Help to get o.s selection menu during startup .

@faizaan-l83FI7 • Oct 22, 2024

Oct 22, 2024

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Hi ceans,

I was having two o.s installed windows 7 & windows xp sp3

at that time i was getting o.s selection menu at start time.

But now i have formatted my windows 7 partition and reinstalled it now

i am not getting any o.s selection menu at start up and directly windows 7

starts so can any one suggest how to get that o.s selection menu back.

waiting for reply.

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itchap

@itchap-RKJQDB • Oct 20, 2009

Please provide some more information like in which drive Windows 7 is installed and in which the Xp SP3 is installed.
Mahesh Dahale

@mahesh-E2tZ3t • Oct 20, 2009

Try this
when you cannot boot to Windows XP after installing Windows 7

1. Open an command prompt.

2. Type the following to create a boot loader for Windows XP.
bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d "Windows XP"

3. Type the following to set the device to where Windows XP is installed. I used D: in this example. Replace it with the drive letter of your XP installation.
bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=D:

4. Type the following to set the path.
bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr

5. Type the following to add this boot loader to the boot up screen.
bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast

6. Reboot the computer.

I hope this will help you ?
faizaan

@faizaan-l83FI7 • Oct 20, 2009

itchap
Please provide some more information like in which drive Windows 7 is installed and in which the Xp SP3 is installed.
Hi itchap,

Windows 7 is installed in c drive & xp sp3 is installed in f drive .
faizaan

@faizaan-l83FI7 • Oct 20, 2009

mahesh_dahale
Try this
when you cannot boot to Windows XP after installing Windows 7

1. Open an command prompt.

2. Type the following to create a boot loader for Windows XP.
bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d "Windows XP"

3. Type the following to set the device to where Windows XP is installed. I used D: in this example. Replace it with the drive letter of your XP installation.
bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=D:

4. Type the following to set the path.
bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr

5. Type the following to add this boot loader to the boot up screen.
bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast

6. Reboot the computer.

I hope this will help you ?
Hi mahesh, Thankyou

I did above mentioned steps

Now i am getting o.s selection menu at startup but when i select windows xp sp3 i am not able to log in and it gives error .I am able to log in in windows 7.I think there is some problem in path for sp3 i.e /ntldr because there is no such file in my sp3 drive.

I used easybcd software and it is giving information about boot manager as below.

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {ad3c2927-bdd3-11de-ad76-e81e83152ab9}
resumeobject {ad3c2926-bdd3-11de-ad76-e81e83152ab9}
displayorder {ad3c2927-bdd3-11de-ad76-e81e83152ab9}
{466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {ad3c2927-bdd3-11de-ad76-e81e83152ab9}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
recoverysequence {ad3c2928-bdd3-11de-ad76-e81e83152ab9}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {ad3c2926-bdd3-11de-ad76-e81e83152ab9}
nx OptIn

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c}
device partition=F:
path \ntldr
description windows xp sp3

pls help ..waiting for reply .
faizaan

@faizaan-l83FI7 • Oct 23, 2009

please reply.
yadavundertaker mohit

@yadavundertaker-0p3HBs • Oct 23, 2009

if any of your friend has same motherboard as you then from his C drive copy the file ntldr and paste it in your drive where xp sp3 is installed.

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yadavundertaker mohit

@yadavundertaker-0p3HBs • Oct 23, 2009

i also had the same problem but i just paste the ntldr file . I have Intel G-31/33 motherboard if you have the same then i will send it to you ....

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faizaan

@faizaan-l83FI7 • Oct 24, 2009

hi yadavundertaker,

I am having msi-k9n2gmfih MB but as none of my friend has same MB so i took copy of ntldr from my friend having intel MB after pasting that file in my sp3 drive i tried to reboot so when i tried to login sp3 it restarts pc and before i pasted that ntldr file it used to give error regarding ntldr.

Is there any other way to solve this problem ?
yadavundertaker mohit

@yadavundertaker-0p3HBs • Oct 24, 2009

if you don't find the same mother board ntldr file then there is only option to reinstall your window xp sp3 .......i will try to find your file .if i get it then i will send it to you..Ask other CEan if any one have the same motherboard as you have.....

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yadavundertaker mohit

@yadavundertaker-0p3HBs • Oct 24, 2009

check this link it is not opening in my pc #-Link-Snipped-#

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