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Since today I am not able to start any of my OS. I have 2 XP and one Windows 7 on my PC using OS Selector. Iam using Disk Diretor only for this purpose. This has worked well until today. Now, at start I get the message 'No Configuration File Present'. After pressing Enter, the same message appears.

I have tried to start from the boot CD (I have the iso file downloaded), but there is another error: 'Cannot load initiall RAM Disc. Cannot load linux kernel. Press enter to restart.

Can anyone help to get the OS selector running again?

Thanks in advance
Siegfried

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What version and build of DD are you using? I assume DD 11 and the latest build. If not, download it and try it.

You shouldn't be getting a Linux error when booting to the CD menu. Linux doesn't start until you run DD. Are you sure you're booting the CD with the OSS programs on it?

Do you know which Windows was booted last? If so, you could boot to the Windows installation CD/DVD for it and repair the MBR. This would allow direct booting to that Windows and you could try reactivating OSS from there.

I am using DD11 and I have downloaded the latest version. But I am nut sure whether I have this version installed or not.

No, I am not sure whether the CD contains the OSS? With my login I have only one version of iso file got offered. How can I check if this is a version containing the OSS?

Last boot was windows 7, had problems earlier after using windows 7. Sometime I did not get the OSS selection menu, but always windows 7 started. I was always able to fix this issue by calling OSS from windows 7.

Thanks for your suggestions, there was something wrong with my boot CD. I have downloaded again and now I got the menu and it works again now. But I wonder why do I sometimes have problems after working with the windows 7 partition.

I had this issue too, with Win7. For me it turned out to be some Windows Task or Service that has the bad habit to delete "unused" links sometimes. I found the culprit and could deactivate it. Unfortunately I don't remember the task/service. I would need to know myself, cause I want to set up another Win7 maschine. <

I did a bit of search again and I found this article in the MS-knowledgebase: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978980/en-gb?p=1

While this article refers to unused shortcuts on the desktop, it may be that the Computer Maintenance deletes "unused" shortcuts in the root-partition as well.

There is a shortcut in the root partition (called "Acronis OS Selector") pointing to the OOS selector. Now my theory: that shortcut would not make any sense for a normal user, i.e. it would be unused. So after a while MS would delete it. OOS is looking for that shortcut. Missing it leads to or problem. At least: when I check my settings as mentioned in the above article, I find my Computer Maintenance indeed disabled (as a result from my previous success I guess). And I haven't had that missing config-file problem for quite a while now. But it could be conincidence.

So all this is just a wild guess of mine. May be someone can confirm?