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I have installed Windows 8 Pro x64 over my previous Windows 7 installation. However, I need to re-install Windows 7 on a second partition, in other words, with dual-boot functioning.
When I boot the USB, containing the installation files, windows 7 starts installing. When prompted what partition I want to use, I select a 40GB, NTFS-formatted, partition. Normally, here I should be able to click on the button "Next", however, the button is disabled and when I click on the link "Windows cannot be installed on Disk 0, partition 4", a Messagebox prompts saying:
Windows cannot be installed to this disk the partition contains one or more dynamic volumes
Next, I try using a VDISK. So I create one using the command prompt on the selected disk, attach it and when I refresh the installation, the disk appears in the list. I select the disk and next, it starts installing. However after extracting and installing, the following error message appears:
Windows cannot update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed.
I have tried to run the 'Startup Repair' from the Windows 7 installation, yet the program responds by alerting "Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically"
I have looked all over the internet to find a solution, yet none have helped.
For any help you are able to offer, you have my sincerest gratitude.
1do you want to have those two in dual boot no matter how or is you aim to install the dual boot but 7 after the 8 is a must?. Because from my experience it's never a good idea to install older system after newer one - because the older one has no way of recognizing the newer one in many cases. On top of that Win8 might have introduced some new way of protecting the MBR .. – mnmnc – 2012-12-19T14:41:57.810
I want them in dual boot – user1687431 – 2012-12-19T14:43:00.323
does it have to be 7 after 8? It will probably work if you do this the other way around - 8 after 7. – mnmnc – 2012-12-19T14:45:38.870
It would have been much easier if you installed Windows 7 and then installed Windows 8 on the second partition. This is because the boot loader for Windows 8 is more advanced and now will need to be repaired once Windows 7 is installed. The error message is pretty clear...Are you using dynamic volumes? This question has an accepeted answer that fits your bill: http://superuser.com/questions/490997/dual-booting-windows-7-8-with-a-view-to-upgrade-7-later?rq=1
– Ramhound – 2012-12-19T14:46:09.290@mnmnc Yes, I already have windows 8 installed and would like to install 7 NEXT to it, so i can choose what OS i want to boot, in other words dual boot. – user1687431 – 2012-12-19T14:48:15.037
@Ramhound I'm afraid that answer does definitely not fit my bill: windows 8 is already installed, I have no intention of running a virtual 7, as my Laptop's already quite slow, and I'm not sure how dynamic volumes are related to that question. – user1687431 – 2012-12-19T14:51:15.743
@user1687431 - The error mentions dynamic volumes. So are you using dynamic volumes? – Ramhound – 2012-12-19T15:02:20.407
@Ramhound Yes I am. – user1687431 – 2012-12-19T15:18:56.767
@user1687431 - That appears to be your problem. – Ramhound – 2012-12-19T15:44:38.877
@Ramhound Ok so now I know A problem, now for the solution... – user1687431 – 2012-12-19T15:50:07.397
@user1687431 - Windows 7 does not support being booted to a dynamic partition. – Ramhound – 2012-12-19T16:04:33.780
@Ramhound So how do I convert my partition to a basic one? – user1687431 – 2012-12-19T16:39:24.110
let us continue this discussion in chat
– user1687431 – 2012-12-19T16:50:52.810