Hello,
I built a x64 capable computer a few years ago, but didn't realize at the time that I would not be able to just "upgrade" to a x64 OP without doing a clean install. I unfortunately installed Windows Vista x86. I have since upgraded to Windows 7 x86. Now.... years later, I have many apps that I don't want to lose. Music recording software and such. So I made the decision to create a dual boot system so I could try a Windows 8 x64 setup as well. I'm mainly interested in the additional memory use and some gaming applications that a x64 system can provide.
I successfully created a 100G partition for Windows 8. I then created a bootable Windows 8 x64 usb using a 16G SSD and Rufus. All went well. I switched my boot order in my ASUS BIOS, and Windows 8 install was away and running. I select my newly created partition, and Windows copies files, and goes down the line of check marks successfully.
My problem is.... when it's time for the first restart, the computer looks to the Flash Drive, and for some reason starts the installation over again from the beginning. If I take the Flash Drive out on restart, the computer boots Windows 7 normally. I'm at a loss at this point. I've tried going into the boot manager using F5, and then F8, but there is no option to look at the partition where the Windows 8 files exist. When in Windows 7, I can look at the new partition and see all the Windows 8 files that were copied during installation. It seems that the installation process is not automatically setting up the dual boot sequence or something?
I'm choosing Custom during install, selecting the correct drive/partition. Everything seems to go smoothly until the restart. I've read that there should be no problems having a dual boot x86 and x64 system. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated! Thank you.
I built a x64 capable computer a few years ago, but didn't realize at the time that I would not be able to just "upgrade" to a x64 OP without doing a clean install. I unfortunately installed Windows Vista x86. I have since upgraded to Windows 7 x86. Now.... years later, I have many apps that I don't want to lose. Music recording software and such. So I made the decision to create a dual boot system so I could try a Windows 8 x64 setup as well. I'm mainly interested in the additional memory use and some gaming applications that a x64 system can provide.
I successfully created a 100G partition for Windows 8. I then created a bootable Windows 8 x64 usb using a 16G SSD and Rufus. All went well. I switched my boot order in my ASUS BIOS, and Windows 8 install was away and running. I select my newly created partition, and Windows copies files, and goes down the line of check marks successfully.
My problem is.... when it's time for the first restart, the computer looks to the Flash Drive, and for some reason starts the installation over again from the beginning. If I take the Flash Drive out on restart, the computer boots Windows 7 normally. I'm at a loss at this point. I've tried going into the boot manager using F5, and then F8, but there is no option to look at the partition where the Windows 8 files exist. When in Windows 7, I can look at the new partition and see all the Windows 8 files that were copied during installation. It seems that the installation process is not automatically setting up the dual boot sequence or something?
I'm choosing Custom during install, selecting the correct drive/partition. Everything seems to go smoothly until the restart. I've read that there should be no problems having a dual boot x86 and x64 system. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated! Thank you.
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