Windows boot prob.

by ETNiES • 14 Sep 2009, 17:04 • Journals
I installed windows7 on a hard drive the other day then I reinstalled XP on another, now I want to boot from the windows7 hard drive but im not getting the screen before windows starts to pick which I want to boot from..

So what would I do to boot from the win7 hard drive?
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M1R53 14 Sep 2009, 18:11
maybe set in BIOS to boot that disk first or something like that?
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Nub 14 Sep 2009, 18:11
You did something wrong or win 7 & xp are not supported together.
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duumed 14 Sep 2009, 18:18
i have xp and 7 and they work fine
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CuRvZ 14 Sep 2009, 18:12
Insert ur windows 7 disc and boot off the disc, then select repair and ull be able to boot 7 again. Might be that ull get the dualboot screen, but thats tricky to get working :(

Unless u install XP first...
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ETNiES 14 Sep 2009, 18:31
yea that got win7 working probably wont be able to get XP going now
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CuRvZ 14 Sep 2009, 19:39
I've got it working, but iv had other problems, I couldn't get into XP at all when after installing. I then repaired XP with the boot disc, then repaired 7 in the same way and after that it all of a sudden came up with the dualboot menu, so thats how i did it.

but as u seem to be able to access XP, maybe this will help you:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html
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H0uD!n1 14 Sep 2009, 18:58
google for bootloader
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Expired 14 Sep 2009, 19:13
mash F8 or F10 @ startup to bring up the boot selection screen i think
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ohje 14 Sep 2009, 19:22
u have to write the xp install into the bootmgr file at the win7 disk

google for the exact command
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Snorfiets 14 Sep 2009, 19:36
I had to use a program on vista to make dualboot work. It's because vista doesn't use boot.ini anymore, I think the same thing goes for W7.
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Gabt 14 Sep 2009, 19:48
Go to windows repair console, either win7's or XP's will work. Type fixboot, confirm yes's, type fixmbr, confirm yes's, should fix it.
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wsk 14 Sep 2009, 19:57
go away
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