I tried to install my O/Ss to avoid losing them all should the main one fail. To this end, I installed Win7, Win10, WinXP and Ubuntu14.04 on individual drives, when each was the only drive connected in my PC at the time. I then installed easyBCD2.3 on the Win7 drive and reconnected all the other drives. From the Win7 viewpoint, Win7 is on 'driveC',Win10 on 'driveF', WinXP on 'driveE' and Ubuntu on 'drive0,partition1' (partitions 1 is Root<ext4>, 2 is Swap and 3 is Home<ext4>).
I added Win10 in easyBCD, via "Add New Entry" (don't understand why "EasyBCD Boot Device" shows up there, instead of the Win7 drive), and tried adding WinXP and Ubuntu by both manually and automatically selecting their drives. Either way gives the same "View Settings" details below:-
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There are a total of 4 entries listed in the bootloader.
Default: Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Timeout: 30 seconds
EasyBCD Boot Device: F:\
Entry #1
Name: Windows 7 Pro 64bit
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Entry #2
Name: Windows 10 Pro 64bit
BCD ID: {1cd331cb-ce7b-11e5-831b-50e549e729b0}
Drive: F:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Entry #3
Name: Windows XP Pro 32bit (IDE)
BCD ID: {1cd331d5-ce7b-11e5-831b-50e549e729b0}
Drive: F:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\ntldr
Entry #4
Name: Ubuntu 14.04 64bit
BCD ID: {1cd331d6-ce7b-11e5-831b-50e549e729b0}
Drive: F:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\AutoNeoGrub3.mbr
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I am delighted to say that all the Windows O/Ss can be accessed from the easyBCD "system selection" window. Unfortunately, selecting Ubuntu just gives a screen with the following details:-
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Try (HD 0,0) : NTFS5 : No any 3
Try (HD 0,1) : NTFS5 : No any 3
Try (HD 0,2) : invalid or null
Try (HD 0,3) : invalid or null
Try (HD 1,0) : ext2
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I have tried deleting and re-entering the Ubuntu data in easyBCD several times (deleting the "AutoNeoGrub3.mbr" file from the NST folder in Win10 before each new attempt).
I select the "Linux/BSD" tab and the "GRUB 2" option and add the new Ubuntu entry, for all attempts,
I end by writing the "Windows Vista/7 Bootloader" to the MBR on the "Bootloader Setup" page (the WinXP O/S can still be selected successsfully when I start the PC), and reboot the PC...
My qualiifications are "monkey see, monkey do", so can anyone stop me going round in circles......please?
I added Win10 in easyBCD, via "Add New Entry" (don't understand why "EasyBCD Boot Device" shows up there, instead of the Win7 drive), and tried adding WinXP and Ubuntu by both manually and automatically selecting their drives. Either way gives the same "View Settings" details below:-
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There are a total of 4 entries listed in the bootloader.
Default: Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Timeout: 30 seconds
EasyBCD Boot Device: F:\
Entry #1
Name: Windows 7 Pro 64bit
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Entry #2
Name: Windows 10 Pro 64bit
BCD ID: {1cd331cb-ce7b-11e5-831b-50e549e729b0}
Drive: F:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Entry #3
Name: Windows XP Pro 32bit (IDE)
BCD ID: {1cd331d5-ce7b-11e5-831b-50e549e729b0}
Drive: F:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\ntldr
Entry #4
Name: Ubuntu 14.04 64bit
BCD ID: {1cd331d6-ce7b-11e5-831b-50e549e729b0}
Drive: F:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\AutoNeoGrub3.mbr
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I am delighted to say that all the Windows O/Ss can be accessed from the easyBCD "system selection" window. Unfortunately, selecting Ubuntu just gives a screen with the following details:-
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Try (HD 0,0) : NTFS5 : No any 3
Try (HD 0,1) : NTFS5 : No any 3
Try (HD 0,2) : invalid or null
Try (HD 0,3) : invalid or null
Try (HD 1,0) : ext2
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I have tried deleting and re-entering the Ubuntu data in easyBCD several times (deleting the "AutoNeoGrub3.mbr" file from the NST folder in Win10 before each new attempt).
I select the "Linux/BSD" tab and the "GRUB 2" option and add the new Ubuntu entry, for all attempts,
I end by writing the "Windows Vista/7 Bootloader" to the MBR on the "Bootloader Setup" page (the WinXP O/S can still be selected successsfully when I start the PC), and reboot the PC...
My qualiifications are "monkey see, monkey do", so can anyone stop me going round in circles......please?