wrectangle
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I have a system with 4 discs. 2 are PATA, one is SATA HDD and the other is SATA SDD. I have multiple operating systems and use Grub and the Windows 7 loader to select what to boot. I have XP, Windows 7, Windows 10 (evaluation) and various linux images.
I am trying to clone (using TODO Backup) my Windows 7 SDD partition to another SDD partition so that I can upgrade one to Windows 10 and keep the original Windows 7 partition (my prerelease Windows 10 partition is on one of the PATA drives). When I reboot after inserting the Windows 7 disc and repairing the boot sector and mbr and allowing auto boot repair, the system boots to the original partition. So I tried cloning to another drive, same result. I tried to rebuild Windows 7 using the DVD only to find that Microsoft think my product key is false (it is not, I have the box and the DVDs). I have not yet tried bootsect.exe /NT60 ALL as I am unclear as to whether that would affect my Linux partitions. I have tried cloning Windows 10 and this boots but the screen flashes on and off, none of the icons work and I can't use it. It seems my only option to getting Windows 7 and 10 both on the SATA is to clone Windows 7.
I even tried rebuilding Windows 7 to a bootable (but unverified state) and then copying selected directories from the other partition. This would not work copying with windows explorer (got system recovery on reboot) but when I copied using Linux nautilus, I got the same problem that the new partition booted to the original partition - so I'm guessing that there some files within windows that need to change?.
In all cases, I have used EASYBCD to correct/update the bootlist and it all looks clean although my system mow seems to have 2 BCD lists (I have edited both). I have also tried changing the SATA boot order in the BIOS without much noticeable difference.
I have spend days working on this and have run out of ideas. I have googled for similar problems but not found anyone with this particular problem.
Anyone got any explanations/ideas please?
I am trying to clone (using TODO Backup) my Windows 7 SDD partition to another SDD partition so that I can upgrade one to Windows 10 and keep the original Windows 7 partition (my prerelease Windows 10 partition is on one of the PATA drives). When I reboot after inserting the Windows 7 disc and repairing the boot sector and mbr and allowing auto boot repair, the system boots to the original partition. So I tried cloning to another drive, same result. I tried to rebuild Windows 7 using the DVD only to find that Microsoft think my product key is false (it is not, I have the box and the DVDs). I have not yet tried bootsect.exe /NT60 ALL as I am unclear as to whether that would affect my Linux partitions. I have tried cloning Windows 10 and this boots but the screen flashes on and off, none of the icons work and I can't use it. It seems my only option to getting Windows 7 and 10 both on the SATA is to clone Windows 7.
I even tried rebuilding Windows 7 to a bootable (but unverified state) and then copying selected directories from the other partition. This would not work copying with windows explorer (got system recovery on reboot) but when I copied using Linux nautilus, I got the same problem that the new partition booted to the original partition - so I'm guessing that there some files within windows that need to change?.
In all cases, I have used EASYBCD to correct/update the bootlist and it all looks clean although my system mow seems to have 2 BCD lists (I have edited both). I have also tried changing the SATA boot order in the BIOS without much noticeable difference.
I have spend days working on this and have run out of ideas. I have googled for similar problems but not found anyone with this particular problem.
Anyone got any explanations/ideas please?