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The NeoSmart Forums http://neosmart.net/forums NeoSmart Technologies' support forums for EasyBCD, Windows Vista, Linux, OS X, programming, hardware, and more. Experts from around the globe, 24/7! en Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:34:04 GMT vBulletin 60 http://neosmart.net/forums/http://neosmart.net/images/nst-mini.pngNeoSmart Technologies Quad boot problems http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/hWQ4eJ_p1K0/showthread.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:36:08 GMT Hello all, Im not sure that this is a EasyBCD problem or not hope to get some feedback. I am presently booting 3 iterations of Vista Home Premium , and Linux Helena8 . Here is the bug . When i switch from either linux to vista or vista to linux the clock time gets reset to the wrong time. easy enough to re-set but a pain in the neck to do every time . Does anyone else have a similer experience or any suggestions on what the cause might be? Also i have tried to post this for the third time and each time i get the message is too short by 5 characters? then the post resets and i have to re-do all over whats up with this? Regards Fred Hello all,
Im not sure that this is a EasyBCD problem or not hope to get some feedback. I am presently booting 3 iterations of Vista Home Premium , and Linux Helena8 . Here is the bug . When i switch from either linux to vista or vista to linux the clock time gets reset to the wrong time. easy enough to re-set but a pain in the neck to do every time . Does anyone else have a similer experience or any suggestions on what the cause might be? Also i have tried to post this for the third time and each time i get the message is too short by 5 characters? then the post resets and i have to re-do all over whats up with this? Regards Fred ]]> General PC Help Center JustPlainFred http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5994 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5994 I mess up my HP, Help http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/iY-5d3o43uM/showthread.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:06:06 GMT I could not get online for several days. Tried everything I could think of.
I recently downloaded SP3. I'm not sure if it coincided exactly with the
start of my problem or not, but I did an uninstall of SP3 :-(
It gave me a warning that a few things might not work properly
after the uninstall, well they don't work.
The computer seems to load Windows and then the the screen is
Black. The mouse and keyboard don't respond. I think those were
two of the 5 or 6 items that I was warned might not work properly.
At reboot I can get into the restore section but I don't want to lose
my data. I have three options; 1: D:\MiniNT
2: D:\I386
3: C:\windows
I've searched elsewhere and it always says backup your data before the
recovery (even if it is not the destructive recovery). I would put my data
on a thumb drive if I knew how.
Ok, there's my problem any suggestions?
I'll attempt to get into safe mode after I log off and see if that does anything.
Thanks, MikeK

Addendum:

I booted in safe mode and it did the same thing, loaded windows and
went to black. The keyboard does seems to be functional, it will
recognize up, down, L, R, F1, F8, F10, etc. The hard drive seems
to just shut down after Windows loads (no blinking light).
MikeK ]]> General PC Help Center MikeK http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5993 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5993 get a problem http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/4azxvWDD2eQ/showthread.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:40:07 GMT hi I made 3 partition in a HD, and installed 3 OS C: Xp D: Xp F: win7 at first it will ask me which os i want to start but after i reunstall D: Xp the boot up win 7 message is gone and now only letting me to boot these 2 Xp Now, I use BCD 1.7.2 to config the boot here is the result Code: --------- There are a total of 3 entries listed in the Vista Bootloader. Bootloader Timeout: 30 seconds. Default OS: Windows 7 Entry #1 Name: Microsoft Windows Game BCD ID: {2d825000-d3e1-11de-8f51-c1793354d5ad} Drive: D:\ Bootloader Path: \NTLDR Entry #2 Name: Windows 7 BCD ID: {default} Drive: F:\ Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe Windows Directory: \Windows Entry #3 Name: Earlier Version of Windows BCD ID: {ntldr} Drive: C:\ Bootloader Path: \ntldr --------- but it doesnt work... still showing me 2 Xp only when i boot up my computer... did i missing some step? hi

I made 3 partition in a HD, and installed 3 OS
C: Xp
D: Xp
F: win7

at first it will ask me which os i want to start
but after i reunstall D: Xp
the boot up win 7 message is gone and now only letting me to boot these 2 Xp

Now, I use BCD 1.7.2 to config the boot

here is the result

Code:

There are a total of 3 entries listed in the Vista Bootloader.

Bootloader Timeout: 30 seconds.

