[SOLVED] Boot Windows 7 without the BOOTMGR parition

Hi guys.
I installed Arch nearby Windows 7, and I deleted the Windows 7 BOOTMGR parition. Do you know a way to make Grub to start Windows 7 without its own boot partition? I can't believe it's not possible ;(
Last edited by Aegidius (2015-04-07 08:54:00)

The "System Reserved" partition contains the files required to boot windows + winre.wim which contains the startup "repair" options. If you deleted the files without moving them to your main windows partition and correcting the windows BCD store (AFAIK) you will have to reinstall with a pre-created partition for windows so it does not additionally create the "Boot" partition. Windows will subsequently be picked up by grub via os_prober.
It may be possible to fix Windows from a Install DVD but I have never needed to recover from this situation and I'm sure you can Google it yourself. Blindly deleting system partitions, in any OS, frequently ends badly...
Last edited by satanselbow (2015-04-07 08:10:25)

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1a) Here is very useful article from PCWorld.com. The article is entitled "How to Install Windows 7 Without the Disc" and means just what it says. The article also has links to Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder and legitimate Windows 7 ISOs from Digital River, a licensed distributor of Microsoft software. The article lists "Step 1" as;
"Find your Windows 7 product key: Typically this 25-character alphanumeric string is printed on a sticker affixed to your PC or on documentation included with your PC. Alternatively, you can use a keyfinder program such as Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder to pull your product key from the Registry. You need your product key to reinstall Windows."
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1c) Here is where ABR Beta With Windows 7 Support comes to the rescue. Follow the "How to use it" section of ABR for Windows Vista for information and instructions on how to use ABR. The steps listed for Vista apply to Windows 7 as well. Perform the "activation backup" to "backup" and save the OEM SLP key and OEM SLP certificate. Save the entire ABR folder to an external location for later use. This will allow you to pre-activate your "clean" Windows 7 install on the computer you pulled the key and certificate from.
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The information in the document referred you to applies to several different "types" of installations;
Using ABRbeta is only needed if you have an active OEM factory SLP (system locked preactivated) installation of Windows. You use ABR to pull the factory key and certificate off the computer, to reuse it on the same computer with a clean Windows install.
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Hi,
I'm dual booting Arch with windows 7 and recently when I boot windows 7, I can't boot Arch afterwards.
After I shutdown windows, I start up my laptop again, I get the grub menu and select Arch. During boot I get a lot of output during the file system check ( I think, it's hard to see because it goes to fast; ) and then Arch freezes. The only thing that I can do is a force shut down with the power button. I boot again and launch the Arch Fallback kernel. That one is then able to boot but freezes when kdm is launched: I get the login screen for tty 1 but when the graphical login managers fires up I only get a black screen and everything freezes ( can't switch to a terminal or use ctrl+alt+backspace ). I have to force shutdown with the power button again. I boot up again, select the Fallback kernel again and everything works fine. After that I can boot with the normal Arch kernel without a problem.
Is there a way to log the output on the screen during boot up ? I've searched the logs in /var/log/ but can't find that output.
This only happens since yesterday. I was looking for CPU scaling modules and loaded the powernow-k8 module according to the wiki. The power manager of KDE needed additional modules, KDE loaded the modules itself and I put all the modules in /etc/rc.conf. Strange thing is that I also lost my wifi yesterday and it still doesn't work, not on Arch nor Windows ( Wired internet does work on both ).
While checking the the daemon.log I found this, don't know if it's really helpfull:
Jul 10 10:40:38 archlinux init: Entering runlevel: 3
Jul 10 10:40:56 archlinux kdm_greet[1959]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
Jul 10 10:41:23 archlinux polkitd[2291]: started daemon version 0.96 using authority implementation `local' version `0.96'
Jul 10 10:45:34 archlinux init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Jul 10 10:45:36 archlinux console-kit-daemon[2036]: WARNING: no sender
Jul 10 10:49:44 archlinux init: Entering runlevel: 3
Jul 10 10:50:02 archlinux kdm[1752]: X server startup timeout, terminating
Jul 10 10:50:18 archlinux kdm[1752]: X server termination timeout, killing
