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    Windows 7 disk clone and boot selection

    Pardon my cluelessness, but I'm trying to fix up a backup disk for my mother's Win7 machine. I will be installing a second drive that I intend to clone onto from the original. I assume such a clone will be bootable. But how do I tell the system which disk to boot on? As in, at startup, I ought...
    • Doula23
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    • backup boot order boot selection cloning data recovery disk clone installation secondary drive troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Let Win7 on 1st prim part see Win7 on 2nd prim partition but NOT other way?

    I have here the following partitioning on my hard disc 1 primarypartition firstWin7system 2 SystemReservedPartition bootable active hidden 3 primarypartition otherWin7system 4 extendedLogicalPartition otherStuff When I boot now I got the boot selection menu from partition 2...
    • pstein
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    • boot selection drive visibility dual boot file access hard disk partitioning primary partition system reserved windows 7 windows explorer
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 HDD Clones and Boot Selection

    I used Paragon Partition Manager 11 to make a clone of my "C" boot drive. "C" is the HDD in position 0. The clone is in position 1, which prior to the clone operation was "D". I am sure that if I removed HDD 0 and replaced it with HDD 1, the system would boot to Windows 7. (I have done this on...
    • hawkeye62
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    • boot issues boot selection clone drive hard drive hdd clones paragon partition manager partitioning sata hdd storage management windows 7
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Boot Error 0xc000000e

    Hello im hoping someone can help me. I was cloning a Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit install HDD on my HP Laptop and when it was done i removed the usb without safley removing it in the system tray. Now when i boot up (with the original HDD) i get an error: Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or...
    • briguyy
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    • bcdedit boot error boot selection command prompt data recovery diskpart error code hdd cloning hp laptop installation disc missing device partition issues repair disk software change startup issue system restore tech support troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. psychx

    Windows 7 BSOD Before Installation

    Windows 7 Professional (MSDN) Windows 7 is currently installed on the PC in question. It is running and working. But, I am trying to format and reinstall via the Windows 7 disk. I put the Windows 7 disk in the CD-ROM tray, close it, and restart the computer. I enter the boot selection screen...
    • psychx
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    • boot selection bsod cd-rom community computer error code format hardware installation irql_not_less msdn reinstall setup software stop support system error troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 Windows 7/XP dual boot help please

    I just installed a full version of Windows 7 and I don't know how to set it up as a dual boot with XP. Prior to installing this full release version, I successfully had XP (installed first) on one hard drive, and Windows 7 RC on my second hard drive, in a dual boot setup. Now with the full...
    • Quadcam
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    • boot selection boot setup dual boot hard drive installation operating system technical support tutorial windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. Violentlee

    Windows 7 Boot error 0xc000000f and I'm not dual booting

    I just loaded 7 two days ago on my 4 year old Dell Inspirion 9300 laptop that was running XP. I upgraded this laptop from the original 60Gb HD to a new WD 320Gb HD. Durin the last day or so, I've been having a blast getting it all set up, solving many errors on my own until this morning. I came...
    • Violentlee
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    • boot error boot selection dell inspirion device inaccessible error code hard drive troubleshooting upgrade windows 7 windows cd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  8. SylverCheetah53

    Windows 7 How to choose what O.S. to boot?

    Hy! I'm new so please, be nice. Link Removed Previously, I was using two operating systems - C: Windows XP x64 SP2; D: Windows XP x86 SP3. I was given ten seconds to choose the operating system, or it automacally shoosed the first one. Now, I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate RC on C, and...
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    Windows 7 Windows won't boot. Error 0xc000000f

    Hi, I am currently dual booting windows 7 and ubuntu intrepid. Everything was working fine until I attempted to install the cisco VPN (vista version) the computer froze during the installation so i had to to a hard reboot. After rebooting I get an a message saying that the computer was not...
    • fulanodetal
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    • boot error boot problems boot selection cisco vpn computer issues device inaccessible dual boot error 0xc000000f ethernet drivers hard reboot installation failure internet connectivity registry backup repair issues restore points system repair tech support troubleshooting ubuntu windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista Vista on Partitioned HDD

    I have a Vista RC1 dvd and i was wondering if it was possible to install it to my D drive on my hard drive...i would still have xp pro on the c drive..would it possible to have both and when u turn on the computer select which drive u want to boot off of?
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