Windows Fax & Scan - Outdated UI

Not that I use it much, but Windows Fax & Scan needs an update:

The toolbar is the old royal blue from Vista.
The split frames look like something from Windows 2000
The sortable column headers look like Vista rather than what you see in Winows 7 Windows Explorer.
Having the fax and scan buttons in the lower left corner just seems odd...they should be up in the Tool Bar or something.

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Good points.

May I suggest you use the Send Feedback facility? That way you can be sure someone at Microsoft will read it.

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OlderGaming

installed Novas BlackHawk Down and Tean Saber was not easy but I prevailed the when I change the screen res the whole desktop gets smaller with no way to streach it even after I restarts next will be COD 4

Edited by NTGOG Friday, January 30, 2009 3:20 PM

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This is for bug reports for the forum software.

Ask here

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whatforum/threads/

where to post this question.

WSS FAQ sites: WSS 2.0: http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007: http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com
Total list of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Books (including foreign language titles) http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx

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thank you for the info sir with a little playing with the settings it works just fine. I posted that before I realized the os dose it I also have an acct to the MSDN site and will check in there for help 2 thanks again

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Various installations hanging

I'm trying to install the software for a few odd accessories and everything keeps hanging on me:
* Logitech Harmony Remote Control software
* Linksys router configuration software
* ATI - Catalyst Control Center software

For some reason, when i launch any of these, i get the spinning cursor and then my PC locks up. Is anyone else having trouble loading these apps? I've tried downloading the latest versions from their websites, and even tried installing them in Vista Compatability mode but still nada.

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Open windows event viewr and check why your applications crash

To solve your issue you may need to run them in compatibility mode.

To tun in compatibility mode:
1. right click file you run setup from
2.From popup menu select properties
3. Click on compatibility tab
4. set mode you think is most suitable
5. click ok button when done
6. run file you just set in compatibility mode

And if you have problem you want help for, your thread type must be question

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Color calibration -- support colorimeter, LUT, DDC?

Having color calibration built-in is a good idea. Why not go all the way and support colorimeters, LUT, and monitor DDC?

A quick way to add this is to buy one of the small companies that makes monitor calibration software. It should be relatively cheap and alot more useful than trying to buy yahoo.

IE 8 High CPU Usage After Sending a Link by E-Mail

I found that IE8 consistently consumes 50% of my CPU when I compose an E-Mail using the Send Link by E-Mail feature. My CPU remains at 50% even after the message is sent, until I restart IE. I am using Outlook 2007.

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Task manager shows me that SearchFilterHost.exe is the process consuming all the CPU. I'm not sure what it's spending all of it's time doing after I send an email, but restarting IE causes the CPU usage to drop down to near zero.

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windows 7 Compatibility with codegear 2007,2009

Did you now that the windows 7 (last beta) wont work with codegear 2007,2009 ?
Codegear 2007 displays errors and codegear 2009 errors on compile
and i dont know if there is any support for .hlp files(winhlp32.exe) for this windows ?

BSE Symantec Ghost 14.0

Hello everyone:

    Blue Screen Error with Symantec Ghost 14.0 during/completing the software installation process and then again subsequently upon run of my first immediate backup attempt - Win - 7 still has not fully started back up; have been waiting the entire time writing this message to see the Win-7 Desktop re-appear - no feedback on the screen - (like please wait). Hard Drive LED is flashing almost solid ON....not sure what Win-7 is doing if anything at this moment (have not seen desktop re-appear, probably almost fifteen minutes now - (only "Starting Windows Screen" is displaying).

    Little Windows 7 Ultimate Beta feedback to us the Win-7 user. After the Blue Screen restart. It did seem data was attempted to be gathered, during the viewed BSE time period.

    Feedback functioning via the "Send Feedback" from Win-7 still appears not to provide for any confirmation that feedback was gathered / saved or sent. So I have been posting these messages on TechNet.

     Bye for this message,

                                        Jim

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are you restoring the entire disk? Meaning the 200meg partition win7 creates? Do you also have a ghost partition on the drive?

It does however sound like a driver issue. Have you tried to F8 and boot into safe mode?

