Windows 7 Enterprise x64 and Windows 98 SE Dual Boot
I have added a vhd file to the bootmgr using bcdedit. When I select Windows 98 from the boot menu it start the Windows 7 error repair utililty. The command prompt text is as follows:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\>bcdedit
Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {34263b3c-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a}
displayorder {current}
{34263b40-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7 Enterprise
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {34263b3e-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {34263b3c-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a}
nx OptIn
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {34263b40-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a}
device vhd=[C:]\VHD\Windows98.vhd
path \
description Windows 98 Second Edition
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {34263b3e-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice vhd=[C:]\VHD\Windows98.vhd
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {34263b3c-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a}
nx OptIn
detecthal Yes
C:\>
Please help! I do not know what to do to fix the problem.
June 17th, 2011 12:44am
As far as I know you can boot natively only a Windows 7 vhd.
All other systems are not supported.
There are is an unsupported way of booting a Vista vhd natively by replacing the boot environment of Vista with Windows 7 boot environment as they seem to be compatible. But again this is not supported as the boot files are regarded as
an integral part of the operating system.
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June 17th, 2011 8:23am
Only desktop operating systems that can natively boot are Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate editions. Windows 98 can not natively boot to a VHD.
SeanMCTS: Windows 7
June 17th, 2011 6:08pm
Perhaps the path is incorrect. Where is the bootloader for windows 98? Is it himem.sys or win.com or system.1st?
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June 17th, 2011 10:18pm
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799282(WS.10).aspx
Limitations
Native VHD support has the following limitations:
Native VHD boot is supported only by Windows 7, and it is restricted to the following editions:
Windows® 7 Enterprise
Windows® 7 Ultimate
Windows Server 2008 R2
MCTS: Windows 7
June 20th, 2011 5:27pm
If I create an image and put it on a partition on a physical disk, I need to know where the path is or it will not boot. I do not know where it is, but I think it might be one of these files: himem.sys or win.com or system.1st. Please help.
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June 20th, 2011 9:59pm