OSS confusion with DD1 Home Edition
I had been reticent to move from DD10 to DD11 but finally decided to do so after I had a problem booting into Windows 7 when I moved the partitition to make more space on my hard drive.
But after updating to DD11 aned the latest OSS, I am now seeing two strange entries in OSS:
The first points to my Windows Vista boot partition but fails to boot with an error message coming from Windows Boot Manager.
The second points to my Windows 7 partition but boots to my Windows Vista install instead.
What is even stranger is that in OSS the second shows the boot partition to be the Windows 7 partition as drive letter c: and the Windows Vista partition as drive letter d:, yet when I boot into Windows Vista the Windows Vista partition is set to c: and the Windows 7 partition is not set at all to any drive letter.
When I run BCDEdit I get the output from the BCD store on my Windows 7 partition. Here it is:
"Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device unknown
path \bootmgr
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
displayorder {current}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (recovered)
locale en-US
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows"
If I run BCDEdit on the BCD store in my c: drive's boot partition I get:
"Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {eda918ee-46ab-11de-a2f2-f31ad24a6a04}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {eda918ef-46ab-11de-a2f2-f31ad24a6a04}
nx OptIn
Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {eda918ef-46ab-11de-a2f2-f31ad24a6a04}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winresume.exe
description Windows Resume Application
locale en-US
inherit {resumeloadersettings}
filedevice partition=C:
filepath \hiberfil.sys
debugoptionenabled No
Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier {memdiag}
device partition=C:
path \boot\memtest.exe
description Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess Yes"
The OSS entry which boots correctly says "Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (recovered)" while the entry which fails says "Microsoft Windows Vista".
Is there anybody who can help me figure out what is going on here ?
What can I do to boot to Windows 7 in OSS ?
Are Vista and Windows 7 both booting from the same partition?
Can you post a screenshot of what Disk Management shows when you're booted into Vista?
The BCD outputs don't look complete. Also, the one for Windows 7 is showing "unknown" for the boot manager. Did you just run bcdedit to get the output or did you use the /store option to make sure it was reading the correct file?
Are Vista and Windows 7 both booting from the same partition?
They are in different partitions. How can I tell if they are booting from the same partiton under OSS ? OSS lists two different items.
1) "Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (recovered) (English)" shows the Vista partition as D: with the Purpose saying "Boot Partition"
and the Windows 7 partition as C: with the Purpose saying "System Partition".
2) "Windows Vista (English)" shows the Vista partition as C: with the Purpose showing "Boot Partition, System Partition".
When I choose "Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (recovered) (English)" then I end up booting into Windows Vista, with all partitions corresponding to entry 2). When I choose "Windows Vista (English)" I end up unable to boot into anything with an error about software and/or hardward having changed from within Windows Boot Manager screen.
Can you post a screenshot of what Disk Management shows when you're booted into Vista?
Attached.
The BCD outputs don't look complete. Also, the one for Windows 7 is showing "unknown" for the boot manager. Did you just run bcdedit to get the output or did you use the /store option to make sure it was reading the correct file?
I just ran bcdedit for the first output and bcdedit /store c:\boot\bcd for the second output. The first output corresponds to \boot\bcd on my Windows 7 partition ( I have looked at this by giving my Windows 7 drive the drive letter F: under Vista and then running bcdedit /store f:\boot\bcd ). Why the default store corresponds to the \boot\bcd on my Windows 7 partition I do not know, nor do I understand where this location is set.
Someone on another forum suggested I use 'easybcd' to add an entry to my default store for Windows 7. I did that, and then doublechecked it to make sure it was there. When I rebooted and chose "Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (recovered) (English)" it did not show any Windows Boot Manager menu but booted me right back into Windows Vista. Then when I looked at my defulat store my entry for Windows 7 was gone. Does Acronis OSS replace this somehow with a bcd file it keeps itself ? I notice in the Files tab for an OS entry in Acronis OSS, it lists both c:\bootmgr and c:\boot\bcd. Perhaps it is manipulating these files somehow. I sure wish I knew what was going on. Any help you can give me would be appreciated. If you need my bootwiz.oss I can post it next time.
Are Vista and Windows 7 both booting from the same partition?
Can you post a screenshot of what Disk Management shows when you're booted into Vista?
The BCD outputs don't look complete. Also, the one for Windows 7 is showing "unknown" for the boot manager. Did you just run bcdedit to get the output or did you use the /store option to make sure it was reading the correct file?
Attached is my bootwiz.oss renamed to bootwiz.txt so that I could attach it to this message.
Why so many partitions? Are they GPT formatted drives?
I think what I would do is get Windows 7 booting properly first and then see if OSS can pick it up properly. Do you have a Windows 7 DVD or System Repair Disc you can use?
- Deactivate OSS (select the Vista entry that boots correctly).
- Boot to the DD CD and set the Windows 7 partition Active. Hide the other Windows partitions. Apply the changes.
- If the Windows 7 partition is not on the booting drive, set the booting drive to be the drive with the Windows 7 partition (do this in the BIOS).
- Boot to the Windows 7 DVD or Repair Disc and do a boot repair. If it reports that it found problems reboot and repeat the procedure (it may take two or three passes to get everything).
- Once Windows 7 is booting, set the drive boot order back (if changed in step 3) and then reactivate OSS and see if it can find it.