After i found that dual boot with windows 8 bootloader is need need windows 8 to wait load a bit.
I replace mbr with windows 7 bootmgr.
Everything work well i can boot windows 7 and windows 8 but after windows 8 shutdown and i power up my labtop it will auto boot to windows 8 because windows 8 have shutdown method like hibernate so i need to force shutdown windows 8 to boot windows 7.
Is anyway to make it not auto boot to hibernate partition with windows 7 bootmgr?
i used vista boot pro for that
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Change the settings in the Windows 8 bootloader
Hi parnunu
I went into the W8 bootloader (light blue screens with white text) and clicked on the "Change settings" or something like that and selected Windows 7 as the default OS.
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andrew-in-woking
Win+R -> msconfig -> boot -> check with no GUI
maybe it work..
andrew-in-woking said:
Hi parnunu
I went into the W8 bootloader (light blue screens with white text) and clicked on the "Change settings" or something like that and selected Windows 7 as the default OS.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
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Thats what I did. That changes back to the W7 boot loader. No need for using any 3rd party apps
the_scotsman said:
Thats what I did. That changes back to the W7 boot loader. No need for using any 3rd party apps
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That worked
Thanks fellas!
I did that but after 2 or 3 Boot my bootmgr was changed to W8 bootmgr!!!
BOOTMGR said:
I did that but after 2 or 3 Boot my bootmgr was changed to W8 bootmgr!!!
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I'm pretty sure it will use the bootloader from whichever OS you used last. If you were in W8 when you shutdown/rebooted then you'll see the blue GUI. If you were in W7 when you shutdown/rebooted then you'll see the classic menu.
Rubik.Orange's solution is more likely to work (but I am not sure).
This thread is over 2 years old but you are correct, it boots to the last...
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rewen said:
I'm pretty sure it will use the bootloader from whichever OS you used last. If you were in W8 when you shutdown/rebooted then you'll see the blue GUI. If you were in W7 when you shutdown/rebooted then you'll see the classic menu.
Rubik.Orange's solution is more likely to work (but I am not sure).
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This thread is over 2 years old
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Still comes up in Google searches so why not help those that still come across it, such as myself
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i start to install ubuntu on windows 8 i finish every thing and restart windows and windows 8 start normal no ubuntu !!! is there any way to make ubuntu work under windows 8 ?
The bootloader of windows8 is been modified. I heard u should use win7 bootloader for dual boot options.
I have another solution which is changing the default boot OS to anything other than win8.
Right click on my computer and select properties. Then on left hand side, select advanced system properties. Then select Startup and recovery. On the startup, select default boot OS to ubuntu or anything else. And also choose your default time to display list of operating systems. Now if u restart it loads ubuntu by default and u can also choose win8. Thats what i did.
"to install ubuntu on windows 8"?? virtual machine?
Windows 8 uses something known as secured UEFI. This means that only bootloaders with signed keys that are allowed by UEFI will be able to load. Grub/grub2 are not signed so ubuntu will not load. Google on secured UEFI windows 8 Linux issue for more details.
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bharatgaddameedi said:
The bootloader of windows8 is been modified. I heard u should use win7 bootloader for dual boot options.
I have another solution which is changing the default boot OS to anything other than win8.
Right click on my computer and select properties. Then on left hand side, select advanced system properties. Then select Startup and recovery. On the startup, select default boot OS to ubuntu or anything else. And also choose your default time to display list of operating systems. Now if u restart it loads ubuntu by default and u can also choose win8. Thats what i did.
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If i do this when im on windows 7 and change it to windows developer preview with a windows 8 cd in the drive and reboot will it boot into windows 8. I am asking because i have a laptop with a cracked screen and i am using an external monitor and cant see bios
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I thought I read somewhere you can disable this in BIOS but don't quote me.
kuhla said:
I thought I read somewhere you can disable this in BIOS but don't quote me.
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Yes, but no BIOS has the option to disable this as pretty much nothing comes with Windows 8 preinstalled.
All the files on my windows 7 will be deleted?
When you install 8 over 7, then the files will be on the pc.
But for always, make a backup!
That's true.
The "normal" files stay in place, the windows-files get moved to an old windows folder.
if you want you can make partition and boot on windows 7 or windows 8
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if you want you can make partition and boot on windows 7 or windows 8
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making partitions does not help in windows 8 setup there was no option where drive should windows 8 it erase your using os you no choice ...
jheremy taguinod said:
making partitions does not help in windows 8 setup there was no option where drive should windows 8 it erase your using os you no choice ...
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Your wrong, you can designated where you want your OS install to go.
Just make 2 partitions and dont install it in windows but when your pc starts. I dual boot Win7 and Win8. Just Make a C: and a D: If you install when the pc starts, it will give you a choice (at least it did for me.)
The only way I could get Windows 8 Dev running correctly was to upgrade from 7 rather than doing a clean install. This way the hodgepodge of drivers I use work, whereas if I tried using those drivers from their original installers that worked in 7, in 8 most of them failed.
