Dual Boot... loading the other os?

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  1. mckillwashere
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    If you have a second hard drive you are trying to install your second os onto I would suggest completely disconnecting the Windows 7 Hard drive installing the new os onto the other ,then installing Acronis Disk Director. ( Do NOT install acronnis onto the Win 7 drive due to current incompatibilities.) reconnect the Windows 7 Hard drive, and ensure that the drive that has Acronis is set as the primary boot drive. It should scan all the hard drives and pick up Windows 7 as an unknown OS. Rename it windows 7 and give it the windows logo and you should be set.
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  3. Iforgotart
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    alright, well i shutdown, popped windows 7 disk in, and it booted, i selected my language, but then.... OH NO!

    IT BROUGHT ME TO PARTITION MANAGER!!!!!!!

    yea, so it brought me to partition manager!!! i got no selection of windows 7 repair, and when i choose a partition it just starts instalation... HELP PLEASE!!!!!
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  4. Iforgotart
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    alright, well i shutdown, popped windows 7 disk in, and it booted, i selected my language, but then.... OH NO!

    IT BROUGHT ME TO PARTITION MANAGER!!!!!!!

    yea, so it brought me to partition manager!!! i got no selection of windows 7 repair, and when i choose a partition it just starts instalation... HELP PLEASE!!!!!
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  6. zigzag3143
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    Iforgotart said:
    alright, well i shutdown, popped windows 7 disk in, and it booted, i selected my language, but then.... OH NO!

    IT BROUGHT ME TO PARTITION MANAGER!!!!!!!

    yea, so it brought me to partition manager!!! i got no selection of windows 7 repair, and when i choose a partition it just starts instalation... HELP PLEASE!!!!!
    get a third party disk manager like parigon disk suite 2009. delete every stinking partition. also if you want to break the partition manager it is in the root of c:\ and is called boot
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  7. Iforgotart
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    If i just delete the XP partition with the windows 7 boot manager, should windows 7 boot? keep in mind i installed windows 7 BEFORE xp
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  8. SIW2
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    How do you mean you get no Repair my computer option?

    See method Two here:

    System Recovery Options
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  10. Iforgotart
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    screw it, ill just do a clean install, none of the tutorials on this site give any sort of direct answer.
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  11. SIW2
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    Dual Boot... loading the other os?-repair-your-comp-2009-09-26_235514.jpg
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