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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #165 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 2:43pm bill wrote on Apr 4^th, 2010 at 12:07pm: because Vista will boot after I select in the Win Dual Boot menu I get for it. Try this first. Boot into Vista, enter msconfig, Boot tab. Are there two entries? Delete the unwanted one. That should fix it.
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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #166 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 2:52pm Well... the repair Vista didn't work. I still get that Dual Windows Boot menu when I boot Vista. XP, on the other hand is fine now (both flavors).
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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #167 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 2:56pm Have you tried msconfig?
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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #168 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 2:56pm Brian wrote on Apr 4^th, 2010 at 2:43pm: Try this first. Boot into Vista, enter msconfig, Boot tab. Are there two entries? No, only 1 entry for the Vista image.
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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #169 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:02pm OK. In the Vista Boot Edit, make sure the are only two entries, Vista and Storage in the MBR. Try to boot Vista again. If there are still 2 items in that boot menu we should be able to remove one via BCD Edit in BING. I'll investigate.
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Reply #170 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:09pm

Brian wrote on Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:02pm:

In the Vista Boot Edit, make sure the are only two entries, Vista and Storage in the MBR.

Confirmed - there are only 2 entries. Last night, I went ahead and changed all the Boot Edits for all my partitions to just 2 entries: The OS I wish to boot, and the Storage Drive.

Brian wrote on Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:02pm:

Try to boot Vista again. If there are still 2 items in that boot menu we should be able to remove one via BCD Edit in BING.

I do see two entries there, (Partition Work > Vista > Lt. Shift - Properties > BCD Edit

Just select the 2nd entry and hit delete?

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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #171 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:11pm What are the entries?
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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #172 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:13pm Windows Vista (TM) Business (recovered) Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 (these are the two entries that also appear on the secondary (Win Dual boot) boot menu after selecting Vista in BING).
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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #173 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:15pm Excellent. Get rid of the second. You don't need to do Shift Properties anymore. Just Properties. It is looking good now.
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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #174 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:17pm Deleted... Rebooting... Bing Menu.... Selecting Vista... No Secondary Boot Menu... Vista is booting... Looks like you saved my kiester again, there, Brian... some one should make you demigod or something on this app.
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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #175 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:19pm Whew. So all OS are now booting as they should? And you have fixed all Boot Edit MBRs to two entries. That's great. Now it is time for you to play with BING Image/Restore. Sorry about Ghost.
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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #176 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:22pm Not that you need this now, but some BCD Edit instructions if they are ever needed.. http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=318
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Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations
Reply #177 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:25pm

Brian wrote on Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:19pm:

Sorry about Ghost.

Yeah, me too. Well, 15 is so easy to use, but it wasn't like 8, in that I could over-write existing image files - which was a wonderful space saver.

But, I think this: If I only ran 3 OS partitions, it would be fine. Moving to 4 primaries - and tapping into the ability of BING to offer unlimited primaries - gives me full advantage of BING, but at that point renders moot any question of configuring Ghost to deal with a partition set up like we did my XP partitions (and thus, unlimited primaries).

All in all, the only harm done being several hours of the weekend recovering. A small price to pay to learn before losing any critical data, how to best configure, utilize, and rely on my setup here.

I think, provided no issues with image sets and restores, we might be just about ready to send you on your way there :)

Over the next couple days, I'll work the advice in Reply 127 and prior on setting the images and restoring.

I'll ping back once I either encounter an issue, or successfully create and restore each OS image.

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Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations
Reply #178 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:28pm

Brian wrote on Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:22pm:

but some BCD Edit instructions if they are ever needed..

NICE!!!

This whole thread has been awesome. And a great guide for me to refer back to as I move forward.

Brian, you've shown the patience of a saint, and the perseverance of mule-skinner. Thank you so much for all this amazing information.

You, too Dan... and the other moderators as well...

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	Re: Ghosting Triple Win Boot Configurations Reply #179 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 3:31pm You have 6 primary partitions. If you use Image Sets, the new image over-writes the old so if you want to save two images, you have to rename the old image in Windows prior to running the second Image Set.
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