Default OS: Windows 7



Entry #1



Name:  Microsoft Windows Game

BCD ID:  {2d825000-d3e1-11de-8f51-c1793354d5ad}

Drive:  D:\

Bootloader Path:  \NTLDR



Entry #2



Name:  Windows 7

BCD ID:  {default}

Drive:  F:\

Bootloader Path:  \Windows\system32\winload.exe

Windows Directory:  \Windows



Entry #3



Name:  Earlier Version of Windows

BCD ID:  {ntldr}

Drive:  C:\

Bootloader Path:  \ntldr

but it doesnt work...
still showing me 2 Xp only when i boot up my computer...

did i missing some step? ]]> EasyBCD Support yy885 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5992 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5992 HELP! My Vista (home premium) is not restoring! http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/jc3hIfV3T6U/showthread.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:25 GMT HI,
My family vista computer has recently failed to log on. First off it shows a meassage with two options, one says:
"Launch Startup Repair (recommended)"
and the other says:
"start windows normally"
Starting windows normally option does not work and the screen comes back to these options afterwards, so the only working option is the "recommended" one. Once this option is selected a window appears with "System Recovery Options" but there is NO operating system displayed AT ALL in the "load drivers" section/window. I have tried the "rsturi.exe" command and several other command types also. So what do i have to do to get the Windows Vista Computer Operating Sytem to work??!
Help please . . . ANYONE!
Thanks. ]]> Windows Support DowzerD5 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5991 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5991 NTLDR missing http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/Is-KVn3zMNk/showthread.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:31:58 GMT This is driving me nuts :) so, USB key formatted as NTFS Windows 7 recovery disk burned to the usb with unetinstaller for windows Booting up from USB NTLDR missing Press Ctrl Alt Canc to restart what should I do?! This is driving me nuts :)

so, USB key formatted as NTFS
Windows 7 recovery disk burned to the usb with unetinstaller for windows
Booting up from USB

NTLDR missing
Press Ctrl Alt Canc to restart

what should I do?! ]]> Other NeoSmart-Related Support donuts http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5990 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5990 dual boot problem win7/linux http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/zYj_gzIqq9A/showthread.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:35:32 GMT I have a problem with setting properly dual boot. I have two hard disks: 1. Windows 7 (installed alone) 2. Linux (installed alone, lilo installed in mbr) I want to use windows 7 to choose between linux and win. I add linux option in easyBCD, and choose lilo, device drive 1 partiton 2 linux (this is my bootable partition on second disk) and save. After reboot when I choose linux I only see black screen and nothing happens. How should I set this settings? I know there is a way to intall lilo on a partition and then blablabla, but I want to set it up in this particular way. I have a problem with setting properly dual boot. I have two hard disks: 1. Windows 7 (installed alone) 2. Linux (installed alone, lilo installed in mbr) I want to use windows 7 to choose between linux and win. I add linux option in easyBCD, and choose lilo, device drive 1 partiton 2 linux (this is my bootable partition on second disk) and save. After reboot when I choose linux I only see black screen and nothing happens. How should I set this settings? I know there is a way to intall lilo on a partition and then blablabla, but I want to set it up in this particular way. ]]> EasyBCD Support janas03 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5989 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5989 problem booting linux http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/Xe2pILMxwdo/showthread.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:59:28 GMT Hi,

I have installed linux, a version of my university and my windows broke, linux worked great but windows doesn't

So I connected my laptop disk to my desktop and formated windows partition, back my hard drive to my laptop and reinstalled windows 7.

My hard drive is like this:
|windows 220gb|linux35gb|files rest of the HD|,

i installed easyBCD and added a entry like this:
type: grub
Drive: partition 2 Linux native

now when i try to boot into linux partition this message appears:

Quote:

Ficheiro: \NST\nst_grub.mbr
Estado: 0xc000000f
informações: Não foi possível carregar a entrada seleccionada porque a aplicação está danificada ou não está presente.

my bug mode is here

Quote:

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale pt-PT
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {0528e74e-31ec-11df-b77c-f9c1ad9f20f0}
resumeobject {0528e74d-31ec-11df-b77c-f9c1ad9f20f0}
displayorder {0528e74e-31ec-11df-b77c-f9c1ad9f20f0}
{0528e753-31ec-11df-b77c-f9c1ad9f20f0}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 10

