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Thank you, MysteriousMadCoder - yes, I also believe that I am missing a bootloader and that is why Easeus todo backup wanted to include the Win 8.1 partition. I guess that, normally, one would boot the installation CD and repair the partition/bootloader etc., but I no longer have the CD and do not want to over-write my installation using a different VP boot medium. I wonder if it is possible to somehow add a bootloader when making the VM within XP??
– Johnp2
Commented Jun 14, 2023 at 2:46
boy do i get a lot of hate for my answers and its the one you liked wow.
– MysteriousMadCoder
Commented Jun 14, 2023 at 2:50
if there is a builtin tool you can run to do this its news to me, you might try to determine what the layout of the mbr entry is and what portion of the disk partition it would point to if you reallly want to get hacky to see if the BL is still there ON A TEST COPY. because likely the mbr is pointing to the BL on the windows 8.1 partition. a bit of interesting trivia, sometimes when you had a multboot linux/xp machine at this point and you booted into xp it would change the mbr to point to xp and lock you out of your linux install.
– MysteriousMadCoder
Commented Jun 14, 2023 at 2:54
so likely your tool is reading the mbr and realizing its point to the 8.1
– MysteriousMadCoder
Commented Jun 14, 2023 at 2:55
maybe when they delete everything they don't want to have to recreate my answers lol
– MysteriousMadCoder
Commented Jun 14, 2023 at 2:57

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