Fernando.

I'm not sure how to use EasyBCD and afraid to make mistakes.

Below, some screenshots:







I think, I have to go BCD Deployment and MBR Configuration Options (XP Bootloader)?

Why I don't see other primary partitions?


(The most difficult part was to install AHCI drivers and it was the quickest)

Fernando, I have more news.
Everything I do, system boots XP.
I run Automatic repair of EasyRE (Recovery Essentials) and it showed all partitions, Seven, DOS and XP.
And it created this report:

Preparing to repair partition on /dev/sda1
Volume identified as ntfs
Scanning volume for errors and inconsistencies...
Volume check and repair complete. Additional consistency check scheduled for next startup.
Basic diagonstics run completed successfully.
Searching for boot-related problems...
Determining the bootloader to be installed...
Starting installation of the BOOTMGR bootloader to /dev/sda1...
New bootloader installation successful.
Rewriting the MBR on /dev/sda
Successfully reinstalled and reconfigured boot-related files.
 
Automated repair complete. You can now exit and restart your PC.
 

Also again, system booted up as XP...
As it said, "Additional consistency check scheduled for next startup" was made, in fact, but it was made on Seven partition!!!
It means, boot partition was right, but with wrong files.

I used Ghost Explorer to check what files resides on root folder. Look:




But I saw at Seven root folder actually:




So, I think if I replace the right 3 files and delete the others, I'll get my boot from Seven back.
What do you think?

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #373

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By the way: I don't see any of your screenshots.

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Sending attached images.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #376

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Now it is up to EasyBCD to correct the MBR to allow you to boot into XP or Win7.

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Look at this: Boot Partition is setup correctly. Problem is the wrong files on Seven's root folder.
I think EasyBCD won't fix that.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #380

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Which one of your screenshots verifies this?

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Fernando, our saga is over. Finish!
EasyBCD has solved the thread.
Win7 came back and things are going well.

I must to say all my grateful for your kind attention.

First, and most important, AHCI drivers for XP.
Today, I received a message from Gigabyte team for whom I sent request for the drivers.
They said Intel did not write them anymore and they have none.
They said my motherboard has no XP support.

So, only thanks your guide I could do the job.

And later, for your friendly guidance towards to solve boot problems.

Congratulations for your excellent work here at this forum.
I'm a lucky guy because I found this wonderful place to learn a little more about computer mysteries.

Thanks a lot!

Hi, Fernando.

I'm back bringing more news about my insane adventure to run XP on a modern hardware.

I could understand better the problems I had at the first installation. It installed XP on drive G. Installation put boot files on C (where I have Seven) and XP files on G! I edited boot.ini file and I pointed to partition 3, where I have XP files. Using AcronisPartition I could not change G to C. It even could, but because Registry entries were point to G, I've got another system hang.

Never mind. I'm back because now I need some advice about the lack of remained drivers. Gigabyte CD main program do not run on XP. I had to search appropriate drivers on CD's tree folder. I could install some, but I missed others.

Below, you can see Device Manager of both systems. Left, it's Seven, with almost all drivers installed. Right, it's XP. I think, I could installed the most important drivers, but I missed USB3 Hub and ACPI drivers. Other unknown devices are maybe an old capture card (ENLTV) that could not run on this machine. Not important for now.



Sorry for portuguese language, but I guess you'll can decipher it.

As you see, I need driver for ACPI and USB3 Hub.
And also would like to remove definitely Default Floppy Controller, marked as a (!) warning.

I just searched Google and Gigabyte site without sucess.

Do you know how to solve this my new demand?

Thanks.