XP disappeared after 7 and ....

[kittleboy]

Hi my friends,
I had XP professional sp3 installed on C drive, then i installed 7 ultimate on D drive, after that i can't run XP anymore, I can't choose it;
As my CPU doesn't let me run Windows XP Mode feature of 7, and I am only using windows 7 these days ( I couldn't remove and format windows XP from drive C )
I just downloaded and installed " VMware-player-3.0.1-227600 ".
Now, how can i open my installed XP on drive C from 7 with this software?
If i can't ( even if i can ), please show me a way of removing xp.
please explain in an easy way like 1- ... 2- ... and . like that
Thanks

 

[Mitch656]

insert you Windows 7 instaillion Disk, reboot your PC and do a Start up repair.

It should once done, give u the boot manger, when compelete

 

[theog]

You can remove with EasyBCD

Use EasyBCD 2.0 in Win 7.

EasyBCD 2.0 Beta Builds - The NeoSmart Forums

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html?ltr=D

 

[paulpp]

In windows 7 click on start menu and in the search bar at the bottom type

"msconfig" without the quotes and then click on the "boot" tab and you should see all of the oparting system whichs you have installed or have previously installed,

go ahead and enable or disable any,

mkae sure you enable the windows xp boot entry and then reboot your computer.

You should then be able to choose which to load,

Windows 7 or Windows xp,

I hope this helped,

Regards Paul

 

[kittleboy]

In windows 7 click on start menu and in the search bar at the bottom type

"msconfig" without the quotes and then click on the "boot" tab and you should see all of the oparting system whichs you have installed or have previously installed,

go ahead and enable or disable any,

mkae sure you enable the windows xp boot entry and then reboot your computer.

You should then be able to choose which to load,

Windows 7 or Windows xp,

I hope this helped,

Regards Paul

it only shows one OS, and it is windows 7

 

[kittleboy]

insert you Windows 7 instaillion Disk, reboot your PC and do a Start up repair.

It should once done, give u the boot manger, when compelete

how to do a Start up repair?! what is that?

 

[kittleboy]

You can remove with EasyBCD

Use EasyBCD 2.0 in Win 7.

EasyBCD 2.0 Beta Builds - The NeoSmart Forums

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html?ltr=D

when ever i used EasyBCD, i couldn't go to one of my OS es .

 

[Jonathan_King]

Try running a startup repair om 7. It should detect the XP and add it to the BCD.

 

[Arc]

Hope you got it already fixed as per Jonathan's advise .
There is another way (just an alternative) to fix that issue. Download EasyBCD 2.0 Beta and install it in win 7. then add a windows xp boot entry using it. After restarting, you will get a dual boot between win 7 and xp.

 

[paulpp]

not sure if im right when i say this but to do a start up repair i think you may to insert your windows 7 disk and then click on repair instead of install or something along them lines,

dont take my word for it though but i think i seenn this mention somehwere else,

hope it helped,

Regards Paul

 

[kittleboy]

Hope you got it already fixed as per Jonathan's advise .
There is another way (just an alternative) to fix that issue. Download EasyBCD 2.0 Beta and install it in win 7. then add a windows xp boot entry using it. After restarting, you will get a dual boot between win 7 and xp.

what is windows xp boot entry, and where to add it?
I don't want to restart the computer.

Thanks my friend, hope it works.... :huh:

 

[kittleboy]

Try running a startup repair om 7. It should detect the XP and add it to the BCD.

It didn't work

 

[kittleboy]

insert you Windows 7 instaillion Disk, reboot your PC and do a Start up repair.

It should once done, give u the boot manger, when compelete

It didn't work

 

[iseeuu]

Try running a startup repair om 7. It should detect the XP and add it to the BCD.

It didn't work

kittleboy;

Are comfortable with typing command line instructions in a Command Prompt?



If you want to try, we might be able to fix your dual boot easy?

Cheers!
Robert

 

[Saltgrass]

Is this on one hard drive or two? Could you attach a Disk Management Snipping tool picture?

 

[kittleboy]

You can remove with EasyBCD

Use EasyBCD 2.0 in Win 7.

EasyBCD 2.0 Beta Builds - The NeoSmart Forums

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html?ltr=D

It showed the Previous ....
but, when i click on it, it says one file is missed or something like that, please re-install ....
and then after pressing any key, restart.

 

[kittleboy]

Is this on one hard drive or two? Could you attach a Disk Management Snipping tool picture?

It's on one HDD.
Yes I can connect flash memories ( pen drives ).... and no problem
I don't know what is Disk Management ..... .

 

[kittleboy]

Try running a startup repair om 7. It should detect the XP and add it to the BCD.

It didn't work

kittleboy;

Are comfortable with typing command line instructions in a Command Prompt?

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If you want to try, we might be able to fix your dual boot easy?

Cheers!
Robert

Well,
I think i can say that I am familiar at least a bit with command prompt
what should i do, please just give your instructions step by step.

because i disappeared my 7 several times, then i went to youtube with my friend laptop, then i could bring it up again through cmd, but then again, the XP is gone.

 

[Arc]

Try running a startup repair om 7. It should detect the XP and add it to the BCD.

It didn't work

Really ? It is a process thet generally never fails in this situation.

Hope you got it already fixed as per Jonathan's advise .
There is another way (just an alternative) to fix that issue. Download EasyBCD 2.0 Beta and install it in win 7. then add a windows xp boot entry using it. After restarting, you will get a dual boot between win 7 and xp.

what is windows xp boot entry, and where to add it?
I don't want to restart the computer.

Thanks my friend, hope it works.... :huh:

In first pic, click on the red bordered button : the 2nd pic will appear. click on the red bordered button, select win xp/nt/2k/2k3, and then in the third pic, click the red bordered button, thats all.

But my dear friend, whatever method of fixing the issue you may follow, restart/reboot is the must at the end to take the process effect. It is unavoidable.

Edit : you may try softpedia.com/EasyBCD insted of the beta if you want.

 

[iseeuu]

Well, I think i can say that I am familiar at least a bit with command prompt what should i do, please just give your instructions step by step.

kittleboy;

This is not a difficult thing to do, especially if you are familiar with using the command prompt. You will create the menu entry for XP manually. Hopefully, the necessary files are still there, if not, if it doesn't work the first time, we can find the correct files and move them to where the need to be.

From Windows 7 open an elevated command prompt: "Start", "All Programs", "Accessories", right click on command prompt and run as administrator.

Then type these four lines, one at a time, press enter in between.

Bcdedit /create {legacy} /d “WinXP”

Bcdedit /set {legacy} device boot

Bcdedit /set {legacy} path \ntldr

Bcdedit /displayorder {legacy} /addlast

You can look at this in more detail here: http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/58188-added-xp-7-but-now-wont-boot.html

At the reboot, you should have a menu entry for your XP. If not, we need to look at your system in more detail:

You would need to attach a picture of the Drive Management Utility drive map:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/51160-screenshot-upload-using-mwsnap.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9717-screenshot-paint.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-how-post-screenshot-seven-forums.html

Please let us know how we may assist you best?

Cheers!
Robert