[ale] help, windows 7 boot error

[Brian Mathis]

It was assumed that you understand that you need to make the image from the
original (old) drive first, then restore it to the new drive.  If you
already wiped out your old drive before getting the new one working,
then... ???  Don't use clonezilla or other imaging tools, use the built-in
Windows tools.  The Windows image is a different type of image then a
simple bit-for-bit copy, so it is more flexible than something like
clonezilla.

A Windows image doesn't care what partition it's on.  When you restore it
will set everything up correctly.  It sounds like you're making this harder
than it has to be.  I suggest you start by assuming this drive is just
running Windows, then add Linux later as you did before.  That small
partition before the Windows one is the Windows boot partition.


❧ Brian Mathis
@orev



On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright at gmail.com>
wrote:

> the problem with that method is, you need to be able to boot into
> windows... and...I....can't. setting up Windows 10 Preview in VMware as
> we speak.. Fedora 21.. finally got all the headers & kernel-devel
> installed...
>
> > A regular file copy does not get everything needed to boot the system,
> > so that will not work.  The best way to do this is to create an image
> > backup on an external drive, then boot from the Windows 7 DVD and
> > restore the image.  Here is an explanation of how to do the backup:
> >
> >
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4241/how-to-create-a-system-image-in-windows-7/
> > That article also explains how to perform the restore from the DVD
> > (System Image Recovery).
> >
> > Once that's done, you will have the extra space available on the new
> > drive, which you can either expand the current Windows partition, make
> > a new one, or use it for another purpose (such as Linux).  I don't
> > think you should need a driver for the hard drive -- it's probably
> > just confused because of how you performed the file copy.
> >
> > I'm not sure if I would use Windows 10 preview as your everyday
> > system, since Microsoft is collecting metrics on what people are
> > doing, so there could be some privacy issues there (that's the nature
> > of the Insider program).
> >
> >
> > ❧ Brian Mathis
> > @orev
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Paul Cartwright
> > <pbcartwright at gmail.com <mailto:pbcartwright at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     ok, I know, this is a linux group... but I don't know where else
> >     to turn.
> >     My desktop original HD1 stopped booting, so I got a new 3TB drive.
> >     I can
> >     still get to the old drive using my new fantastic IED-SATA $10
> gizmo..
> >     so I partitioned my "NEW" HD1 so windows is still on sda3 like it was
> >     before, and I copied all the  old files into it. When I boot I am
> >     getting the File: \Boot\BCD error attempting to read Boot
> >     configuration.  on sda3 there is a \Boot\BCD.
> >     When I run my Windows 7 rescue CD it asks for the driver CD which...
> I
> >     can't find. I have tried downloading all the device driver files from
> >     Dell, but nothing seems to work. It doesn't like the R*.exe files and
> >     every folder that has the drivers in them, I have clicked on every
> >     file
> >     and it still tells me error.. What I DON'T have is the driver for the
> >     ST3000DM001 3TB HD.. and the original was a 2TB HD..
> >     when I boot the rescue CD it doesn't show my HD, and wants
> >     drivers. If I
> >     click NEXT anyway, then command prompt, I can run :
> >     bootrec /rebuildbcd . It comes back with a "found c:\Windows" use
> >     Y/N/A.. I click Y and.... errors out.
> >
> >     I'm tempted to just install Windows 10 preview. Since I have
> >     Windows 7,
> >     it will be a free upgrade. Question is, can you do a dual-boot with
> >     Windows 10?? anyone done that??
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     Paul Cartwright
> >     Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587
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