Windows 7 Dual boot woes

jonathanc

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Hi all!

I recently decided to try out Windows 7. I was previously using Vista 64bit so I though I could try to dual boot them. I have partitioned my main HD into 2, one for the current vista and another which I have named Windows7.

Everything went fine when I was installing Windows 7. Note that at the moment my Vista = C: and Windows7 partition = D:.

However, after I have installed Windows7 in D:\ I can't dual boot Vista. No matter what I tried it just won't "see" Vista. All it does is boot into Windows 7. I have tried MSCONFIG boot options but it could only see Windows 7 as well.

Can anyone advice what I have done wrong?

I really want to dual boot as I have most of my priority work in Vista...
 
Solution
Hi johnathan,

If Vista is the System partition , and you are currently booting into it, you may find this does the trick:

Open an elevated command prompt and type: ( press enter after each command)

bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Windows 7"

It will return a long number, a GUID, in brackets. Use that , including the brackets, in the following commands:

bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} device partition=D:

bcdedit /set {THE-GUID-YOU-GOT} osdevice partition=D:

Close cmd prompt.

If you have any more questions, please post a screenshot of the Disk Management window, and also of bcdedit command window ( just type bcdedit into an elevated cmd prompt , press enter - and the entries will be displayed).

You should see the Vista and the...
Will do just installing some dianogstic tools at the moment.

Bt the way, how are you guys finding W7 as compared to Vista? Any major / noticable improvements?

Too bad that I seem to miss a lot of supported drivers for W7 (like my printer for ex)... or else I really am tempted to try it.