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Dual Boot Problem
I had windows XP and Win 7 on the same hard drive, sadly the xp got
corrupted and I have just done a fresh installation. Now I can only boot into XP and not into Win 7. Is there any way or utility out there that is free that will allow me to get the boot menu back as it was under Win 7 I mean where it gives you the option to boot to Win 7 or previous version of windows ????? Many thanks in advance Steve |
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Dual Boot Problem
"Steve" wrote in message ... I had windows XP and Win 7 on the same hard drive, sadly the xp got corrupted and I have just done a fresh installation. Now I can only boot into XP and not into Win 7. Is there any way or utility out there that is free that will allow me to get the boot menu back as it was under Win 7 I mean where it gives you the option to boot to Win 7 or previous version of windows ????? Many thanks in advance Steve EasyBCD: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 If the 100MB system partition is still intact and not corrupted EasyBCD should allow you to include Windows 7 back. Read the following article, most likely Method #2 is what step you will need to perform. "Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP" http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...dows-7-xp.html -- JS http://www.pagestart.com |
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Steve wrote:
I had windows XP and Win 7 on the same hard drive, sadly the xp got corrupted and I have just done a fresh installation. Now I can only boot into XP and not into Win 7. Is there any way or utility out there that is free that will allow me to get the boot menu back as it was under Win 7 I mean where it gives you the option to boot to Win 7 or previous version of windows ????? Yes there is a utility that will fix this problem, it's on the Windows 7 install disk. Just put your Win7 install disk in your DVD drive, boot from it and select your language preferences. Then the next screen simply press r to repair your computer. After it scans for a valid Win7 installation just click on the items that says something like Automatically Fix Startup Problems... or something like that, it's been a while since I last looked at that window. |
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Many thanks for the info, however i did have an Image file of the drive so I
used that to restore things the way they were but I will remember the tips for future reference. Steve "Roy Smith" wrote in message ... Steve wrote: I had windows XP and Win 7 on the same hard drive, sadly the xp got corrupted and I have just done a fresh installation. Now I can only boot into XP and not into Win 7. Is there any way or utility out there that is free that will allow me to get the boot menu back as it was under Win 7 I mean where it gives you the option to boot to Win 7 or previous version of windows ????? Yes there is a utility that will fix this problem, it's on the Windows 7 install disk. Just put your Win7 install disk in your DVD drive, boot from it and select your language preferences. Then the next screen simply press r to repair your computer. After it scans for a valid Win7 installation just click on the items that says something like Automatically Fix Startup Problems... or something like that, it's been a while since I last looked at that window. |
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Steve wrote:
Many thanks for the info, however i did have an Image file of the drive so I used that to restore things the way they were but I will remember the tips for future reference. "Roy Smith" wrote in message ... Steve wrote: I had windows XP and Win 7 on the same hard drive, sadly the xp got corrupted and I have just done a fresh installation. Now I can only boot into XP and not into Win 7. Is there any way or utility out there that is free that will allow me to get the boot menu back as it was under Win 7 I mean where it gives you the option to boot to Win 7 or previous version of windows ????? Yes there is a utility that will fix this problem, it's on the Windows 7 install disk. Just put your Win7 install disk in your DVD drive, boot In addition to what I had mentioned earlier there is also a way you can create a bootable Windows recovery disk. Since all it does is repairs or recovers your Windows installation it boots faster that the install disk. To create one here's all you have to do, click on the Start menu - Control Panel, now what you do next depends on which view you're using. With the Icon view click on Backup and Restore, and with the category view click on "Backup your computer" which appears under the System and Security heading on the top left of the screen. Once in the backup and restore window look on the left side panel and you should see a line that says "Create a system repair disc" and just click there and follow the prompts... -- Roy Smith Windows XP Pro SP3 |
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