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Hello - I installed Windows 7 on partition 1 and then again on partition 2. Everything was work okay except the partition 2 version had some weird permission problems going on. So I Ghosted partition 1 to partition 2. Now, when I choose partition 1 or 2 during boot up, it always boots partition 2. Any ideas?

EaysBCD is set to boot partition 1 drive C, and partition 2 drive D... however, it always boots drive D... I don't understand?

Thanks for any help or pointers!
 
Thanks Terry

Please see the following images...
 

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At boot time do you get two different entries and selecting either one boots into partition 2, or does it just boot into partition 2 without prompting you to select?
 
I asked for the detailed mode text, and Disk Management isn't complete without the graphic section. (can't tell where anything is)
 
Terry - I really apprecaite your help on this.

Sorry I got the images wrong. Please see below.

At start up you are given 2 selections BCm and BC. No matter what you choose, the BCm OS always loads.

Thanks - Ben

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Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {bbeecb58-b582-11df-b92b-485b397bb3e0}
resumeobject {3a330850-ae28-11df-9ec3-806e6f6e6963}
displayorder {bbeecb58-b582-11df-b92b-485b397bb3e0}
{bbeecb59-b582-11df-b92b-485b397bb3e0}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 5
displaybootmenu Yes
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {bbeecb58-b582-11df-b92b-485b397bb3e0}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description BCm
locale en-US
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {834ecc6f-b587-11df-9af4-806e6f6e6963}
sos No
debug No
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {bbeecb59-b582-11df-b92b-485b397bb3e0}
device partition=D:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description BC
locale en-US
osdevice partition=D:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {688ca6ef-b93d-11df-8c39-806e6f6e6963}
 

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Your screenshots show C: is running, but your OP says that D always boots, and your latest post says the opposite ?
 
Yes, I believe I had it backwards at first. It's actually the OS on C: that it boots to no matter what you choose.

What I've tried:
I've tried deleting all entry's in EasyBCD and recreating them.
I've also done 'Re-create/repair boot files' under 'BCD Backup/Repair'.
 
How are you telling which one has booted, since they're clones and look the same ?
Remember both are C: when booted.
The only way to tell is which partition is marked "boot" in Disk Management. Is that what you're checking ?
 
So this is interesting...

When I select BCm, Disk Manager shows C: as Boot
When I select BC, Disk Manager shows D: as Boot

However, I have different files on the desktop of each OS. What loads is always the C: desktop located at C:\Users\Ben\Desktop even when the Disk Manager shows D: as Boot.
 
So I ended up installing windows again on the 2nd partition and everything works fine. For what ever reason Windows 7 doesn't like to be cloned from one partition to the next. However, during one of my test, I was able to successfully clone Windows 7 from one partition to the next with a older version of a Ghost boot disk (version 7 I believe) on a SATA II drive. Cloning with the newest Ghost 15 on a SSD drive just doesn't work... so it's either something to do with the newest Ghost 15 or the SSD drive... and you have to use Ghost 15 on a SSD because the older Ghost won't clone partitions on a SSD.
 
Not sure whether it's MS or the third party clone, but nothing to do with Easy as far as I can see.
It's correctly booting into one or other OS, but they are not keeping themselves separated from one another
 
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