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Instead of the clunky Text based boot menu, you can have a cool Windows 8 "tile looking" boot menu. The down side is that it comes up later in the boot process than the text menu. So if there's an issue with any partitions on a disk drive, you might never make it to that menu to select an option before the computer crashes. Play it safe and keep the text based menu. | Instead of the clunky Text based boot menu, you can have a cool Windows 8 "tile looking" boot menu. The down side is that it comes up later in the boot process than the text menu. So if there's an issue with any partitions on a disk drive, you might never make it to that menu to select an option before the computer crashes. Play it safe and keep the text based menu. | ||
== Other Stop You in Your Track Issues and their Solutions == | ==Other Stop You in Your Track Issues and their Solutions== | ||
There are many, many reasons Windows will find not to boot. Here are just a couple of odd solutions; | There are many, many reasons Windows will find not to boot. Here are just a couple of odd solutions; | ||
==== Scenario: Multiple Windows installations on multiple Partitions on a single Disk (HDD / SSD / etc.) ==== | ==== Plain Cloning via Acronis (or some other software) or using USB Duplicator Bay ==== | ||
If Windows won't boot, use a boot CD to re-build / re-create the BSD information (MBR or U'EFI). The Windows installation DVD / ISO can be used. OR, one of several WinPE boot CDs out there (descendants of BartPE) like Hirem's Boot CD with a visual BCD Utility like EasyBSD or BootIce. | |||
====Scenario: Multiple Windows installations on multiple Partitions on a single Disk (HDD / SSD / etc.)==== | |||
After Windows is imaged or installed on a 2nd, 3rd, whatever partition (IE, it isn't the only, nor the first Windows installation on a disk), and the BCD stuff has been taken care of to allow one to select any partition to boot from, it still might not boot. Solution? Edit and / or rebuild the BCD stuff on the partition of the Windows install that won't boot, then set that partition as active, see if it boots. If it does, go back to the original partition that was active, re-edit the BCD stuff, then set the original partition as active, reboot and see if selecting the new Windows install works then. | After Windows is imaged or installed on a 2nd, 3rd, whatever partition (IE, it isn't the only, nor the first Windows installation on a disk), and the BCD stuff has been taken care of to allow one to select any partition to boot from, it still might not boot. Solution? Edit and / or rebuild the BCD stuff on the partition of the Windows install that won't boot, then set that partition as active, see if it boots. If it does, go back to the original partition that was active, re-edit the BCD stuff, then set the original partition as active, reboot and see if selecting the new Windows install works then. | ||