Ok, couldn't find any repair install in the boot menu of the winxp cd. The only choice I had was to delete the old winxp installation or not. So that's what I did. Once installed, I installed EasyBCD on winxp and rewrote the MBR, together with the winxp entry. Now both OS:es will boot properly from the boot menu.
good to see everything got sorted for you in the end quano, thank you for posting back to let us know
Working in a corporate environment, we use Windows XP now but are needing to upgrade to Windows 7. I have dual boot Windows XP and 7 machine, thats the easy part, but I need to hide Windows 7 from the boot menu OR have a keyboard shortcut that can boot Win 7. The goal is I do not want users to...
I have a Gateway computer, 64 bit, DX4822-01, with Intel pentium E5300 Dual Core, 2.6GHZ each, 6GB ram, and 1TB HDD, running Windows 7 Home Premium x 64 bit.
I want to add Winxp Pro for a dual boot. What all do I need to know and what to watch out for to accomplish this? Is there any trouble to...
What is the easiest way to backup an existing WinXp on an old hard drive and restore it to a new hard drive that has Win 7 on it in order to dual boot them?
I bought a new hard drive and Win 7 for my laptop but I want to add my existing WinXp from the old hd and dual boot them.
hi guys i need some help hear, i want to dual boot with win7 with win xp, i have windows 7 ultimate installed now and i want to install winxp pro with out screwing my windows 7 install thanks
My dual boot system WinXP/Win7 got really Messed up. I am stil getting it straighten out. I got an error and neither operating system would boot up. It was really screwed. I almost have the system fixed. I do not yet have Win7 back running though...
What happens is that when I installed Win7...