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Merge two bootable backups into one multi boot system

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Hi,
On my PC I have a SSD drive on which Windows 7 was installed and backed up using Acronis true image. I formatted the drive and installed windows 10. Windows 10 has been backed up using Acronis as well. So now I have two backups from the same PC:

1. Windows 7 x64

2. Windows 10 x64

Now I want to install a new SSD (everything else will be the same), restore both of these backups on the same drive and have the multi boot capability. Is that possible? How do I do that?

 

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Simple answer, No.  It is possible to restore the backups to the same disk in separate partitions however having the boot information for both OS'S on the same disk would not work if you did so.

Enchatech - thanks for your reply. Couldnt I use Easy BCD or something similar to edit boot?

 

A longer alternative would be to do a fresh install of windows 10 in dual boot and then do a file and folder restore from windows 10 backup. That way at least I dont have to spend installing all the programs and configuring windows to my need.

 

Easy BCD can be used as a boot manager for a dual boot system.  In your situation however you are wanting to boot Win 10 and Win 7.  I see this to be potentially not workable unless some conditions are meet first.

Most default Win 7 installs result in a standard Basic MBR bios installation even the X64 versions unless you preconfigured the disk as a GPT/UEFI install. 

Most Win 10 installs that are done on UEFI bootable machines will result in a Basic UEFI bios installation when the X64 version is installed.

Having a mixed MBR boot UEFI boot on a single disk will result in corrupted boot manager files because of this.  If you insist on running a dual boot system then you mujst insure the both installs are either Basic MBR or Basic UEFI.  Mixing the two will fail!

Be advised that even if both OS installs are of the same boot type you still risk boot corruption expecially with Win 10 in the mix.  You would be much better off investing in a separate disk for the second OS install and a swapable drive bay so that you could swap out OS install disks having only one OS disk installed in the machine at any one given time.  Much safer this way but you still must make sure you have each OS install booting in the same mode or you will have nothing but trouble.