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I have successfully arrived at getting a dual boot screen for my W7 and XP installations, but can only boot into W7. I already did a repair install, which didn't change anything except that I couldn't boot into either OS after, and had to use the rescue CD to get Windows 7 working again. Terry60 Telephone Sanitizer 2nd Class Staff member. It's a brand-new design change in the EasyBCD logic, and sorry, not all of the older documentation has caught up yet.

Did you use EasyBCD 2. Terry60 said:. Read the last two lines of my previous post, and stop changing the disk assignment. That's why it's auto configure, to stop people pointing it to the wrong place. When they say "boot", they mean "the system that's currently running", which is not necessarily where the boot files which were used to get it running reside. Sadly MS doesn't talk the same brand of English as the rest of the tech world.

I made a clean install on my second drive. The Best Tech Newsletter Anywhere. Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. Articles l l. This post has been reported. I try to boot into it and get this error: Windows failed to start. How do I fix this nonsense? Thanks for your feedback.

You may try to run Checksur KB and try to install the updates manually downloading from Microsoft Download center in clean boot state:. After downloading the updates from Microsoft download center, try to install the same in clean boot state by following the steps provide in the previous post. Status: 0xce The Boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible" Using the installation disk, I attempted a 'repair my computer', failed. Using W7 professional, 32 bit.

This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Praseetha K. Hi KBarry, You may try the following steps and check if it helps. Step1: Run the Windows update troubleshooter. You may refer the following KB article to put the computer in clean boot: How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7 To download the updates manually from the Microsoft download center.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Praseetha K's post on May 13, Took me two hours to get system restore to get me back to a previous restore point.