Dual Booting

On Nov 13, 12:45*am, "peter" wrote:
Not if you disconnect drive 1 before doing the startup repair.
but you will need to be sure to change the BIOS boot order so that drive 2
is the boot drive

peter

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On Nov 12, 4:31 pm, theslaz wrote:
On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote:

But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate
partition
not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a
W7
MBR with
dual boot info.
If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not
disconnect the XP drive.
I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the
DVD.
By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your
system with the W7 DVD
in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to
correct the MBR

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html

peter

Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as
Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition on.

You have a similar set up like me. *XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me)
on drive 2.

When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD.
Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR.

I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows
7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD.
However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need
drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER!

Thanks!

On Nov 13, 12:45*am, "peter" wrote:
Not if you disconnect drive 1 before doing the startup repair.
but you will need to be sure to change the BIOS boot order so that drive 2
is the boot drive

peter

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"smlunatick" wrote in message

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On Nov 12, 4:31 pm, theslaz wrote:
On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote:

But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate
partition
not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a
W7
MBR with
dual boot info.
If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not
disconnect the XP drive.
I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the
DVD.
By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your
system with the W7 DVD
in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to
correct the MBR

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html

peter

Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as
Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition on.

You have a similar set up like me. *XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me)
on drive 2.

When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD.
Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR.

I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows
7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD.
However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need
drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER!

Thanks!

Are there dedicated Win 7 newsgroups yet?

....been away for a while, haven't paid attention until today...

-JohnO

"peter" wrote in message
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Not if you disconnect drive 1 before doing the startup repair.
but you will need to be sure to change the BIOS boot order so that drive 2
is the boot drive

peter

--
If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate
or disruptive,please ignore it.
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to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-)

"smlunatick" wrote in message
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On Nov 12, 4:31 pm, theslaz wrote:
On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote:

But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate
partition
not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a
W7
MBR with
dual boot info.
If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not
disconnect the XP drive.
I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the
DVD.
By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your
system with the W7 DVD
in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to
correct the MBR

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html

peter

Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as
Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition
on.

You have a similar set up like me. XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me)
on drive 2.

When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD.
Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR.

I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows
7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD.
However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need
drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER!

Are there dedicated Win 7 newsgroups yet?

....been away for a while, haven't paid attention until today...

-JohnO

"peter" wrote in message
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Not if you disconnect drive 1 before doing the startup repair.
but you will need to be sure to change the BIOS boot order so that drive 2
is the boot drive

peter

--
If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate
or disruptive,please ignore it.
If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain
to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-)

"smlunatick" wrote in message
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On Nov 12, 4:31 pm, theslaz wrote:
On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote:

But according to your original question you installed W7 on a separate
partition
not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to a
W7
MBR with
dual boot info.
If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not
disconnect the XP drive.
I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the
DVD.
By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting your
system with the W7 DVD
in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair to
correct the MBR

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html

peter

Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as
Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition
on.

You have a similar set up like me. XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me)
on drive 2.

When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD.
Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR.

I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows
7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD.
However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need
drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER!

Not yet. Just the Windows 7 forums.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7

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http://www.pagestart.com



"JohnO" wrote in message
...
Are there dedicated Win 7 newsgroups yet?

...been away for a while, haven't paid attention until today...

-JohnO

"peter" wrote in message
...
Not if you disconnect drive 1 before doing the startup repair.
but you will need to be sure to change the BIOS boot order so that drive
2 is the boot drive

peter

--
If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate
or disruptive,please ignore it.
If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain
to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-)

"smlunatick" wrote in message
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On Nov 12, 4:31 pm, theslaz wrote:
On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote:

But according to your original question you installed W7 on a
separate
partition
not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to
a W7
MBR with
dual boot info.
If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not
disconnect the XP drive.
I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the
DVD.
By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting
your
system with the W7 DVD
in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair
to
correct the MBR

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html

peter

Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as
Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition
on.

You have a similar set up like me. XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me)
on drive 2.

When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD.
Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR.

I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows
7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD.
However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need
drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER!

Not yet. Just the Windows 7 forums.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com



"JohnO" wrote in message
...
Are there dedicated Win 7 newsgroups yet?

...been away for a while, haven't paid attention until today...

-JohnO

"peter" wrote in message
...
Not if you disconnect drive 1 before doing the startup repair.
but you will need to be sure to change the BIOS boot order so that drive
2 is the boot drive

peter

--
If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate
or disruptive,please ignore it.
If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain
to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-)

"smlunatick" wrote in message
...
On Nov 12, 4:31 pm, theslaz wrote:
On 11/10/2009 5:56 PM, peter wrote:

But according to your original question you installed W7 on a
separate
partition
not a separate HD therefore the XP master boot record was changed to
a W7
MBR with
dual boot info.
If you used a separate HD the same thing would happen if you did not
disconnect the XP drive.
I believe that W7 has the startup repair option when booting from the
DVD.
By formatting the XP partition from within W7 and then restarting
your
system with the W7 DVD
in place and booting off the dvd you can invoke that startup repair
to
correct the MBR

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...up-repair.html

peter

Sorry; my mistake. It was not a "Partition" on the same Hard drive as
Windows XP; but a different Hard drive that I created a new partition
on.

You have a similar set up like me. XP on drive 1 and W7(Vista for me)
on drive 2.

When you remove XP, I was told that you "might" also remove the BCD.
Windows 7 / Vista does not use MBR.

I was also told that by booting with the install CD (Vista or Windows
7) you should be able to run a repair which will fix the BCD.
However, Windows 7 will forever be "stuck" on drive 2 and will need
drive 1 to work correct. BUMMER!