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Dual Boot XP x32 / 7 x64 (not seen before)
Hi everyone,
That's my first post here, I looked everywhere for a solution for my problem but it seems to be unique (and sorry if it's not, mea culpa):
1. I made a clean install of XP x86 on my IDE 80GB HDD. I have created a new 20GB partition (C) for my XP, and with the remaining space I created another one for 7 (I didn't formatted it, but it was created on the XP installation process).
2. Once installed, I also installed all the essential drivers for my XP to run (video, chipset) but DID NOT installed the SP3 (just on SP2 with no minor patches).
3. I've booted the computer several times before changing the BIOS again to look for my DVD ROM for a 7 install.
4. Began installing the 7 on D: (that partition I've created on XP installation, and no, I didn't installed it on XP partition C:).
5. Installed 7 normally, booted again, but without changing my BIOS - it was still showing that "Press any key to start from the DVD". Windows 7 loaded fine, but without the OS selection screen.
(edit) I've passed by this step and did NOT hit any key so I booted 7 from HDD
6. Activated my 7, restarted, changed the BIOS to boot from the HDD.
7. Now XP booted up, without showing OS Selection screen.
8. Changed the BIOS again, went for the 7 startup repair, it didn't found XP, neither seemed to repair anything, even when I did fixMBR and fixBoot. I've tried it several times with no success.
Attention points:
When I choose to boot from the cd and wait for it to pass by do HDD, I have a Seven boot;
When I choose to boot directly from the HDD, it gives me XP;
I also tried fixing the 7 bootloader with easybcd with no results.
(edit, and this one seems to be important) When I boot from 7, 7 partition is C:. When I boot from XP, XP partition is ALSO C:.
So... Any ideas? I've already lost 5 hours of my life on those 8 steps hehe