAB lists the possiblecomplications of a device/filename. ]
grub>
Pressing the TAB key returns a long list of English words that have no meaningfor me.
I tried many things. Uninstalled all the software on Win-7, no help.Reinstalled Win-7, no help. The Win-7 boot loader menu still showed both OSsbut the same error message displayed when I selected the Win-ME OS. If theWin-7 OS was chosen it booted normally to Win-7. So, finally I decided to notonly re-install Win-7 but to re-format the Win-7 hard drive partition first.After doing this I could again boot to either OS using EasyBCD 2.2. I thenbegan to re-install software, on at a time, and check after each installationif the problem re-occurred. What I found is, after certain older programs wereinstalled the problem occurred – and the only way to recover was to againre-format the Windows-7 partition, re-install Win-7 and start over.
I found that the following older programs will installand run properly under Windows-7 and they cause no problems AS LONG ASWINDOWS-7 IS THE ONLY OPERATING SYSTEM AND DUAL-BOOT IS NOT NEEDED. But all ofthem cause the above-described dual-boot problem.
Adobe Illustrator 7.0
Adobe Photoshop LE 2.0
Adpbe Pagemaker 6.5
And several others that were written duing the Windows-95through Windows-ME period.
My system is now operating well, and I can run theseolder programs using the Windows-ME system, which is the other system to whichI dual-boot. But, since the above listed programs will all install and runproperly under Windows-7, and cause no problem as long as Windows-7 is the ONLYoperating system, WHY does installing them cause this inability to dual-boot?
I am now living in fear that some program I may installto Windows-7 will again cause this problem.
Gary Clark
Colorado Springs