cant boot to my windows xp HD after installing Windows 7.


  1. ekfight
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    cant boot to my windows xp HD after installing Windows 7.


    I cant believe I cant figure this out on my own!
    Maybe with some time, but I wanna ask for help anyway.

    SO I have my main hard drive that has windows 7 on it. i have an old hard drive that has windows XP on it.
    I brought my old HD over to a friends house and it boots to XP fine. However now When I plug the same old HD into my new computer, It automatically boots to Windows 7 and doesnt even give the option to boot to XP.

    Ive seen it before where during the boot menu it will say:

    earlier version of windows
    Windows 7

    although now I have no option, anyone know what the issue might be?
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  3. gregrocker
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    Unplug the WIn7 HD, plug in XP HD, run a Repair Install to adjust XP to the new hardware: Repair Windows XP - How to Perform a Repair Installation of Windows XP - Part 1 of 2

    Since you have separate HD's, boot the preferred HD by setting it first to boot in BIOS setup, then boot the other HD using the one-time BIOS Boot Menu key given on first boot screen. This keeps the HD"s independent to come and go as you please.
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  4. ekfight
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    that makes so much sense,

    can you tell i had been up for hours and didnt think of that????

    thanks! ill give er a shot right now.
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  6. gregrocker
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    Let us know how it goes.
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