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Windows Dual boot XP and Win7

Discussion in 'Software' started by Ozzie, 29 Aug 2014.

  1. Ozzie

    Ozzie Fork 'andles I wanted

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    I am trying to get dual boot to work using EasyBCD. Tried everything
    I can think of and read all the help files but just can't get it to work.
    I have XP pro on one HDD and Win 7 on the other. The only way I can
    select the desired OS is by
    changing the drive order in BIOS. If I set it to boot from the W7
    drive then BCD gives me the option of choosing Win7 or XP but only Win7
    will load.
    If I boot from the XP drive then BCD cannot see the W7 one. Sony Desktop PC.
    Any suggestions please.
     
  2. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    It's a little difficult to suggest anything without knowing a few more details, maybe posting your BCD config file would shed some light on what is causing the problem.
     
  3. Ozzie

    Ozzie Fork 'andles I wanted

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    Thanks for your reply. I don't know why but it would seem that the floppy drive was causing the problem, now disabled it in bios and all working fine now. Not encountered that before.
     
  4. Kronos

    Kronos Multimodder

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    You have a floppy drive in your PC? LOL.
     
  5. Ozzie

    Ozzie Fork 'andles I wanted

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    Yes big 7" thing LOL. Being serious, not my machine but had a floppy with the data lead connected but not the power cable. I can't understand why this caused a problem but once disabled it worked. How's the Parvum project progressing.
     
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