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Windows 7 from Vista, now boot problem
I recently got windows 7 so that I could do away with vista on my computer, (got tired of having to use 2gb of ram just to Idle) and I can't boot. Here is what Happened:
I already had WinVista installed and wanted to upgrade to Windows 7(x64) but out of caution I dualbooted Win7 and Vista on two separate hard drives. after getting all of my info over to windows 7 I decided to get rid of vista. I looked at several things on the internet that said the easiest way to get rid of it (in hind sight was a mistake) was to wipe the hard drive. That worked to get rid of vista, but I think that it wiped out my windows 7 boot file, because now I can't boot. When loading it says something like "cannot load boot file or disk i/o error".
I tried inserting the CD and reinstalling win7, but I don't want to overwrite all of my files, and it wont let me repair anything. It shows the hard drive and all of my files, but acts as if Windows 7 is not there... Any help please!