Hello
This computer has two SSDs, one with Windows 7 installed and one with Windows 10. I use EasyBCD to give me a bootmenu to choose from. EasyBCD has worked flawlessly for years through all my upgrades from Windows XP to 7 to 8 and now 10.
The other day, while using Windows 10 it crashed ("thread stuck in device driver") Upon rebooting and selecting Windows 10 from the bootmenu, I get the error that the digital signature is not recognized for the file winload.exe.
I use the free Macrium Reflect to create occasional System Images, so I used that to restore the Windows 10 installation. I get the same error.
Meanwhile, if I select Windows 7 from the bootmenu, Windows 7 loads fine.
Both hard drives are MBR. The BIOS has CSM enabled and Secure Boot turned off. For some reason, the BIOS only lists the hard drive that is plugged into SATA 1. If I swap the cables, the other hard drive is listed, but not the first one.
If I use the F11 key during boot, I get a BIOS generated bootmenu that shows both drives!
Both drives have the same EasyBCD bootmenu. If I select the Windows 7 drive from the F11 menu, I can boot into Windows 7. If I try to boot into Windows 10 I get the error.
However, if I select the Windows 10 drive from the F11 menu, I can boot into Windows 7 OR Windows 10, both work normally.
I have read through the stickies here, and looked through the forum messages, but don't see a solution for this problem.
I did follow the steps to use EasyBCD to "reset the BCD configuration", and also tried "Re-create / repair boot files" on both drives.
I've re-written the BCD more times than I can remember, and have also tried the "Change boot drive" option. I have changed it from the Windows 7 drive to the Windows 10 drive and back again, with no effect.
I still get the error about the winload.exe digital signature not recognized when I boot the Windows 7 drive and try to load Windows 10.
Booting with the Windows 10 drive I can still load either one.
I've read through some of the other posts here, and people seem to think that booting from the Windows 7 drive and selecting Windows 10 doesn't work because Windows 7 doesn't "know" about Windows 10. I've had similar problems when trying to use the Microsoft dual boot menu, but I thought EasyBCD could get around that.
Any ideas?
thanks,
john
Specs:
ASRock FM2A88M Extreme 4+ motherboard, not Overclocked or Tweaked
AMD A10-7850k
8 GB RAM
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit on a Crucial BX100 250 GB SSD
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit on a Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD
This computer has two SSDs, one with Windows 7 installed and one with Windows 10. I use EasyBCD to give me a bootmenu to choose from. EasyBCD has worked flawlessly for years through all my upgrades from Windows XP to 7 to 8 and now 10.
The other day, while using Windows 10 it crashed ("thread stuck in device driver") Upon rebooting and selecting Windows 10 from the bootmenu, I get the error that the digital signature is not recognized for the file winload.exe.
I use the free Macrium Reflect to create occasional System Images, so I used that to restore the Windows 10 installation. I get the same error.
Meanwhile, if I select Windows 7 from the bootmenu, Windows 7 loads fine.
Both hard drives are MBR. The BIOS has CSM enabled and Secure Boot turned off. For some reason, the BIOS only lists the hard drive that is plugged into SATA 1. If I swap the cables, the other hard drive is listed, but not the first one.
If I use the F11 key during boot, I get a BIOS generated bootmenu that shows both drives!
Both drives have the same EasyBCD bootmenu. If I select the Windows 7 drive from the F11 menu, I can boot into Windows 7. If I try to boot into Windows 10 I get the error.
However, if I select the Windows 10 drive from the F11 menu, I can boot into Windows 7 OR Windows 10, both work normally.
I have read through the stickies here, and looked through the forum messages, but don't see a solution for this problem.
I did follow the steps to use EasyBCD to "reset the BCD configuration", and also tried "Re-create / repair boot files" on both drives.
I've re-written the BCD more times than I can remember, and have also tried the "Change boot drive" option. I have changed it from the Windows 7 drive to the Windows 10 drive and back again, with no effect.
I still get the error about the winload.exe digital signature not recognized when I boot the Windows 7 drive and try to load Windows 10.
Booting with the Windows 10 drive I can still load either one.
I've read through some of the other posts here, and people seem to think that booting from the Windows 7 drive and selecting Windows 10 doesn't work because Windows 7 doesn't "know" about Windows 10. I've had similar problems when trying to use the Microsoft dual boot menu, but I thought EasyBCD could get around that.
Any ideas?
thanks,
john
Specs:
ASRock FM2A88M Extreme 4+ motherboard, not Overclocked or Tweaked
AMD A10-7850k
8 GB RAM
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit on a Crucial BX100 250 GB SSD
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit on a Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD
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