dual booting xp and 7 (problem with volumes)


  1. jubalharshaw
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    dual booting xp and 7 (problem with volumes)


    Hello,

    I just installed Win XP Professional 64 bit on a separate volume from my windows 7, and now that volume is listed as "boot" and I can't boot back into my windows 7. How do I change which volume boots? There is no boot manager when I turn on my laptop

    thanks,
    Jubal
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  3. Sassa
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    Try this tutorial: Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
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  4. alishanoon
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    This is going to be hard, either you have to obtain a boot manager software. I installed while windows XP was installed, so when I installed windows 7 on a separate volume it made the boot manager which had two booting choices:

    1. Earlier version of windows (Windows XP)
    2. Windows 7 (Default)
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  6. Bare Foot Kid
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    Hello jubalharshaw, welcome to Seven Forums!

    Have a look at the tutorial, at the link below, that will get you booting both again.

    Repair Install


    Please be sure to keep us posted.
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  7. johnwillyums
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    Hello Stranger. Great name. Hope you got your problem sorted
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