My friend cant get the longhorn bootloader to install


  1. blackRaven546
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    WIndows 7 7100
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    My friend cant get the longhorn bootloader to install


    i know vista uses longhorn is it the same in 7? anyway he cant get the boot loader to install.

    hes installing on a seperate partition (other partition has XP), and if im correct he can boot into XP but not 7, any idea?
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  3. torrentg
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    Use bios to select a different hard drive, to get into 7. Then add XP to the bootloader using EasyBCD. That's assuming 7 is installed already. Maybe I misunderstood.
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  4. jfar
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    Vista Ult64, Win7600
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    Hi blackRaven546 , try this link ,it may help.
    Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
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