Exercise problem

Hi All, I am attempting to follow the directions in Chapter 2 Exercise 2 in
the 70-680:Configuring Windows 7 Self Paced Training Kit and it's just not
working. I am stuck on Exercise 2 (Adding a VHD to the Boot Menu) Step 3
which says to run bcdedit /set <guid> device vhd=partition w: (I have gotten
the guid from a previous command and replaced it in the previous command with
the <> as shown I also tried {} and nothing at all surrounding the guid. I
continue to receive the following error: "The element data type specified is
not recognized, or does not apply to the specified entry."

From what i can decypher from the bcdedit /? command I believe the syntax in
the book is incorrect but for the life of me I cant figure out what the
correct syntax is. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated since I'm
stuck and cant move on until I get this figured out (The next lesson builds
off of this one which is pretty standard for microsoft press texts)

Thank you,
John

 

The latter of the three you tried is the correct syntax.

I would suggest finding the BCDEDIT command reference documentation in the
TechNet Library and verifying that the book does not have any errors with
regards to the syntax of the command. I suspect your belief that the book is
defective is probably correct. The 70-680 book has a rep for having a large
number of errors.

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