Xp/W7 Dual boot issue


  1. Posts : 1
    W7 & XP
       #1

    Xp/W7 Dual boot issue


    Hi everyone,

    I have 2 HDD, One with XP and the other with W7

    yesterday, after restarting W7 the dual boot option disappeared, starting with Xp automatically.
    I repaired ,with W7 DVD, the boot and managed to start it again but the problem is that the dual boot option is missing, any thoughts on how to repair it?

    I've istalled EasyBCD and what worries me is the fact that there's only one entry detected which is in fact the W7 boot's entry.


    here is what the EasyBCD says:

    Windows Boot Manager
    --------------------
    identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
    device partition=C:
    path \bootmgr
    description Windows Boot Manager
    locale en-US
    inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
    default {d254bdbe-3b96-11df-b954-e391b179b858}
    displayorder {d254bdbe-3b96-11df-b954-e391b179b858}
    toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
    timeout 10

    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {d254bdbe-3b96-11df-b954-e391b179b858}
    device partition=H:
    path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
    description Windows 7 Ultimate (recovered)
    locale en-US
    recoverysequence {d254bdbf-3b96-11df-b954-e391b179b858}
    recoveryenabled Yes
    osdevice partition=H:
    systemroot \Windows
    resumeobject {08132a88-4b8a-11df-aa39-806e6f6e6963}


    Thank you in advance :)


    EDIT: I've managed to establish a new entry for Xp with EasyBCD and now seems to be working just fine.

    Last edited by machupichu; 19 Apr 2010 at 05:16. Reason: Solved
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 1,641
    Dual-boot: Windows 7 HP 32-bit SP1 & Windows XP Pro 32-bit SP2.
       #2

    So you have actually fixed it?
      My Computer

  3.    #3

    Once you recovered the MBR to WIn7, it needed to have XP added back to Dual Boot menu as you found. EasyBCD 2.0 is the tool for this.
      My Computer


 

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