Grub4dos Windows
Install Grub4Dos to your Hard Disk An article by Bharat Balegere 9 Comments Last Modified on January 7, 2017 Grub4dos it is a versatile bootloader capable of dual/multi-booting DOS, Windows, Linux and other operating systems. Copy C: Grub4dos grldr to the root directory of an existing windows install and add the following line to the [operating systems] section of the configuration file.
This article shows how to install Windows 10 (32 or 64 bits) from Windows XP, you don't have to burn images to DVD disk or copy Windows 10 files to a flash drive. You'll need only:
- Windows 10 ISO file;
- A new partition for Windows 10 on your hard drive;
- Some free soft, including GRUB4DOS loader, it can mount an ISO file as a virtual CD-ROM drive.
List of the software:
- Windows 10 Insider Preview ISO;
- MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition, or GParted;
- 7-Zip archiver or ISO Opener;
- grub4dos-0.4.4.zip (MD5:d6a4f7cc3eae6f94811d3e23063af496).
Also you can download files menu.lst, grldr and boot.ini here: how_to_install_windows_10_from_windows_xp.zip
What we will do (we have the drive C: with installed Windows XP (FAT32), the drive D: is CD-ROM drive):
- Rename CD-ROM letter from D: to E: (it may be unnecessary if there is no CD-ROM or it already assigned to another letter);
- Create new partition (disk D:) for Windows 10;
- Copy Windows 10 ISO file from the Internet to the disk D:, and unpack this ISO file to the same disk in D:WIN or any other directory you created;
- Add GRUB4DOS loader and its 'menu.lst' file to the Windows XP;
- Add a string with 'grub' loader to the boot file 'boot.ini'.
The installation process:
- Start the computer, select GRUB loader in the boot manager, select Windows 10 ISO file to load, it will start the installation of Windows 10;
- Do not try to install it, it will fail. You have to open Windows recovery console;
- Navigate to the unpacked Windows 10 ISO file, go to the 'D:WINsources' directory;
- Start the file setup.exe ('D:WINsourcessetup.exe'), and install Windows 10 as a second OS on the disk D:.
Let's start. Open Windows XP Disk Management: right-click the 'Start' button, and Left-click 'My Computer', then click 'Manage'. Select 'Disk Management' (or click 'Start' button, then click 'Run', type there 'compmgmt.msc', and then click OK).
We need change the letter of CD-ROM from D: to any other value. Right-click the CD-ROM, then select 'Change drive letter and paths..'.
Now drive letter E: assigned to the CD-ROM drive:
We need to resize the existing partition C: to create a new partition. Because the file system of the drive C: is FAT32, it is impossible to use the DISKPART utility in Windows XP, it works only with NTFS partitions. Fortunately, there is freeware like MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition, or GParted programs.
Let's installMiniTool Partition Wizard and run it. You'll see the main screen of the program. Select the disk C:, and click on the 'Move/Resize' button:
Now resize the disk C: and click 'OK'. Windows 10 requires at least 20 GB (including a space for updates) of free space to install, so set the 'Unallocated Space After' to 20000 MB or more.
Click 'OK', and you'll see a new logical disk. To make it active, you must click on the 'Apply' button.
Warning! Before you start it, you have to backup all critical data, because in case of power failure all the data may be lost.
You will be asked to restart the computer, and at the boot you'll see Partition Wizard running:
This resizing process may take quite a long time, so be patient. At the end, Partition Wizard will automatically restart the computer.
Open Disk Management, as it was described earlier, you'll see there unallocated space, right-click on it:
Now create a new primary partition, specify its size in MB, and assign the drive letter D: to the partition:
Format the partition in NTFS file system, also you can change the volume label:
After format is completed, there will be a new disk in the system. If you can't see it in the Explorer, reboot the computer.
The next step - copy Windows 10 ISO file (Windows10_InsiderPreview_x32_EN-US_xxxxx.iso or Windows10_InsiderPreview_x64_EN-US_xxxxx.iso) into the root directory of the drive D:, then rename the ISO file into 'iso.iso'. Create the directory 'WIN' in the root directory, and unpack 'iso.iso' there. To unpack the ISO file you can use 7-Zip archiver or ISO Opener (they are freeware). This is how the root directory of the drive D: looks:
Now let's explain the GRUB4DOS boot loader. You need the file 'grldr' (MD5:fcec9e82177c23864a91d896aef261df), copy it into the root directory of the drive C:. You can get this file here: grub4dos-0.4.4.zip. You have to modify the file 'boot.ini' located in the root of the drive C: (remove attributes 'Read Only' and 'Hidden' before edit!), add this string:
c:grldr='Loader'
Also increase timeout, add this value to that file:
timeout=30
The file 'boot.ini' has this content:
Also you'll need the file 'menu.lst' with this content:
In this file parameters (hd0,0) and (hd0,1) mean C: and D: drives, respectively.
If your hard drive connected to a different SATA port, you have to change (hd0,0) and (hd0,1) to (for example) (hd1,0) and (hd1,1) or (hd2,0) and (hd2,1) and so on. Also you may have to change partitions (for example, hd0,0 to hd0,5). To find exact values of this parameters, use GRUB boot loader, see this screenshot:
Press 'c' for a command-line, then type uuid (mind it is case sensitive). You'll see something like that:
Use this values in the file 'menu.lst'. To quit the boot Loader, type there reboot command. For more information, read the boot loader documentation.
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Let's see how the root directory of Windows XP looks:
There are files 'grldr', 'menu.lst' and the modified file 'boot.ini'.
OK, let's reboot the computer. Select the Loader at startup:
Press any key to boot the Windows 10:
Windows setup will go through several screens, and when you get this screen, you have to click on the 'Repair your computer':
Click on the 'Troubleshoot':
Then click on the 'Advanced options':
And click on the 'Command prompt':
You'll see a window with the command-line interpreter:
You have to navigate to the 'D:WINsources' directory and start the file 'setup.exe':
That's all, the Windows 10 installation will begin. You'll pass through several screens, select 'Install Windows only' on the this screen:
Then select the Partition 2 that were created earlier:
Now you can continue the Windows 10 installation, you can read about it here: How to install windows 10 on a computer - a step by step guide
But how to uninstall Windows 10? It's easy - you'll need your CD with Windows XP. Boot the computer from CD-ROM drive with this CD, go to the 'Recovery Console', and type there this command:
fixboot C:
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It will rewrite the boot sector to the disk C:, so the computer will boot with Windows XP as it was before, and you can delete all the files from the disk D:.
Also you can watch the video How to install Windows 10 from Windows XP without DVD or USB stick on Youtube.
By the way, using this tutorial you can install Windows 7, 8, 8.1 the same way.
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Here are the following steps to experience this problem.
1) download grub4dos 0.4.4 here: http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/
2) copy grldr, grldr.mbr, menu.lst to C:
3) some commands here: http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Grub4dos_tutorial#Booting_GRUB_for_DOS_via_the_Windows_Vista_boot_manager
4) execute following command in cmd.exe and note the guid in the output e.g. {234325-bla-bla}:
5) then replace {id} with guid you have obtained before and execute the following ones.
6) reboot. choose 'start grub4dos' on boot screen.7) I get following error:
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8) do not lose that guid. use following command to delete
(9) if you lost the command, execute bcdedit and you can see grub4dos record guid here)
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Any ideas?
Grub4dos Windows Xp Install
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bcdedit /set {id} device bootshould (probably, if it's on C) be:bcdedit /set {id} device partition=C:
this is becouse Windows 7 creates a hidden extra partition for the BCD Quick way to earn 10000.