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OT: [Solved] PT-Win 7 / XP Dual-Boot; Question re: Win 7 Install, Boot Manager Files
Posting here in desperate hope for help...
I previously had PT 9 installed on its own Win 7 partition, in a working, dual-boot XP/Win 7 setup on my Inspiron laptop. I accidently corrupted that setup, and had to reinstall Win 7; here's the situation I posted at EasyBCD forum: I erroneously installed Win 7 from DVD to its own partition, while booted into XP . As was explained to me here, Win 7 installed boot files to the XP partition because it was the active partition...Any insight would be greatly appreciated, |
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Re: OT: PT-Win 7 / XP Dual-Boot; Question re: Win 7 Install, Boot Manager Files
[Solved] - After much research and trial and error, what finally allowed the Windows 7 installation from DVD onto new partition to complete successfully for me (not hang after the first re-boot), and to then be able to dual boot with the existing XP installation, was:
For whatever reason, that sequence, for me, allowed the installation to complete successfully, with Win 7 installed on (C) drive, as desired, and my other partition, with XP, shows, from within Win 7, as the (E) drive. Then after running EasyBCD 2.1.2 to add new entry, it easily detected the existing XP installation, and added it to the boot menu... and so when booted into XP, it's on it's own (C) drive, and from within XP, the Win 7 partition appears as the (E) drive. |
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