Dual boot Win7/Win8 not showing

Hi,
after installing Windows 8 parallel to Windows 7, Windows 7 loads without showing dual boot. But: dual boot shows when inserting the Windows 8 installation dvd (without booting from it, though!).
I thought that maybe the problem is about two volumes set to active. But the strange behaviour remains the same when disconections all other drives and only one active volume remains.
Any idea?

Hi,
Please try BCDboot command to repar the boot menu:
Refer to this part "Set up or repair the boot menu on a dual-boot PC" in this article:
BCDboot Command-Line Options
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824874.aspx
If the issue still persists, please help to post back the results of this command:
BCDedit
Kate Li
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