Jul 10 10:50:28 archlinux kdm[1752]: X server is stuck in D state; leaving it alone
Jul 10 10:50:28 archlinux kdm[1752]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled
Jul 10 10:52:00 archlinux init: Entering runlevel: 3
Jul 10 10:52:17 archlinux kdm[1778]: X server startup timeout, terminating
Jul 10 10:52:32 archlinux kdm[1778]: X server termination timeout, killing
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@$
Jul 10 10:55:13 archlinux kdm_greet[1927]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
Jul 10 10:55:41 archlinux polkitd[2260]: started daemon version 0.96 using authority implementation `local' version `0.96'
Jul 10 11:01:03 archlinux init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Jul 10 11:01:05 archlinux console-kit-daemon[2001]: WARNING: no sender
Jul 10 11:01:53 archlinux init: Entering runlevel: 3
Jul 10 11:02:08 archlinux kdm_greet[1972]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
Jul 10 11:02:36 archlinux polkitd[2296]: started daemon version 0.96 using authority implementation `local' version `0.96'
Jul 10 12:14:55 archlinux init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Jul 10 12:14:56 archlinux console-kit-daemon[2046]: WARNING: no sender
Jul 10 12:15:44 archlinux init: Entering runlevel: 3
Jul 10 12:16:02 archlinux kdm_greet[3950]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
Jul 10 12:16:28 archlinux polkitd[4252]: started daemon version 0.96 using authority implementation `local' version `0.96'
Jul 10 12:17:32 archlinux init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Jul 10 12:17:33 archlinux console-kit-daemon[4006]: WARNING: no sender
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@$
Jul 10 12:36:06 archlinux kdm_greet[1940]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
Jul 10 12:36:33 archlinux polkitd[2243]: started daemon version 0.96 using authority implementation `local' version `0.96'
Jul 10 13:08:40 archlinux dhcpcd[3147]: dhcpcd not running
Jul 10 13:08:41 archlinux dhcpcd[3153]: dhcpcd not running
Jul 10 13:08:41 archlinux dhcpcd[3160]: dhcpcd not running
Jul 10 13:08:43 archlinux dhcpcd[3164]: version 5.2.5 starting
Jul 10 13:08:43 archlinux dhcpcd[3164]: eth0: broadcasting for a lease
Jul 10 13:08:43 archlinux dhcpcd[3164]: eth0: offered from
Jul 10 13:08:44 archlinux dhcpcd[3164]: eth0: acknowledged from
Jul 10 13:08:44 archlinux dhcpcd[3164]: eth0: checking for
Jul 10 13:08:49 archlinux dhcpcd[3164]: eth0: leased for 259200 seconds
Jul 10 13:08:49 archlinux dhcpcd: eth0: MTU set to 1492
Jul 10 13:08:49 archlinux dhcpcd[3164]: forked to background, child pid 3189
Jul 10 13:34:19 archlinux init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Jul 10 13:34:21 archlinux console-kit-daemon[2006]: WARNING: no sender
Jul 10 13:35:14 archlinux init: Entering runlevel: 3
Jul 10 13:35:30 archlinux kdm_greet[1940]: Cannot load /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
Jul 10 13:35:31 archlinux dhcpcd[1977]: dhcpcd not running
Jul 10 13:35:31 archlinux dhcpcd[1983]: dhcpcd not running
Jul 10 13:35:31 archlinux dhcpcd[1990]: dhcpcd not running
Jul 10 13:35:33 archlinux dhcpcd[2004]: version 5.2.5 starting
Jul 10 13:35:33 archlinux dhcpcd[2004]: eth0: rebinding lease of
Jul 10 13:35:33 archlinux dhcpcd[2004]: eth0: acknowledged from
Jul 10 13:35:33 archlinux dhcpcd[2004]: eth0: checking for
Jul 10 13:35:39 archlinux dhcpcd[2004]: eth0: leased for 259200 seconds
Jul 10 13:35:39 archlinux dhcpcd: eth0: MTU set to 1492
Jul 10 13:35:39 archlinux dhcpcd[2004]: forked to background, child pid 2182
Jul 10 13:35:58 archlinux polkitd[2280]: started daemon version 0.96 using authority implementation `local' version `0.96'
Jul 10 13:43:28 archlinux init: Switching to runlevel: 0
Jul 10 13:43:29 archlinux console-kit-daemon[2022]: WARNING: no sender
I had windows vista and windows 7 in dual boot with Mandriva linux for a year without any problem and right now I have absolutely no idea what's going on.
EDIT:
Tried it again to see if I could get some more information.
Apparently the first time I boot Arch after a windows boot, it doesn't really freeze. I tried to write down some of the output and after a while it continued for a second and stopped again and this went going on and on. It seems like it keeps looping the same output. I waited some more but I had to force shut down because my laptop was going nuts and overheating, it started to smell like burned electronics...
I was able to capture some of the output:
--[end trace 27ebd855... ]---
Call trace
[<ffffffff8117c420>] ? proc_lookup_de+0x20/0x100
[<ffffffff81009ec2>] ? system_call_fastpath
Code ff .. .. .. and a lot more of pairs of letters and numbers
The output at the beginning was to fast to see but the Call trace and Code kept on repeating.
After this I could boot up the Fallback kernel without a problem, kdm worked fine to, then rebooted using the normal kernel image like nothing happened before.
Any help would be appreciated,
Varg
Last edited by Varg (2010-07-11 10:46:57)

