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EastBCD boot menu doesn't come up

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I just downloaded EasyBCD 2.2 and installed it. When I boot, I get a boot menu taken from boot.ini, rather than from EasyBCD.

Here's what my boot.ini looks like:

; This boot.ini was automatically generated by NeoSmart Technologies' BootGrabber.exe
; Use EasyBCD from EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies to manage your bootloader
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(8)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(8)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on J:\" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on F:\" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(5)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on G:\" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on Q:\" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(5)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on R:\" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(8)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on U:\" /fastdetect

I'm in the process of upgrading to Win7 and all those XP installations will be obsolete. But in the meantime, that's what my boot.ini contains, and that's the boot menu I get.

This is what's in my EasyBCD menu in Overview mode:

There are a total of 4 entries listed in the bootloader.

Default: Microsoft Windows XP on J
Timeout: 30 seconds
Boot Drive: C:\

Entry #1
Name: Windows 7 Ultimate (recovered)
BCD ID: {9d17c42e-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
Drive: V:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe

Entry #2
Name: Microsoft Windows XP on J
BCD ID: {default}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\easyldr1

Entry #3
Name: Microsoft Windows XP on G
BCD ID: {9d17c433-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\easyldr2

Entry #4
Name: Microsoft Windows XP on R
BCD ID: {9d17c434-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\easyldr3


And here they are in Detailed mode:

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=C:
path \bootmgr
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
default {9d17c432-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
displayorder {9d17c42e-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
{9d17c432-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
{9d17c433-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
{9d17c434-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
timeout 30
displaybootmenu Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {9d17c42e-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
device partition=V:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7 Ultimate (recovered)
locale en-US
recoverysequence {9d17c42f-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=V:
systemroot \Windows

Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {9d17c432-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
device partition=C:
path \NST\easyldr1
description Microsoft Windows XP on J

Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {9d17c433-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
device partition=C:
path \NST\easyldr2
description Microsoft Windows XP on G

Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {9d17c434-e100-11e3-a61e-bf080d8c6ec0}
device partition=C:
path \NST\easyldr3
description Microsoft Windows XP on R


And finally, here's a list of the relevant folders and files on my C: drive, starting with the folders:

acroldr (I think this is an EasyBCD folder) contains one file: x0000001.bin
Boot contains a bunch of language folders and the files BCD BCD.LOG BOOTSTAT.DAT memtest.exe
NST contains easyldr1 easyldr2 easyldr3

boot.ini
BOOTLOG.TXT
bootmgr
BOOTSECT.DOS
ebcd.001
ebcd.002
ebcd.003

I wasn't at my computer when the installation of Win7 completed, but I thought I noticed some kind of error message (from the distance, it looked like it contained a red X) just as it rebooted for the final time. But it didn't reboot into Win7. I'm not getting a boot menu consisting of Windows 7 and Boot into earlier versions of Windows. All I'm getting are the six XP installations specified in boot.ini.

Please let me know if you require any additional information.

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