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HP Compaq CQ2960EA desktop. ATI2014 Premium 6614. Windows 8.1 (x64) only. One hard drive only. Boot Sequence Manager. Only 8.1 is listed. When trying to add the disk image archive, ie STD500DM002-1BD142, receive message "The selected archive does not contain Windows 7 operating system. Please select another archive." Windows 7 is not on the hard drive. Is this a known problem? Have Acronis issued a fix for this?

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I thought I'd seen a similar post previously. Is your Windows 7 a Home version or Pro/Ultimate?

I seem to recall that the BSM only works on those sytems that can boot VHDs, and for W7 that is the Pro, Ultimate and Enterprise. The BSM doesn't work on w8, but as you've seen it does with W8.1 .

Which Windows boot manager do you have as the main boot menu, W7 or W8.1?

Ah, I've just reread your post, I missed your point entirely :) !

Has this laptop ever had W7 on it?

Are you adding a VHD version of W7?

Could you please post a screenshot of what the BSM shows?