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Windows 7 cannot install, unable to boot to XP ERROR LOADING OS -help
XP on one hard drive, and trying to install Win7 on brand new 500gb drive.
Loaded 7Ultimate and got to Install screen. Selected drive and made new partition. Clicked next. Received error:
I don't know how to get to the logs, but what does this message mean? I have tried almost 6 or 7 times and even once with my 7 Home edition disk. Ran the startup repair a couple times. Tried formatting the drive from my XP Pro sp3 disk.Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the setup log files for more info.
So now here's where the real problem comes in: ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM. Now I can't get back into XP! Tried booting from ERD Commander 05, but I get an error code 4096 with that, and "File SETUPREG.HIV could not be loaded".
How can I get XP back to booting properly? Maybe it's a faulty hard drive and needs returning. But it is extremely important that I get this computer back up and running immediately. Thank you in advance for any help, and let me know if you need more info on what I tried so far.
THANKS