Dual Booting

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  1. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #11

    whs said:
    I made this little tutorial for you:

    Dual Boot - Delete a OS
    Thank you very much, however I screwed up by trying to reboot so I can't get into any of that at the moment.
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #12

    Try to "Add new entry" with EasyBCD.
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  3. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #13

    I cant get to it.. i am unable to boot to any operating system now.
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  4. Posts : 35
    Windows7 Pro
       #14

    Use Windows 7 install dvd to repair boot . When you launch w7 dvd , then search for w7 installed Os in hdd , then repair booting process.

    When w7 boot again , use easyBcd to repair/fix Windows Xp entry.

    Usually installling Xp after W7 can messed up bootloader.
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  5. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #15

    Thanks..I have tried several times now, its not repairing it. Going to try a restore next.
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  6. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #16

    whs said:

    Windows will not let you create a 4th Primary partition, it never will.
    I think this is not quite correct. You can have 4 primary partitions in MBR and 250 or so in GPT. But a 5th primary in MBR will change all partitions to dynamics.
    Wolfgang, I never said you can`t have 4 Primary partitions, I said.....

    Windows will not let you make 4 primary partitions, you have to use a 3rd party program.
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  7. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #17

    blondie357 said:
    OK so I used that program to make the area I shrunk a primary partition. I then rebooted and installed XP onto it. That part went fine. I used EasyBCD to add windows 7 to the boot list. When I tried rebooting and choosing windows 7, it starts to load the logo and then reboots. I am stuck in that loop. XP will boot up fine, 7 will not. If I go into XP and look in msconfig, this is what my boot.ini looks like.


    Doesn't look right does it? Please help!
    Did I not tell you that would happen ?

    And I told you how to repair it.
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  8. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #18

    pippox0 said:
    Use Windows 7 install dvd to repair boot . When you launch w7 dvd , then search for w7 installed Os in hdd , then repair booting process.

    When w7 boot again , use easyBcd to repair/fix Windows Xp entry.

    Usually installling Xp after W7 can messed up bootloader.
    I said all this in reply #3
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #19

    AddRAM said:
    whs said:

    Windows will not let you create a 4th Primary partition, it never will.
    I think this is not quite correct. You can have 4 primary partitions in MBR and 250 or so in GPT. But a 5th primary in MBR will change all partitions to dynamics.
    Wolfgang, I never said you can`t have 4 Primary partitions, I said.....

    Windows will not let you make 4 primary partitions, you have to use a 3rd party program.
    Sure you can make 4 primaries with disk management. Try it. You only get into trouble when you attempt to make the 5th primary - then you fall into the dynamics.
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  10. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #20

    So then, prey tel, why couldn`t he make a 4th primary partition with windows ???

    Everything I`ve ever read says windows DM can only make 3 Primaries and the 4th will always be an extended partition.

    Only 3 Primary Partitions, Disk Management windows 7 and 8

    windows 7 - Only three primary partitions? - Super User

    Windows 7 won't allow four primary partitions??? - AnandTech Forums

    But if you say you`ve done it, I`m not gonna argue with you, no way :)

    As you well know I would never use DM to manipulate partitions anyway :)
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