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Hello Tactik:

    I was attempting to install Norton Symantec Ghost 14, because I wanted a backup image of my HD, before re-partitioning the drive... (safety precaution only). I went ahead abandoned the idea of installing Ghost 14 under Windows 7, Ultimate, Build 7000 - Beta version.

    Thank you very much for your inquiry, I really am just trying out different programs under Win-7, to see how Win-7 handles (or vise-versa), these programs....(expected; many of the software application providers, are not up to the Win-7 co-operational task, with their software quite possibly)....It does seem foolish of me I know, to install non Win-7 tested applications under Win-7 OS. I am just providing feedback on which software developers are not up the Win-7 level at this time; (quite possibly) – we probably could guess without installing any software not expressly stated as; tested under Win-7 OS.

   Thanks again!

                            Bye for now,

                                                        Jim

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PowerDVD8 and Winrar 3.71 couldn't be reg at Win7

i have tried the Pre-Beta and this Beta of Windows 7, i think that the pre-beta was the best there i could register my PowerDVD8 and not winrar 3.71 but i could live with that.

But i can't live without i could register PowerDVD8 it's just keep saying invalied key and i had also deactived UAC (User Account Control) 'cause i don't like that feature very well.

but in a another word, i love Windows 7 even when it have it's failures but i will still be using my Windows XP Professional 32bit until the Windows 7 will work better with registation of the programs i use on my pc...

Activation problem

Hello, I have installed windows 7 x64 beta build 7000 with my genuine beta key but whenever i am trying to activate online i am getting the Error Code 0x80072EE2. How to resolve the prblm

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:45 PM

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Are you running any antivirus/firewall solutions? They're known to cause issues on this build of the beta (including Windows Update).

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My product key is not working for W7 upgrade

I am upgrading from vista sp1 and when entering the key I have it doesn't work says its invalid. Does anyoone know how to verify the product key?

Changed type Robinson Zhang Tuesday, February 3, 2009 8:03 AM change to comment
Changed type Robinson Zhang Tuesday, February 3, 2009 8:03 AM change to comment

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yea I'm an idiot no worries I'll stop clogging the forums up. Just went to the download site again and got the key

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MCT Training CTT TTT resources

Hi everyone,
I recently posted a question looking for resources to help me pass the MCT requirements. I found something that I should really have thought of before, youtube! I must admit I have found these more interesting than the official resources from Comptia although these should always be considered suplimentory too the official reading.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=presentation+skills

A particually interesting and funny lesson on presentation skills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whTwjG4ZIJg&feature=PlayList&p=C54CD91FADBA25CD&playnext=1&index=7

All the best too anyone taking the CTT / TTT, and if you can think of anything please feel free too add more messages.

Regards
Matthew Zielonka.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOSADvJnrG8&feature=related

Great inspiration....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFpOin0j90Q&feature=related

Edited by Zielonka Sunday, February 1, 2009 7:06 PM Commented

Excel 2007 crashes repeatedly on saving a file

Microsoft Excel 2007 crashes when I change a document and then try to save it. Occurs repeatedly in Windows 7 Beta Build 7000.

Never had a problem with Excel in Vista 64 bit.

Jon

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I have the same problem, but is was ocuring on Vista also, so i don't think it's Windows 7 specific.

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I'm having the same problem with excel. I had no issues under Vista x64 or x86. The problem is somewhat intermittant as it doesn't happen with every save, just most of them. It happens most frequently when saving by clicking on the save icon (disk). I have observed an exceptionally slow "update bar (green)" in My Computer as excel is attempting to write the file. Excel crashes and cannot be shut down, forcing a hard reboot.

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Far Cry 2 & Universe at War issues

Loaded the Far Cry 2 yesterday and am able to play it for the most part but it does freeze up every few minutes before continuing on. This wasn't an issue on the same machine with Vista.

Universe At War appeared to load fine but won't run.

Windows Defender popup to turn on

When I boot my computer for the first time, I see a brief pop up in the task bar to turn on Windows Defender. It is turned on. Anyone else seeing this? Using 64 bit btw.

