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Missing Windows 8CP entry in boot.ini also

Postby DEVILSAN » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:02 pm

I installed windows 8CP 64-bit, though I would try how the new OS is and since I didnt had 64-bit OS to run some of my apps,
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When i reboot after installing win 8 i found their is not entry by Win 8 CP so i bootd to XP 32-bit , i went to the partition where i installed and found everything placed like it is normally, I reboot again now the win 8 setup disc was in DVD Drive and now it boot'd to windows 8 CP totally skipping XP OS Selection menu,
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its been 2 days everything waws going fine when i discovered that i cannot access my C Drive where my XP is installed and it was Win 8 disk management console was displaying it as RAW partition, unable to fix the problem i used win 8 setp disc to repair, luckily it helped and it has repaired the disk due to which I am now back to Win XP BUT nothing seems to be working fine , I am getting strange error like this one ..
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Also noticed sound card is not working .. :confused
Now when i Opened DualBoot Pro.. it too showed me no default OS installed ..
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So the question is now I need Windows 8 CP setup disc to boot to windows 8 and how can i have both OS selection menu like normally from one boot.ini
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Please help !!! :doc

now I have tried the option of Windows Legacy & on All drives from Dual Boot pro , will reboot and see what is next surprise for me..
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Re: Missing Windows 8CP entry in boot.ini also

Postby JabbaPapa » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:09 am

Sounds like getting into W8 may require changing the boot order of your drives in BIOS/EFI.
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Re: Missing Windows 8CP entry in boot.ini also

Postby DEVILSAN » Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:14 am

what took you so long to reply JabbaPapa , I some how managed to fix it but now it has happened again !! i really dont know why this happens by itself, so I will wait for the final windows 8 then I get it on my workstation....
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