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Win7 will no longer start after doing Windows updates
I have a 9 month old dual boot system (EasyBCD) with WinXP Pro and Win7 Pro (64 bit). Last weekend I upgraded to SP1 in Win7 and did all the required restarts with no problem. Then I decided to go into XP and check for updates. This had not been done for 71 days so there were a few. Did the required restarts with no problem.
System is not overclocked, run Nortons Internet Security, 2 1TB drives not in a RAID setup. Win XP is only installed because some software I have will just not run in Win7.
Tried to restart PC back into Win7 and that's when I discovered that I could not do so. It stops at the "Starting Windows" screen.
Tried the boot from disc and repair route but it found nothing wrong. Can still see all my HD partitions and data thru XP so thats a relief... but if I have to reinstall, it would be 2x in 5 months due to "crashes".
I do have access to a screenshot I took of the Win7 Disk Management window after I did the first reinstall. Would like to compare it to what is happening right now but that is hard to do if I can't start Win7.
Would even like to manually start Win7 (to check things) from the command prompt but don't know if it is possible.
Any advice?
Last edited by Horseshoe; 19 Mar 2011 at 10:22. Reason: spelling, more info