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March 26th 2014
An Introduction to Virtual Operating Systems.
March 20th 2014
Dealing With a Disk Signature Collision Warning.
March 10th 2014
Some Safe Ways to Get Started with Multibooting.
Feb 15th 2014
Install and Run Any Version of Windows 8/8.1 from a USB/SD Flash Device. Jan 17th 2014
Booting Any Version of Win-8 From a USB Hard Drive.
Dec 22nd 2013
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Dec 2nd 2013
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Nov 11th 2013
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No longer last come first served.

The rule of installing the oldest Windows operating system first and the newest last no longer seems to be a strict condition for new-gen Windows. Unlike with the ntldr an existing bootmgr file on a System partition will not be replaced as a matter of course if the install routines spot that it is newer than the one that would replace it. In our tests we discovered that bootmgr will only get replaced by a newer version, and never by an older version, which means we were able to install 7 after 8, and even Vista after 7/8 and still have them all boot with no apparent problems. Kudos to Microsoft for programming this in.

There is a question however about PBRs in this scenario. The system partition PBR is always changed during an install of Windows and even though all new-gen PBRs will of course point to bootmgr there are other minor differences between them which we cannot currently say have any relevance to the correct startup of the OS. If concerned about this then either make sure that at least the youngest OS is installed last, or learn how to manually change a PBR to the version that you want. info iconChanging a partition boot record.

 

 

boot sequence button Knowing just the basics on the location of various boot files and the order in which they run can be invaluable in setting up and understanding your multiboot system.

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The Boot Sequence of Linux and Grub2


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Dual-boot Sequence of Windows and Linux.


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Boot Sequences of Third-Party Bootmanagers

In the mean time you can find these topics party covered in this rather long and slightly dated article from our old Vista specific website. A Guide to the Multiboot Process


 


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