The boot manager for the new Windows installation can be moved from the Windows XP partition to the new Windows partition without the necessity of reinstalling either operating system. Consequently, the Windows installer placed the new Windows boot manager and associated files on that partition. The Windows XP partition was Active when the newer version of Windows was installed.
For Windows 8.x/10, the \Recovery folder (WinRE) was also placed on the XP partition. The bootmgr file and \Boot directory used by the newer versions of Windows were installed on the existing Windows XP partition rather than on the new Windows partition, as was desired. did not find any orphaned installations, and StartRep.Windows Vista or Windows 7/8.x/10 was installed to a new partition on a system where Windows XP was already installed.
startup recovery runs, claims to fix some stuff. after this step it found an installation and allowed me to select it. after this step the windows 2k8r2 installation appears. From command line, partition is present and seems ok. In recovery window, no windows installations appear. Initial condition: will not boot, says "NTLDR IS MISSING". As I don't really know exactly which step fixed it, I am just listing what I did below.
(x:\sources\recovery\StartRep.exe)Īfter much trial and error I did get this machine to boot with only the new drive connected, so I can finally pull the aging OEM drive. I followed the advice of and and also this useful hint on how to access the Startup Repair function under Windows 2008 R2 Server from the command line. It booted off the new drive so long as the old drive was plugged in to the first SATA port, but after a year of running like that the old drive finally died. I have had an immense amount of trouble getting windows to boot on a new 1TB disk.
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