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XP Freezes on Dual Boot
XP installed and working fine on the first 100 Gig partition of a 250 Gig Drive.
Installed Windows 7 on a second 100 Gig partition.
Windows 7 boots and runs fine.
Boot menu works fine.
XP boots but freezes after it reaches the desktop.
Deleted the Windows 7 partition.
Boot menu with choice of Windows 7 or XP is still there.
XP starts and runs normal again.
Tried installing Windows 7 on a separate drive.
This added a 2nd instance of Windows 7 on Boot menu.
Windows 7 works fine
Windows XP freezes again after reaching the desktop.
Started XP in safe mode and disabled all startup programs and retried.
Same results, freezes at desktop.
Unplugged the Windows 7 drive.
Boot menu remains the same.
XP starts working normal again.
Evidently something in Windows 7 is interfering with the XP startup procedure.
What am I missing?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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