Can be installed to another partition
has anyone figured out how to downgrade back to windows 7 honmes premium. i installed developer preview iso and installed with magic disc.
i didnt think id hate it this much. lol ive been googleing but unfortunately ive only read that no one has come up with that option yet
rddocke said:
has anyone figured out how to downgrade back to windows 7 honmes premium. i installed developer preview iso and installed with magic disc.
i didnt think id hate it this much. lol ive been googleing but unfortunately ive only read that no one has come up with that option yet
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Correct me if I'm wrong! I don't think that's possible, because Windows 8 is still in Developer stage. Guess what, you'll have to find a new Windows 7 installation disk (even a Repair disk will do).
It is possible to downgrade back to 7 , you really don't need to downgrade really though, if you created 2 partitions then just just need to delete the windows 8 partition and merge the unallocated raw partition that you deleted that held windows 8 and merge that partition back to the windows 7 partition, granted if you installed windows 8 with two partitions
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It is possible to downgrade back to 7 , you really don't need to downgrade really though, if you created 2 partitions then just just need to delete the windows 8 partition and merge the unallocated raw partition that you deleted that held windows 8 and merge that partition back to the windows 7 partition, granted if you installed windows 8 with two partitions
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Sometimes you might have to run Startup repair since Win8 changes the MBR.
You might have to fix MBR (Keep your windows disc ready )
is there an option to choose between windows 8 and wondows 7 at the welcome screen?
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is there an option to choose between windows 8 and wondows 7 at the welcome screen?
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There is a selection menu in win 8 during boot.
After selecting win 8 it boots directly to 8, if you select win 7 it reboots and boots into win 7.
So after selecting 7 from selection menu if it reboots do not panic.
Install Windows 8 in another partition and you can choo OS to boot.
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has anyone figured out how to downgrade back to windows 7 honmes premium. i installed developer preview iso and installed with magic disc.
i didnt think id hate it this much. lol ive been googleing but unfortunately ive only read that no one has come up with that option yet
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I don't think you can revert back to Windows 7. You can try contacting Microsoft but I doubt they'll help you in any way...
And to answer your first question (if you have not already found out the answer) all of the files are moved to a folder called "Windows.Old". They're still there.
If you just update, these won't be deleted, but if you format, obviously, them will be.
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is there an option to choose between windows 8 and wondows 7 at the welcome screen?
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Of course it has. But as i remember it will takes you 30s if you don't make your choice
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Just go to Create And Format Hard Disk Partitions and shrink your windows 7 partition and make a new partition for windows 8 with the unallocated space or add a new hard drive. After that make a bootable usb/dvd of windows 8 using Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool and install windows 8 on any other partition you made. There is an option in the setup to select which partition you want to install it on if you boot from the cd/usb. After that you can use easy bcd to create a boot menu but windows developer preview will automatically create one for you but I prefer easy bcd since it's faster.
well i had mac os x as my main OS, right on 1 partataion with chamelion as the boot loader, then i intslled WINDOWS 8 and i doesnt show chamelion it just boots right into Windows 8... how do i get chamelion back so i can boot into both
Dual booting hacked OSX and Windows 8 is not possible at the moment. Chameleon is not able to boot Win8, and Win8 bootloader couldn't possibly load OSX.
If you are on a Mac, you could install them on separate partitions.
If you are on a PC, you could install them on separate drives and choose the OS by BIOS boot-up selection.
Can't see any other way right now, but check InfiniteMac for future solutions.
i tried it
i tried XP but that failed aswell. have i messed up the bootloader?
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i tried XP but that failed aswell. have i messed up the bootloader?
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have you tried booting into windows opening cmd, and setting the OSX partition active via diskpart? I have a successful triple boot with win 8, 10.6.8, and Ubuntu 11.10.
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have you tried booting into windows opening cmd, and setting the OSX partition active via diskpart? I have a successful triple boot with win 8, 10.6.8, and Ubuntu 11.10.
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He's right. I have win 8, win7, and lion on my hac pro, one one SSD. Just install chameleon loader to a usb drive, and once it displays the drive selecetion you should be able to set the the preferred boot drive to the partition which holds the bootloader. Hope that makes sense.
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have you tried booting into windows opening cmd, and setting the OSX partition active via diskpart? I have a successful triple boot with win 8, 10.6.8, and Ubuntu 11.10.
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How do i do that, im running Windows 8 Developers Preview 32BIT
hmmm
Or just Google for "iboot", burn it to a CD, reboot from CD and select your Mac OS partition. Otherwise, it will go straight to windows 8.
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To sum up, you'll need a foreign bootloader from the disk or are there another method? It would be so interesting, the mac os its a great operative and Windows 8 is god.
Greetings
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To sum up, you'll need a foreign bootloader from the disk or are there another method? It would be so interesting, the mac os its a great operative and Windows 8 is god.