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {0528e74e-31ec-11df-b77c-f9c1ad9f20f0}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale pt-PT
inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
recoverysequence {0528e74f-31ec-11df-b77c-f9c1ad9f20f0}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {0528e74d-31ec-11df-b77c-f9c1ad9f20f0}
nx OptIn

Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {0528e753-31ec-11df-b77c-f9c1ad9f20f0}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \NST\NeoGrub.mbr
description Linux Feup

i want to stay with windows 7 bootloader and i want to linux boot, could anyone help me?

tks ]]> EasyBCD Support zepestao http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5988 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5988 Need help with my laptop http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/z2fxkKHAO8I/showthread.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:45:27 GMT I have been on a search for help for a few weeks. I stumbled across you sight and saw a glimmer of light! I have read threads for about an hour, in hopes to find something that might answer my question, but nothing that really hits it. So here goes my issue!

I have a Gateway T-series laptop, model W350A using OS Vista Home Premium 64-bit that is giving me fits. I didn't get any disks with this computer, and the Geek Squad coverage I had before expired.
I am having issues with all my software. Firefox not responding, jar file errors, windows errors when I shut down, Google Chrome has resolving host issues. No mater what program I download or install, something goes wacky with it. I do believe that its my laptop because I have a brand new Compaq that handles the same programs without issues.
So i wanted to restore this Gateway to factory settings. I tried to get my restore to work, but it tells me that there is not a good restore point. I can't figure out how to get this done. I have a partition that has everything stored, but I don't know how to access that. It says PC Angel, and there is an info folder that is locked.
When I boot my computer I have to options F10 and F2. When i select F10 for the boot menu, I get 3 options:
1. IDE CD: Optiarc DVD RW AD-756-3A(P
2. IDE 4: WDC WD2500BEVS-22USTO-(S)
3. PCI BEV: REALTEK BOOT AGENT
I don't know what any of this is, but I tried option 3 thinking I could boot from maybe my partition. It goes thru a few things and then tells me windows didn't shut down properly, restart windows and it counts down to load.
So I go with F2 for BIOS Settings. This gives me a few screens, nothing that I can access a system restore.
I have tried the F10 + Alt, and it does nothing. Just keeps loading windows. I can get on the internet, and do a few things here and there. Nothing with great speed and without something crashing. So if you can direct me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. I did download and burn the 64-bit disk that was recommended. I didn't use it because I didn't think that I had boot issues. Thanks for any help and ideas! ]]> General PC Help Center Malissav75 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5987 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5987 Bootsect problem http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/tD8i6Y0MhLk/showthread.php Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:32:17 GMT Hi everybody,
my computer crashed a couple of days ago, due to power failure during a storm.
It doesn't boot but by downloading the recovery CD from here (thanks) I could boot and get to DOS.
Now the plot thickens. It's an HP desktop with a Recovery partition. When I tried the F11 thing it attempted to boot and the next time I got to the command prompt the drive letters were swapped. C: is now D: and viceversa...
Anyway, there is something wrong with the drive but I managed to connect a WD external USB drive and copy all my files, so my data is secured.

I can read the drive contents just fine with a DIR or COPY command. But when I tried the Bootsect command it worked perfectly on the Recovery partition but hangs on the main partition (the one containing Vista. Can anyone tell me if it's supposed to take long or there is something wrong here.

Thanks a lot ]]> Windows Support Miami_Arch http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5986 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5986 Toshiba Win 7 problems http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/FnfsTx-SrFA/showthread.php Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:50:33 GMT I have a Toshiba L335D that came with Vista and a upgrade to Win 7 when available. I upgraded to Win 7 a couple of months ago, and I've noticed a lot of hard drive activity when nothing is running except win. The system seemed unstable and would lock up from time to time.

Now it has crashed, win will not load, an error screen comes up with a Page Fault in a Non Paged area.