It seems to me whatever service is checking for status, it is happening way too fast before it has a chance to load.

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What are the specs of your system? I've seen this on underpowered systems and VMware versions.

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My specs are Intel Core 2 6600 2.4ghz, 4 gigs of RAM, 1066 FSB and Nvidia 9800GT video card etc. Don't think this is an underpowered thing...

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Same problem here with very similar system specs. After booting there's a brief warning that Defender is not turned on. By the time I try to do something about it Defender has usually started. It also triggers an error state on Windows Home Server, and thus all my machines in the house know I didn't have Defender running for about 30 seconds.

Very annoying! :P

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Ignore it. I also use the 64bit version and in a few seconds the popup dissapears as the windows defender starts up.

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I have the same Problem, this pop up comes several times, but Defender is on. I have 64bit. In the Startmenu a cant see defender, and if i start defender it´s no posible to choos Autostart programs.

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windows 7 graphics card (STILL NOT SOLVED!)

have duel boot 7 with xp but it goes slow and i have a NVIDA GRAPHICS CARD driver but 7 does not detect it it says i have a standard VGA driver how can i get it to detect my nvidia driver?

Please help! Thanks!

Edited by Andrew89898 Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:40 AM
Changed type Ronnie VernonMVP Sunday, February 1, 2009 6:12 PM

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Win 7 is vista compatible, so visit nvidia site.

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Empyr is right. Go to NVIDIA and download the latest Vista 32-bits/64-bits drivers for your graphics card. Execute the installer under Vista compatibility and as an administrator. Right mouse click on the executable -> Properties -> Compatibility (tab) -> Check both 'Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows Vista' and 'Run this program as an administrator'.

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Nvidia and ATI have beta drivers for Win 7. I have a dual boot system with vista ultimate 64-bit and win 7 64-bit.

My grafic is a ATI HD4870X2 and it works fine with the beta driver under Win 7.

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The integrated WDDM 1.0/1.1 drivers have known issues, especially if you have a NVIDIA graphics card. The 181.20/181.22 drivers perform a lot better without any graphical glitches.

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Im not saying i need to download drivers im saying that on xp when i go to personalize it says i got a NVIDIA driver when i go into 7 it says i got a standard VGA driver HOW DO I GET 7 TO RECONGNISE the graphics card (nvidia geforce)

PLEASE HELP!

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Andrew89898 said:

PLEASE HELP!

It's saying "standard VGA driver" because you do not have any proper NVIDIA drivers installed, which is also the reason why we suggested to install those right away. There's also no need to scream when you're feeling misunderstood, just turn off your brain like usual and follow the instructions.

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But id did i went to nvidi i went to download drivers i used manually and put my type of graphics card it says what operating system do you use? it says al of them upto xp and 2003 shall i just click xp 32 bit-BECAUSE 7 is 32 bit?? please reply! thanks soz for shouting in last post

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This is how it worked for me. I had the same problem. I have an HP laptop and Win 7 didn't recognize the video card so it couldn't get the drivers. I went to nVidia, but those drivers didn't work either. So, I googled the problem and found a solution that works perfectly! Using a program called Driver Max, just export a working video driver from XP and import it (with Driver Max installed on Win 7) on Win 7 and viola! It works like a charm! You can use this same method for all the other drivers that Win 7 could not find too. Hope this helps. Good luck.

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If NVidia have Vista Drivers for your video card, then download the vista32 version, if you are using windows 7 32 bit version, if there is not a vista 32 driver then download the xp 32 bit version. Both these files can be run in compatibility mode and Frop previously explained how.

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Frop said:

Empyr is right. Go to NVIDIA and download the latest Vista 32-bits/64-bits drivers for your graphics card. Execute the installer under Vista compatibility and as an administrator. Right mouse click on the executable -> Properties -> Compatibility (tab) -> Check both 'Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows Vista' and 'Run this program as an administrator'.

This of course depends on whether you're running the 32-bits version or 64-bits version of Windows 7.

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Ok i went to myc:\ drive in driver max where do i locate drivers in xp what file is it (V:\ is my xp drive) i tried C:\NVIDIA where do i find? THANKS!

