Win 10 keeps losing dual boot info

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  1. Posts : 120
    Vista, Win 7, Win 8.1, Win 10 TP
       #1

    Win 10 keeps losing dual boot info


    Hi there. I had been dual-booting between win 7 and win 10. That part was working fine, but I was unhappy wth my win 10 installation. So I erased the partition and reinstalled it. First sign of trouble: It didn't detect my win 7 installation. But it was there (I already got files from it). I installed EasyBCD, added the entry for win 7, saved the set up, then wrote the MBR with the new entry. Went to MSConfig to doublecheck. Both entries were there.
    I restarted, and it booted straight into Win 10. EasyBCD no longer had the win 7 entry. Neither did MSConfig. Went through the whole process again. Same problem at restart. And it wasn't fastboot, I could see the BIOS entry, etc.
    What went wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.
    P.S. By Windows 10 I mean Build 10049.
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  2. Posts : 5,286
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #2

    When you wiped out Win 10, did you check if Win 7 boots up? You have to make sure that the host OS is booting up as normal before installing the second OS.
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  3. Posts : 120
    Vista, Win 7, Win 8.1, Win 10 TP
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks, badrobot. No, I did not make sure. After doing stuff like that many times with no problem, I never thought of it.
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  4. Posts : 17,838
    Windows 10
       #4

    gallicbear said:
    Hi there. I had been dual-booting between win 7 and win 10. That part was working fine, but I was unhappy wth my win 10 installation. So I erased the partition and reinstalled it. First sign of trouble: It didn't detect my win 7 installation. But it was there (I already got files from it). I installed EasyBCD, added the entry for win 7, saved the set up, then wrote the MBR with the new entry. Went to MSConfig to doublecheck. Both entries were there.
    I restarted, and it booted straight into Win 10. EasyBCD no longer had the win 7 entry. Neither did MSConfig. Went through the whole process again. Same problem at restart. And it wasn't fastboot, I could see the BIOS entry, etc.
    What went wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.
    P.S. By Windows 10 I mean Build 10049.
    It's probably still there, press and hold Shift while clicking Restart to see if you get 'Chose another operating system' option.

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  5. Posts : 5,286
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #5

    gallicbear said:
    Thanks, badrobot. No, I did not make sure. After doing stuff like that many times with no problem, I never thought of it.

    Win 10 always sets itself as a default but you can always change it in msconfig. The problem is if 7 has boot problem before installing 10, you will not get dual boot options and will go straight to 10.
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  6. Posts : 719
    win 7 dual boot / 10
       #6

    Have you tried to repair windows7 with Startup repair by booting from 7 install media. You must have deleted your active partition when you installed 10.
    http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...air.html?ltr=S
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  7. Posts : 120
    Vista, Win 7, Win 8.1, Win 10 TP
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Thanks, Edwin. Holding Shift with Restart got me into Startup Repair. But no, it didn't give me the option of Windows 7.

    Thanks, Charlie, for the tip of repairing Windows 7. I will try that today and post back.
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  8. Posts : 486
    Windows 10x64 17713
       #8

    Code:
    bcdboot C:\Windows
    Type that in an elevated command prompt and it should take care of your boot files. Do the same with your drive letter for the other installation.
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  9. Posts : 120
    Vista, Win 7, Win 8.1, Win 10 TP
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Thanks, cyberrufus. Didn't need that.
    I did what Charlie suggested, and repaired the win 7 installation. Everything is ok now.

    Thank you all guys, for your tips.
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  10. Posts : 19,516
    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       #10

    You can also use: Download EasyBCD - MajorGeeks to resolve boot issues and boot order.
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