[SOLVED] Please help I can't boot to windows 7

[Cosmicverse]

I can't boot up my windows 7 hard drive, it just keeps sending me to my SSD which has windows 10. I don't really know how this happened, but after I used the help of the people that commented to me on this post https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-system-from-2-different-disk-drives.3538131/ .

Here is some pictures:

Booting up to my Windows 7 drive

https://imgur.com/a/VAanUHk

View: https://imgur.com/a/VAanUHk


Boots up to Windows 10

https://imgur.com/a/vd7lHlB

View: https://imgur.com/a/vd7lHlB


Luckily my apps and files didn't get deleted

https://imgur.com/a/VAanUHk

View: https://imgur.com/a/VAanUHk


Please help I really need those files and apps, it is really important, and I can't afford to back it up to my windows 10, and just use windows 10.

 

[Grobe]

Does W7 boot normally if you remove the ssd where W10 is installed ?

 

[Cosmicverse]

Does W7 boot normally if you remove the ssd where W10 is installed ?

No, it doesn't

 

[TerryLaze]

If you never had any boot files on the win 7 disk because it was always dual booting from the win 10 disk then this is completely normal.
Boot into win 10 and run the free version of easyBCD (or you can use windowses own bcdedit but that's command line only) to first write a bootblock onto the windows 7 disk and if needed also a BCD store.

 

[Cosmicverse]

If you never had any boot files on the win 7 disk because it was always dual booting from the win 10 disk then this is completely normal.
Boot into win 10 and run the free version of easyBCD (or you can use windowses own bcdedit but that's command line only) to first write a bootblock onto the windows 7 disk and if needed also a BCD store.

I had boot files on my windows 7, but after my windows 10 install on my SSD both of them got dual booted.

 

[Cosmicverse]

Before I start this is my last thread https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/please-help-i-cant-boot-to-windows-7.3539335/ , I think I know what is causing the error that is making my windows 7 not able to boot. One partion on my windows 7 drive has active on it. I don't know how to fix this, so I am asking for help and I can't afford to lose those files.

https://imgur.com/a/EEQyWqz

View: https://imgur.com/a/EEQyWqz

 

[Grobe]

Whenever you install - any OS - you should make sure that no other disks or ssd's are connected, except from the one you'd install the OS onto.

 

[onespeedbiker]

While I'm not an expert here, my Windows 7 system drive also has an active partition, but it is the System Reserved partition, not the System partition. I don't think Windows 7 will allow you to change this; or even if you are logged into Windows 10. You will probably have to use a third party partition utility. See below to post #10

 

[vistagamer6969]

Go in windows 10.
Go to start and type "msconfig" and hit ENTER.
Go to the "Boot" tab.
If there's just windows 10 appearing, then your windows 7 install is broken, if both appear just try select Windows 7 and then click on the make default button (or something similar)

 

[onespeedbiker]

It appears to me your Windows 7 disk is MBR partitioned while the SSD is GPT partitioned. You may want to check your bios to make sure CSM is enabled. https://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/8859-dual-boot-gpt-mbr-drives.html

Or you could convert the Windows 7 disk to GPT.

 

[TerryLaze]

Before I start this is my last thread https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/please-help-i-cant-boot-to-windows-7.3539335/ , I think I know what is causing the error that is making my windows 7 not able to boot. One partion on my windows 7 drive has active on it. I don't know how to fix this, so I am asking for help and I can't afford to lose those files.

https://imgur.com/a/EEQyWqz

View: https://imgur.com/a/EEQyWqz

It's normal for the OS partition to be active,in fact it has to be active for it to be bootable.
DO NOT DO ANY MBR/GPT CONVERTION.
Go into bios and change CMT or legacy or whatever other setting might be relevant to mbr booting.

 

[onespeedbiker]

It's normal for the OS partition to be active,in fact it has to be active for it to be bootable.

This is only true for mbr partitions, GPT partitions do not recognize "active".