Gaming URGENT Windows 8 help required

[gifi4]

Hey guys, just got Windows 8 consumer version and I installed it onto a seperate partition on my SSD, now I can't get back to Windows 7, freaking out here, I don't get the graphical interface that others see and system properties startup and recovery is telling me only windows 8... Please help guys, I don't have current access to my Windows 7 disk, what can I do?

 

[FireGrey]

It's as simple as using a Windows 7 repair disc to go into command prompt to type:
bootrec.exe /fixboot
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
But that will get rid of windows 8 on your boot list.
For me it dual booted perfectly fine, but I'm using a HDD.
If you want to keep both of them use a program such as EasyBCD to add Windows 7 to the boot list.

 

[gifi4]

Will a torrented repair disc work? Currently getting one now (Never made one *Facepalm*) from a torrent site. Hoping it will work, will burn with something afterwards.

 

[Wiip™]

Download and Install EasyBCD*->Edit Boot Menu->Set your default to Windows 7 and select 'Wait for user selection'->Save settings->Restart.


*You don't have to fill in your name and email.

 

[gifi4]

Download and Install EasyBCD*->Edit Boot Menu->Set your default to Windows 7 and select 'Wait for user selection'->Save settings->Restart.


*You don't have to fill in your name and email.

Cash? Lol, I would if I had the ability, ofcourse I can always use google to find a working crack for it...

 

[Wiip™]

Download and Install EasyBCD*->Edit Boot Menu->Set your default to Windows 7 and select 'Wait for user selection'->Save settings->Restart.


*You don't have to fill in your name and email.

Cash? Lol, I would if I had the ability, ofcourse I can always use google to find a working crack for it...

Scroll down lol. Or click on CNET or something.

 

[Rydian]

 

[DinohScene]

Clean install of win7.

Just delete the all the partitions and select the unallocated space.
It will create a new 100MB sysreserve partition and the remaining space for the OS + data

Scrap that, I've read it completely wrong.

 

[gifi4]

Download and Install EasyBCD*->Edit Boot Menu->Set your default to Windows 7 and select 'Wait for user selection'->Save settings->Restart.


*You don't have to fill in your name and email.

Cash? Lol, I would if I had the ability, ofcourse I can always use google to find a working crack for it...

Scroll down lol. Or click on CNET or something.

xD
Blind, probably cause I'm annoyed that it didn't dual boot properly, perhaps because it's on an SSD...

 

[Wiip™]

Download and Install EasyBCD*->Edit Boot Menu->Set your default to Windows 7 and select 'Wait for user selection'->Save settings->Restart.


*You don't have to fill in your name and email.

Cash? Lol, I would if I had the ability, ofcourse I can always use google to find a working crack for it...

Scroll down lol. Or click on CNET or something.

xD
Blind, probably cause I'm annoyed that it didn't dual boot properly, perhaps because it's on an SSD...

Okay, I hope it works for you.

 

[gifi4]

Windows 7 is not in the boot menu, just Windows 8 consumer preview... Files for Windows 7 are still there though...

 

[Wiip™]

Windows 7 is not in the boot menu, just Windows 8 consumer preview... Files for Windows 7 are still there though...

Did you use the setup.exe to install all the files on a USB/Burn on a CD/DVD?

 

[gifi4]

Windows 7 is not in the boot menu, just Windows 8 consumer preview... Files for Windows 7 are still there though...

Did you use the setup.exe to install all the files on a USB/Burn on a CD/DVD?

For Windows 7? As far as I know, yeah...

Edit: Will the Windows 7 recovery disc work for this?

 

[Wiip™]

Windows 7 is not in the boot menu, just Windows 8 consumer preview... Files for Windows 7 are still there though...

Did you use the setup.exe to install all the files on a USB/Burn on a CD/DVD?

For Windows 7? As far as I know, yeah...

Edit: Will the Windows 7 recovery disc work for this?

If you still have all the files, you should do a clean win7 install.

 

[gifi4]

Windows 7 is not in the boot menu, just Windows 8 consumer preview... Files for Windows 7 are still there though...

Did you use the setup.exe to install all the files on a USB/Burn on a CD/DVD?

For Windows 7? As far as I know, yeah...

Edit: Will the Windows 7 recovery disc work for this?

If you still have all the files, you should do a clean win7 install.

I don't have the Windows 7 installation disc atm...

 

[Wiip™]

Try adding a new bootloader entry,

EasyBCD->Add New Entry->Select the correct drive and name->Add entry.

After that,
Edit Boot Menu->Set your default to Windows 7 and select 'Wait for user selection'->Save settings->Restart.

If this doesn't work, you probably messed up the installing process.

 

[gifi4]

Thank you all. Back on Windows 7... Wiip, your suggestion to add the entry was what worked, but I did it twice, the first time, apparently it didn't save the settings and booted to Windows 8, the second time, it gave me the option of Windows 8/7. Thanks again!

 

[Wiip™]

Thank you all. Back on Windows 7... Wiip, your suggestion to add the entry was what worked, but I did it twice, the first time, apparently it didn't save the settings and booted to Windows 8, the second time, it gave me the option of Windows 8/7. Thanks again!

You're Welcome.