Greetings
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Yes, you do need a foreign bootloader from CD. Currently, there is no other method available. Still, it is awesome to have snow leopard/lion alongside windows 8
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Does anyone know if it works on mac 10.7 ?
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Does anyone know if it works on mac 10.7 ?
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Iboot currently does not work. However, to boot lion, you may use "rboot" from TonymacOsx (something like this, Google it). It works the same way with the slight difference it is intended for Macintosh Lion and not for Snow Leopard or below.
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Does anyone know if it works on mac 10.7 ?
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yes it works on mac 10.7
i tried it.
You can install Chameleon on a old SD card o USB drive and select this drive in the boot menu. I used this way some time before and worked nice.
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You can install Chameleon on a old SD card o USB drive and select this drive in the boot menu. I used this way some time before and worked nice.
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But that won't work with windows 8.... chameleon doesn't work with it YET. So instead of installing chameleon on a SD card or USB, I suggest burning rboot to a CD
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But that won't work with windows 8.... chameleon doesn't work with it YET. So instead of installing chameleon on a SD card or USB, I suggest burning rboot to a CD
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You didn't understand me. You've to install in the hard disk Windows 8 with its bootloader normally.
So, If you have Mac OSX in another Hard Disk you don't have any problem. Intall chameleon in OSX hd and select it in your motherboard boot menu.
If you have the both SO in the same Hard Disk. Intall the windows bootloader in the hard disk. And in a SD Card/USB stick install Chameleon with its Extra folder, etc (all the chameleon stuff).
You can boot the SD/USB in your motherboard boot menu .
Maybe it's not the better solution. But is what I used to do.
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You didn't understand me. You've to install in the hard disk Windows 8 with its bootloader normally.
So, If you have Mac OSX in another Hard Disk you don't have any problem. Intall chameleon in OSX hd and select it in your motherboard boot menu.
If you have the both SO in the same Hard Disk. Intall the windows bootloader in the hard disk. And in a SD Card/USB stick install Chameleon with its Extra folder, etc (all the chameleon stuff).
You can boot the SD/USB in your motherboard boot menu .
Maybe it's not the better solution. But is what I used to do.
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Or just have a handy CD and boot from it... a lot easier...
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Me, too. I really concern about that coz Lion is more attractive.
I have a hd2 with the cordic booking system installed the only thing it seems to do is auto boot into this. Is there a way in which It can boot into windows 7 and also cordic?
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I have a hd2 with the cordic booking system installed the only thing it seems to do is auto boot into this. Is there a way in which It can boot into windows 7 and also cordic?
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Is Cordic Windows Mobile 6? I have never heard of it
How can I disable the windows 8 boot manager?
Then re-enable the classic windows boot manager
By installing windows 7. No seriously. The windows 8 boot manager is the windows 8 boot manager funnily enough... No need for 2 so they dont add a second.
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By installing windows 7. No seriously. The windows 8 boot manager is the windows 8 boot manager funnily enough... No need for 2 so they dont add a second.
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Thanks.
But is there another method? I don't want to install win 7.
I believe what he's getting at is that the Win7 bootmanager (which is part of the Win7 bootloader) may not be able to boot Win8. I'd be a bit surprised by this - so far, all NT6.x versions have used the same bootloader even as the boot manager has changed a bit - but not terribly so. If Secure Boot is disabled you could *try* replacing the C:\bootmgr file, or perhaps its equivalent on the boot volume (which is not mounted by default)... No idea if it would work.
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I believe what he's getting at is that the Win7 bootmanager (which is part of the Win7 bootloader) may not be able to boot Win8. I'd be a bit surprised by this - so far, all NT6.x versions have used the same bootloader even as the boot manager has changed a bit - but not terribly so. If Secure Boot is disabled you could *try* replacing the C:\bootmgr file, or perhaps its equivalent on the boot volume (which is not mounted by default)... No idea if it would work.
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I would have presumed that the win7 one would physically boot windows 8, yet I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't. I more meant that in windows 8 you of course get the windows 8 boot screen which I wouldn't have thought would be replaceable all that easily.
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I would have presumed that the win7 one would physically boot windows 8, yet I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't. I more meant that in windows 8 you of course get the windows 8 boot screen which I wouldn't have thought would be replaceable all that easily.
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I believe what he's getting at is that the Win7 bootmanager (which is part of the Win7 bootloader) may not be able to boot Win8. I'd be a bit surprised by this - so far, all NT6.x versions have used the same bootloader even as the boot manager has changed a bit - but not terribly so. If Secure Boot is disabled you could *try* replacing the C:\bootmgr file, or perhaps its equivalent on the boot volume (which is not mounted by default)... No idea if it would work.
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By installing windows 7. No seriously. The windows 8 boot manager is the windows 8 boot manager funnily enough... No need for 2 so they dont add a second.
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Thanks for all :good:
I have got the answer in This site Click to see the answer (from the Microsoft Community)
Oh cool, didn't realize it was built in (I also now get why you would *want* to do this, which I didn't understand before). Very convenient, and thanks for sharing your answer with the forum!