Dual Boot Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 Ultimate

sagara-kun

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May 29, 2012
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Hello peeps,

Currently I have a new SSD with windows 8.1 newly installed on it and a HDD with windows 7 Ultimate installed on it. What I want is to dual boot them and choose in which OS to enter.

I went in BIOS, changed the boot priority to Windows boot manger as 1st boot option - this give me the option to boot in which os I would like to go; choosing Win 8 work correctly; but when i choose Win 7, it give me an error "cx0085..." thing like that

refer to below images:

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tried the EasyBCD...but as you can see above I dont have the options to change. (May be I'm not using it well)

Making Win 7 as 1st boot, enter the OS directly without giving me the choice to choose..

from cmd:

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume8
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
integrityservices Enable
default {current}
resumeobject {cb2c248f-9140-11e4-992d-e6fe5f8af057}
displayorder {current}
{cb2c248c-9140-11e4-992d-e6fe5f8af057}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 8.1
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {cb2c2491-9140-11e4-992d-e6fe5f8af057}
integrityservices Enable
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {cb2c248f-9140-11e4-992d-e6fe5f8af057}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {cb2c248c-9140-11e4-992d-e6fe5f8af057}
device partition=J:
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 7 Ultimate
locale en-US
recoverysequence {cb2c248d-9140-11e4-992d-e6fe5f8af057}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=J:
systemroot \Windows
bootmenupolicy Legacy


trying to give max info...hope this will be enough...any solution will be much appreciated...
login out to try something, if it worked out I will revert back else if you don't see me today, I messed up somewhere, and not able to boot :lol: