os selection

About this tag
The os selection tag covers issues related to choosing between multiple operating systems at boot time, often after installing a new OS alongside an existing one. Common scenarios include dual-boot setups with Windows 7 and Windows XP, Windows 7 and Vista, or Windows 7 and Linux. Users frequently encounter problems such as the OS selection screen not appearing, keyboard or mouse not working during selection, or the boot menu showing incorrect entries. Troubleshooting steps involve using boot repair tools, modifying boot configuration data, or adjusting BIOS settings. The tag also includes Hyper-V OS selection, where a laptop shows options for Hyper-V enabled or disabled after software installation.
  1. C

    Hyper-V Os Selection

    Greetings and happy belated Christmas. I need experts on Hyper-V technology. Here is the problem I am having. I have a customer that works connecting his laptops to cars so they can be enhanced in the way the owner wants. Someone tried to install a software in his laptop and for some reason...
    • CanitoCool
    • Thread
    • boot issues customer service enhancement tools error message features hyper-v laptop issues os selection programs software installation support forum system settings tech community tech help troubleshooting virtual machine virtualization windows 11 windows features
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Virtualization
  2. M

    Windows 7 Windows 7 broken after Linux install.

    Hi! I tried installing Debian 9 on my Windows 7 laptop this morning and have managed to break my Windows. I'd like to have it set up so I can choose which OS to boot from at start up. I used the Debian GNU installer to partition my hard drive and install. I am able to start Debian from GNU GRUB...
    • mooncake
    • Thread
    • bcd boot issues boot options data recovery debian dual boot error codes file system grub installation linux os selection partition recovery disc repair system administration system repair tech support troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. C

    Windows 7 I need to boot into my Windows 7 partition, but I cannot.

    I normally run Windows 7. Today I decided to try out Windows 8 as well. I went into Disk manager and created a partition. I then booted off of my Windows 8 DVD and installed it on that partition. Now, my computer is only booting into Windows 8. What I really want is an option to choose...
    • czarjosh
    • Thread
    • boot issues disk management dual boot operating system os selection partition windows 7 windows 8
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. G

    Windows 7 Windows 7 with a Vista boot screen

    Ok, I caused it but I am wondering if anybody ever heard of this and if I can change it back. I am running windows 7 and I booted into safe mode to do a sfc /scannow. I was having another small issue and thought that I would just do that to check if it would fix it. After I rebooted I got a...
    • gaitch32
    • Thread
    • boot issues boot menu boot screen fix neosmart operating system os selection reboot repair safe mode sfc startup issues system repair upgrade user experience windows 7 windows recovery windows vista
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Software

  5. How to install Windows 7 on a new hard drive with three partitions

    Avoid having to select the OS each time QUESTION I upgraded to Windows 7 on a new hard drive with three partitions. It unexpectedly installed itself on a reserved portion, but worked perfectly. Link Removed - Invalid URL
    • News
    • Thread
    • computer setup hard drive installation os selection partition reserved space upgrade windows 7
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  6. N

    Windows 7 How to Access Windows XP After Installing Windows 7 on Dual Boot?

    Hey People! sorry if this is a question that has been asked before! I was using windows XP Home Edition everything was working fine I had this os loaded on my slave HD. I then did a clean install of windows 7 on my primary hd everything loaded fine and windows 7 runs. but I assumed that I could...
    • nemo2
    • Thread
    • boot issues clean install dual boot hard drive msconfig operating system os selection troubleshooting windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. S

    Windows 7 Mouse and Keyboard do not work on the OS selection screen

    Hi, I am facing an issue where my keyboard does not work on the OS selection scrren, I have Windows XP and Windows 7 installed on two different partitions and Windows 7 has been set as Default OS, i do not have the option of choosing Windows XP as the Keyboard does not function, strangely it...
    • Sameer Ahmed
    • Thread
    • default os dual boot input issues keyboard mouse os selection partition troubleshooting windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  8. S

    Windows 7 How to change the booting sequence for Windows 7 & XP?

    I hav installed Windows 7 and previously had XP... wenever mi pc starts up the first problems I face is I cant select which OS I want to log in as mi keyboard driver is not loaded (dont knw y???) second thing I m havin trouble is I cant find the way to change the booting sequence in Win.7 so...
    • smartkunti
    • Thread
    • boot order default os dual boot keyboard driver operating system os selection startup issues troubleshooting windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  9. T

    Windows 7 How to change partitions to boot Win7

    I have 3 hard drives on this workstation. I use Boot Magic to boot into Win98 DOS, Win Me, W2k, XP. hd0 had WinMe (1), W2k (2), XP (3). hd1 had Win98 DOS on partition 1. I installed Win7. I wanted to install on hd0 but there were no more available Primary partitions, so I chose hd2 (sata)...
    • Terry R
    • Thread
    • boot magic boot options bootloader computer setup disk management dual boot hard drive hdd partitioning installation migration operating system os selection partition sata system setup windows 2000 windows 7 windows 98 windows xp
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  10. A

    Windows 7 Cant Access XP after Win 7 installation

    Hi, I have Windows XP installed in my PC.After that I tried to install Windows 7.But after the Win7 installation I am not getting any OS selection option at startup.The PC boot into Win 7 directly. I tried EasyBCD.I tried to create an entry for Win XP .Then it showed a NTDETECT error.Then...
    • anilthomas26
    • Thread
    • boot issues boot.ini dual boot easybcd error message installation issues ntdetect os selection windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  11. J

    Windows 7 SATA and IDE problems

    I have a SATA Raid setup that I don't want to mess with. I added a seperate IDE hard drive that I am going to install Windows 7 on. I tried to install Windows with the IDE set up as a slave. This did not work. I then disconnected the SATA setup and set the IDE jumpers to master. The install is...
    • jmccoy125
    • Thread
    • boot order hard drive ide installation issues jumpers os selection raid configuration sata troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  12. O

    Windows 7 Can't boot windows 7 without install disk

    Hi guys, hope you help me with this issue, I have installed windows 7 beta on another partition (primary) and I have xp installed on the active primary partition originally. The problem is after finishing installation of windows 7, without the install disk I can't boot into os selection which I...
    • overvisa
    • Thread
    • boot issues boot options dual boot installation mbr operating system os selection partition recovery startup troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  13. V

    Windows 7 Dual Boot (2 HDD's)

    Hi all, I was running Vista on a single partition 300GB HDD. I had an old 400GB HDD that was on its last legs (used to be my primary one, but I feared it was failing so switched to the 300GB), so decided to stick the Win7 Beta on it. Apart from a few problems, installation was fine...