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Reply:

Firstly, I mean no offence in this post, but are you sure you have enough computer knowledge to use Beta Software?

Secondly, which graphics card do you have, we'll find the relevant drivers for you.

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Ok i fixed that problem but when i try and refresh my system rating a blue screen error comes up and me pc restarts i select windows 7 on the os list then it says start windows normally because of error but it didnt finish the test HOW DO I FIX?

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Which specific Nvidia card do you have? there are a lot of reasons that you might be getting a blue-screen, but seeing that you have been having problems with the video card drivers already i would suspect it would be something to do with regards to that. But we need to know Exactly the model of Nvidia card that you have installed.

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ok i got a NVIDIA geforce MX 420 GRAPHICS card and i went to nvidia.com it says theres a nvidia update in windows update but nothing is found in windows update and my graphics card was called Standard VGA graphics adapter so i download a new driver on manuall i selected my nvidia card type then it said os do you use i choose xp because it was latest on that list then i ran the install in combatibillity mode it installed welll but i refreshed my sysstem rating then the blue screen comes then it restarts and does not complete the test?

How do i fix? P.S my grpahics card is NVIDIA geforce4 MX 420 thats what it says in device manager.

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Or is there a way i can manually download the new supercharge windows 7 driver? it dosent get found in windows update if you can post the link for the download Thanks

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I don't usually triple post, but I'm making an exception for you. See that blue-ish "NVIDIA"? It's a link. You can click it.

Frop said:

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No i get a blue screen error

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I'd say your lucky you can even run Windows 7. That chipset is from April 2002 and its a hobbled Direct X 8 card and was sold for low end budget pcs. Be happy its actually working! Im sorry i cant help you further as i own an ATI Crossfire system. Hopefully somebody else can assist you further.

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I'm sorry but I don't think you can do windows 7 public beta. For the simple fact that the 420mx did't and won't have directx10 support. Hence the blue screen on the WEI. Secondly any time you have to emulate another lower version of windows to install a driver is gonna be problematic at best. I doubt even on release will windows have a working proper driver for Windows 7 for your hardware because it just doesn't have the umph to do directx10 at all. Yes you will be able to force the driver to work but now you know the results from trying to emulate another driver structure in Windows 7. It's buggy at best. If you have agp I would suggest an ATI 3850 to update your system to an acceptable level and really enjoy some graphic programs with that. The 420mx isn't enough plain and simple. On that note since thats the last known agp version of a new card I would go with that. The one from sapphire is actually an awesome card for the age of the agp buss...

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Searching: How do you search for content but NOT filename?

I could not figure out how to solve this very simple task: I want to search through several folders (all files) and want to see ONLY the files that CONTAIN a certain string. I am NOT interested whether files happen to use this string in their NAME - they must contain the string in their CONTENT, otherwise I do not want them in the search result.

This is about as basic as it gets when it comes to searching and it was intuitive to do in Windows XP. Does anybody know how this works in Windows 7? Such a common function should be easily accessible, for me it is not obvious.

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Tuesday, February 3, 2009 11:02 PM feature request

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I submitted feedback on this. You are right, this is an epic FAIL.

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Thanks for supporting my request!
While one can understand that Microsoft wants to make life as simple as possible for casual computer users this is no excuse to remove (or hide too much) features required by the people who have to fix the casual users' PCs during the weekends :-)

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Novatel HSDPA not working

My AT&T 5520 Broadband Mini card worked well in my Dell M1530 under Vista but has errors with the drivers under Win 7. Re-installing the drivers through the offered troubleshooter routine was unsuccessful. The Novatel Manufacture number is JW494.

dx8vb.dll

When I put it in a system in windows7 and registered registry, I was usable smoothly.
Will you put dx8vb.dll from a beginning?

mitabon

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:45 PM

Reply:

Can you please re-translate this question?

Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP(x2), MCTS(x5), MCP(x7), MCBMSP
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)

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Kodak AIO-3 crashing applications when trying to print

I have installed both the 32 and 64 bit versions of W7 beta, and in each instance, when I try to go and print something from any software (IE, FF..etc) it crashes the program when attempting to print. I have AIO-3 driver that was downloaded with the Beta install/Windows Update.

In the last instance, it is a clean, fresh install of x64 beta. I literally finished the install, did the windows update, and then tried to print, and it crashed my IE.

Changed type Othorvath Sunday, January 18, 2009 12:33 AM
Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, February 23, 2009 12:34 AM

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/bump

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I too am having the same issue with the Kodak AiO app. Scanning a document or photo works fine. Any time you attempt to print (from any app) windows explorer crashes. Have tried running the app in compatibility mode for Vista (which on another machine works fine), still the same issue.

I have checked for all updates and also have the current ATI Radeon drivers.

Details from the AiO log show some type of memory curruption.

Alamioas - Your test on the clean install, was it tested without the printer attached and attempting to print to XPS from IE, FF and/or Notepad?

I am going to try and dig into it a little deeper this evening. I will let you know if I find anything out.

Edited by RJason717 Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:40 PM Grammar

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i have a Kodak 5100 AIO and this exact thing happens across the MS Office 2007 suite, IE, etc. Seems like Kodak has a bad printer driver (this was happening after my last Service pack update on Vista too).... when I take the 5100 off default printer status everything is fine....the second i set it as default all my apps crash. Help!

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Same issue here, too. An ESP-3 Kodak multifunction printer. Crashes when trying to print, or when attempting to upgrade. I finally got the Easy Share software to finish (Kaspersky alerted several times that it may be dangerous, but I clicked, "allow"). This same printer was working with Vista installed.

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Well...

I'm still trying to do some more digging...

Basically got the run around from Kodak about the driver issue...

Should be able to spend more time on it later...

I'll let you know how it works out...

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any news on this? Kodak is no help...thanks!

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does your printer print a test page from the tray icons. If so, as mine will print from the tray and no other apps it may actually be a windows 7error rather than a driver

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unfortunately no. Nothing prints anymore and all apps crash. I upgraded from Vista to Win7....and was having trouble with print functions right after installing Vista SP1, but nowhere to the extent of apps crashing like on Win 7. Under Vista SP1 I couldn't set the printer to be default and it would crash Excel, but not Word or Outlook.

Given that I had some legacy issues, should I do a clean install of Win 7? Is there anyone out there with a Kodak printer that is working properly on Win 7?

thanks!

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Win 7 wont dual boot with XP

I installed Win7 to a separate disk to the one that had XP (sp2) on. But it did not create any dual boot options (which I had expected it to). Obviously I cannot get into XP now. How do I fix this?

My disk configuration

Pre Win 7 was:

SATA Disk1 with XP Sp2 on. (320gb)
SATA Disk2 (320gb)
IDE Secondary - DVD Drive.

For Win7 is:-

IDE Primary - new 80gb drive for Win 7 (Became the C drive)
SATA Disk1 (Drive D)
SATA Disk2 (Drive E)
IDE Secondary - DVD Drive.

I've tried EasyBCD (and created a boot option for XP) but it hasn't fixed the issue. I get something on the screen when trying to boot to XP (probably something missing message) and then it reboots.

Thanks for any help.

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, February 23, 2009 1:46 AM

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Can you try switching your IDE Primary and Secondary and then updating your EasyBCD settings?

XP has to be on C: all the time. Changing it to a different partition after installation could cause it to fail to boot.

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What is the error you receive? That alone could provide all of the required detail needed to fix your issue.

The first order of troubleshooting is to remove the 80GB IDE disk to see if XP boots while it is in its original configuration. Post your findings.

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Worked fine for me.

3 partitions on the same drive, one xp, two win7, three storage.

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DarienHawk67 said:

What is the error you receive? That alone could provide all of the required detail needed to fix your issue.

The first order of troubleshooting is to remove the 80GB IDE disk to see if XP boots while it is in its original configuration. Post your findings.

Unfortunately the PC reboots immediately the error message is display - there is no time to read what it says.

I have now removed the IDE drive (by unplugging the drive cable) and XP boots as it always did.

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Sudha Thirumoolan[MSFT] said:

Can you try switching your IDE Primary and Secondary and then updating your EasyBCD settings?

XP has to be on C: all the time. Changing it to a different partition after installation could cause it to fail to boot.

If I put the Win 7 drive on to the secondary controller will that make my SATA primary drive with XP on it the C drive again?

If so, how do I boot to Win 7 again (assuming the secondary IDE controller will allocate a different drive letter) ?

Thanks

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Seems strange - I have a single 160G IDE drive which I have partitioned into 2 x 73.2G partitions with XP PRO SP3 on one and 7 on the other. I have a boot menu offering Windows 7 as one option and "An older windows version" as the second option. Sure enough the second option then takes me to XP PRO. Again, go into the BIOS settings and slow down the startup so you are able to read the error message then report it on here.

Nigel..

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DataKnight said:

DarienHawk67 said:

What is the error you receive? That alone could provide all of the required detail needed to fix your issue.

The first order of troubleshooting is to remove the 80GB IDE disk to see if XP boots while it is in its original configuration. Post your findings.

Unfortunately the PC reboots immediately the error message is display - there is no time to read what it says.

I have now removed the IDE drive (by unplugging the drive cable) and XP boots as it always did.

Okay. When your PC boots (or tries to boot) into Windows 7, start hitting the F8 key so that you can see the boot option. One of the available options will be Disable automatic restart on system failure.

Now, when the crash happens, you will have an opportunity to read the error message.

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If windows7 install did not created XP entry in boot menu inder Old installations or something like that, then xp is still fumctional.

You can boot in xp by setting HDD on that it resides as first boot drive in MB BIOS boot options.

For example to boot in XP set in BIOS SATA DISK1 as first boot device, to boot to windows7 set in BIOS IDE Primary as first boot device

Easybcd should lork but you probably are not set it correctly

If you sett options on easybcd correctly you will be able to boot without need to switch boot order in BIOS boot options

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Unfortunately my bios does not allow that sort of configuration. I did check that the other day - I only get HDD as an option

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Ok but this is not possible!

If you can set just one HDD then you must have option to arrange HDDs order.

Also most systems offer you way to open boot devices menu usually by pressing F8 while on POST (power on self test screen)

What is your MB?

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Ventsislav Alexandriyski said:

Ok but this is not possible!

If you can set just one HDD then you must have option to arrange HDDs order.

Also most systems offer you way to open boot devices menu usually by pressing F8 while on POST (power on self test screen)

What is your MB?

Motherboard is EPOX EP4-PLAI. I have tried to update BIOS but it refuses all attempts including installin a new BIOS chip.
I'm afraid I work on old hardware; I have limited resources.

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Now, when the crash happens, you will have an opportunity to read the error message.

I will try on Monday for you - the PC is at work and I only get lunchtimes to look at it. I have had no issues getting into Win 7; it's when I select Xp that I get the message (Maybe NTLDR missing) but I will try the F8 option.

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Sudha Thirumoolan[MSFT] said:

Can you try switching your IDE Primary and Secondary and then updating your EasyBCD settings?

XP has to be on C: all the time. Changing it to a different partition after installation could cause it to fail to boot.

Why would switching the IDE primary (80gb drive) and secondary (DVD-ROM) make any difference?

As to "XP has to be on C: all the time" -- this is not correct -- I've encountered several annoying instances where XP happily installed itself to another drive letter because it saw that "drive C:" was already in use.

Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP(x2), MCTS(x5), MCP(x7), MCBMSP
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)

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DataKnight said:

Sudha Thirumoolan[MSFT] said:

Can you try switching your IDE Primary and Secondary and then updating your EasyBCD settings?

XP has to be on C: all the time. Changing it to a different partition after installation could cause it to fail to boot.

If I put the Win 7 drive on to the secondary controller will that make my SATA primary drive with XP on it the C drive again?

If so, how do I boot to Win 7 again (assuming the secondary IDE controller will allocate a different drive letter) ?

Thanks

You couldn't boot to Win7, which is why swapping drives on the IDE controllers is not a viable solution, or even a usable diagnostic tool.

Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP(x2), MCTS(x5), MCP(x7), MCBMSP
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)

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