I downloaded the recovery disk file, made a disk, and started up the laptop. Now the error message is win shutdown;

ntfs.sys
page fault in non paged area

I don't know where to go from here. ]]> Windows Support adbobbitt http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5985 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5985 <![CDATA[it worked.. but it ate all my GB's!]]> http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/uRjP4dljPdA/showthread.php Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:01:40 GMT Awesome app, worked the first time, works flawlessly every time I boot the computer *but*... I started out with a 230GB (C) hard drive with Vista on it, used the Windows app to shrink C:\ drive, formatted a D:\ partition on approximately 110GB, put XP, Office 2003 on it, and now in disk management it tells me I only have like 350MB left on D:\. Whats up with that?? Awesome app, worked the first time, works flawlessly every time I boot the computer *but*... I started out with a 230GB (C) hard drive with Vista on it, used the Windows app to shrink C:\ drive, formatted a D:\ partition on approximately 110GB, put XP, Office 2003 on it, and now in disk management it tells me I only have like 350MB left on D:\. Whats up with that?? ]]> Windows Support skiprrdog http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5984 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5984 Toshiba Satellite Laptop Will Not Boot http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/zuOgnPhvgRA/showthread.php Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:13:32 GMT I KNOW it's the power settings. These laptops have power issues. I reset the settings this week to keep it on longer. Now, it won't boot. I have tried restore and it won't complete. The first time in restore it said there could be a hard drive issue. I just put a new SATA in, I doubt that is what it is. I know it is the damn settings, and I can't get it to restore. Anyone know a way to reset w/o boot? Thanks! ]]> Hardware and Stuff computercrash http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5983 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5983 Dual Booting Windows 7 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/mgDP8Rv6l7s/showthread.php Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:22:13 GMT How do set up a dual boot with Windows 7 adding Windows Server 2003 A Secondary boot choice? How do set up a dual boot with Windows 7 adding Windows Server 2003 A Secondary boot choice? ]]> EasyBCD Support Hsmalley http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5982 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5982 <![CDATA[Win7 & WinXP Dual boot JAM]]> http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/_Hqb1MsXK5w/showthread.php Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:10:47 GMT I have a Thinkpad W700 with 2 hard drives. I had Windows XP on drive1 and installed Windows7 on drive 0. It gave me a dual boot configuration with the following problem: I can NOT boot Windows7 unless it's in drive1 along with winXP in drive0. Any other configuration yields : "A disk read error occured. Press cntl-alt-del to restart". I really don't even want a dual boot configuration since I can boot either drive stand alone by hitting F12 and changing the boot order. It seems that the Win7 MBR must look to the WinXP mbr for its boot information and WinXP must preceed it in drive0.
Is there any sane way to KEEP my Win7 installation and just alter the MBR to boot independantly? I've tried a lot of conventional solutions (bootrec.exe /fixboot, recovery command prompt commands from the Win7 CD, Easybcd etc.) and nothing changes the status. It SHOULD be easy to just rewrite the MBR, etc. to just do a conventional boot, but it sure isn't as far as I can see. Any expert detailled help would be much appreciated. ]]> EasyBCD Support rogermass http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5981 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5981 Multiple Boot loaders GRUB AND Windows Loader http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/BhMmCWzb1I8/showthread.php Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:14:12 GMT I tried to use Easy BCD to solve a problem. My problem was that I installed UBUNTU 9.10 on the same drive that 9.04 was on previously. (The 9.04 installation was not working when the option to load it was taken from the Windows 7 loader page.) Now I get a GRUB loader which, when I take the option for Windows 7 takes me to the aforesaid windows loader ( the Ubunu option still does not work). The OS are installed in separate SATA drives. Obviously i would prefer just one boot manager to load at startup. I could not install EasyBCD v 1.72 so I have now tried BETA V2 It installs but gives me a message that the boot configuration store could not be opened, the system could not find the file specified. It goes on to give me the option of manually loading a BCD registry to manage. See attached snip. Is EasyBCD the correct tool to use to correct my problem? If so how can i get it to work? I tried to use Easy BCD to solve a problem.

My problem was that I installed UBUNTU 9.10 on the same drive that 9.04 was on previously. (The 9.04 installation was not working when the option to load it was taken from the Windows 7 loader page.)

Now I get a GRUB loader which, when I take the option for Windows 7 takes me to the aforesaid windows loader ( the Ubunu option still does not work). The OS are installed in separate SATA drives. Obviously i would prefer just one boot manager to load at startup.

I could not install EasyBCD v 1.72 so I have now tried BETA V2

It installs but gives me a message that the boot configuration store could not be opened, the system could not find the file specified. It goes on to give me the option of manually loading a BCD registry to manage. See attached snip.

Is EasyBCD the correct tool to use to correct my problem? If so how can i get it to work?

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