Well since it worked fine first it could only be the powernow-k8 module or the CPU scaling modules required by KDE. I'll check it out and report back.
EDIT:
Narrowed it down to the cpufreq_powersave and cpufreq_userspace modules. Powernow-k8, cpufreq_stats and cpufreq_ondemand work fine.
I disabled all the modules and then turned them back on one by one in rc.conf ( booting w7 everytime ). cpufreq_powersave turned on gave the strange output during boot but only a short version but completely ran down X or kdm after boot. With cpufreq_userspace I could boot but KDE froze right after login. Combination of the two modules resulted in being unable to boot.
Loading the modules after boot while running KDE gives no problem and since I'm a laptop user I could use the powersave module. I'll see if I can make KDE load that module automatically after login.
Thanks a lot for the tip !
Last edited by Varg (2010-07-11 10:42:02)

Can I install Windows 7 without the disk?

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They are both right. Hatter's reply would be perfect if you were at a college or university that provides Windows 7 to students through a site license. Some schools provide the physical media - a bootable installer DVD. Other schools provide a download of a special installer package usually in the form of a Windows executable - filename.EXE. Unfortunately, you cannot use it on a Mac. You have to run it on a Windows computer in order to extract the ISO disc image. Some schools can just provide you with the ISO disc image. Once you have the ISO image on your Mac you can burn it to a blank DVD-R that can be used to install Windows 7 on your Boot Camp partition.
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I tried the option to boot from the DVD, repair my computer, and from the command prompt do a "bootrec /rebuildbcd" but that failed. So the only fix I see is to PHYSICALLY disconnect the 2 RAID-0 drives, and then do a full install of Windows 7 again. What a royal pain-in-the-____. My motherboard is an ASUS P6T.   Any hotfix in the works???

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Identified Windows installations should be 1, not 0.
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I'm looking for a script or method that changes the default menu entry for the bootloader and reboots the system, but when I reboot (or shutdown) from Windows, Arch Linux becomes the default entry.
Maybe what I'm looking for is a way to save the previous selection as the default. Is this possible?
Last edited by DSpider (2012-04-23 09:50:23)

Ah, now I remember. GRUB Legacy. It's been so long since I last used it... About 3 years I think. It was great. It did what it was meant to do, and did it well. I use Syslinux now.
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http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Doc/extlinux
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Hi crabbattle,
The key for the original version installed on your PC only works with OEM versions of Windows. You'll need to use the key that came with the retail version of Windows you purchased, or use the recovery software on the PC.
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-wes
I am an HP employee.

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