Dual Boot options on Windows 7/8

this is a definite wish list Item , Make a usb recovery stick for windows 7 IE will boot system if it fails.

I have tried to install windows 7 drive 1

Drive 2 I have the original note book drive , soon going to remove windows7 (mini oem install)

Drive 2 fat 32 partition , (oem restore)

Drive 2 100 gig Ext3 Part Linux , & small swap partition

I have tried to use a 3rd party IE Acronis tools boot loader and Often any third party boot loader vs Windows 7 , will eventually lobotomize each other , and a windows install disk is then needed to fix it.

Honestly In Windows 8 I do hope Microsoft Adds better other OS detections for boot options and or adds a few ez tools to grab thier boot sector and add to the windows boot Loader,

I have tried many other tools to get Linux and windows to play nice,

with Windows XP I had a simple Dos Boot Loader Partition Commander , and for years it worked rather well. , and a fat 32 partition for shared files , .

and for doing work in Linux and making reports this worked well.

I can get software to do the same work under windows as Linux , 10,000 dollars I do however seem to be quite short of atm , were that wining lotto ticket.......... anyhow for doing Forensic Drive recovery in the field Laptop works nicely . as well as test many free utilities for Linux cost stratospheric prices on windows for similar equivalents.

@ home I can simply take the windows 7 drive out install Linux on its Drive # 2 , put back windows , load a Linux live dvd edit a few filesystem configs and VOlA , to boot I can use the BIOS boot screen ie F10 or 12 to select the drive .

unfortunatly with this laptop No such luck .

At any case , It is my hope Microsoft comes up with a Boot-camp or other style boot loader utilities that are windows 7/8 etc dual boot friendlier.

though I have the expertise to Fix it , I am also A graduate student , and only so many hours in the day, while I could be doing papers , I'm having to re-meditate a problem .

unfortunately I have yet to find a way to boot windows 7 without a floppy disk IE x 64 / and Linux , without something going wrong .

I could use a better boot-loader . most I have tried eventual fail . unfortunately I have tried the virtual floppy and it to fails.

EXt3 drivers let me read the Linux os drive .

MS needs a decent other OS boot-loader.

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