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Vista boot animation on new 7 install
Clean installing Win7 on an XP Dell Dimension 2400 after upgrading RAM.
Twice installed but still getting Vista boot animation instead of Win7. Worse yet, it goes black after two passes then waits about ten seconds before getting a cursor and then blue Starting Screen.
XP is on first partition in a dual boot which I've hidden so owner has path back to XP if desired.
I have checked BCDedit which shows EN so it knows where to look for animation file.
Had bad resolution until driver was installed but the problem persists.
Hardware tests OK.
Anyone had this before and solved it? The BCDEdit is all I find.
Not sure I'll deliver Win7 if this can't be solved since there's a black hole in the startup which I've not seen before.