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corrupt xp boot ini after 7 install
Hi Guys, I'm really hoping someone can help me out here as I'm at my wits end.
Background:
I was originally dual booting XP and Ubuntu on my main 240gb drive. I decided to give 7 a shot and in doing so wiped my ubuntu install, formatted a nice 50gb ntfs partition for 7 and installed it fine. However now when trying to boot into my "Previous Windows Installation" I'm getting a blank screen. I've tried using the XP recovery console from the disk to restore the bootmgr however chkdsk fails. I think somehow the partition table got rearranged during my install, and 7 didn't fix it for me. I have no idea what to do anymore since 7 won't allow me to change the partition value in my boot.ini file. I have a feeling that's all i need to do. I'm getting "Access is denied" on bootmgr and boot.ini in my XP home folder when accessing from win7..
Please someone give me some advice.
I've included what I think is all the relevant screenshots of my issue.. Please let me know if you need anymore. Thanks!
edit: Here's the Easy BCD settings: