2nd added OS broke Sleep Mode in 1st OS (Windows 7 1st)
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:21 pm
BootIt BM (& Image) did a great job of letting me move Windows 7 Ultimate to a new 2TB hard drive (HD) without much study. I was able to edit the Windows 7 Boot Configuration Data and change all of the HD0 referenced to HD1 such that the System Reserved boot partition now points to its new partition on HD1. Windows 7 seemed very happy including SLEEP MODE.
I was then able to install Windows Server 2012 Standard on the older HD0 drive (actually both drives are RAID 1 pairs but appear as HD0 & HD1 via the BIOS). => BootIT BM lets me choose either operating system (OS) at startup or restart as intended. So I made lots of progress forward but now Windows 7 Ultimate will not go into Sleep mode for more than a few seconds. In other words, the Windows 7 Ultimate OS tries to SLEEP but wakes right back up.
Since I believe that the 2nd OS install broke Sleep mode on the 1st OS, I became concerned when I noted that the System Configuration >> Boot displays the 2nd OS when running the 1st OS ! => In other words, running Windows 7, the System Configuration >> Boot form displays "Windows Server 2012 (D:\Windows) : Default OS".
Furthermore, when Windows 7 installed, it created a hidden System Reserved partition on HD1. Likewise, Windows Server 2012 also created a boot partition but it was NOT hidden and consequently it was assigned a drive letter. Hmm... Very suspicious! (But perhaps irrelevant ?)
So I downloaded and installed EasyBCD 2.2 and fussed around with the System Reserved boot configuration data to no avail, tried hiding the 2nd System Reserved boot partition (for Windows Server) to no avail and searched the internet for clues to no avail.
Any Thoughts ? (I'd rather put the system to SLEEP than always have to shut down.)
Thanks, Tom
I was then able to install Windows Server 2012 Standard on the older HD0 drive (actually both drives are RAID 1 pairs but appear as HD0 & HD1 via the BIOS). => BootIT BM lets me choose either operating system (OS) at startup or restart as intended. So I made lots of progress forward but now Windows 7 Ultimate will not go into Sleep mode for more than a few seconds. In other words, the Windows 7 Ultimate OS tries to SLEEP but wakes right back up.
Since I believe that the 2nd OS install broke Sleep mode on the 1st OS, I became concerned when I noted that the System Configuration >> Boot displays the 2nd OS when running the 1st OS ! => In other words, running Windows 7, the System Configuration >> Boot form displays "Windows Server 2012 (D:\Windows) : Default OS".
Furthermore, when Windows 7 installed, it created a hidden System Reserved partition on HD1. Likewise, Windows Server 2012 also created a boot partition but it was NOT hidden and consequently it was assigned a drive letter. Hmm... Very suspicious! (But perhaps irrelevant ?)
So I downloaded and installed EasyBCD 2.2 and fussed around with the System Reserved boot configuration data to no avail, tried hiding the 2nd System Reserved boot partition (for Windows Server) to no avail and searched the internet for clues to no avail.
Any Thoughts ? (I'd rather put the system to SLEEP than always have to shut down.)
Thanks, Tom