Win7 missing after installing xp


  1. Posts : 99
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #1

    Win7 missing after installing xp


    My problem is bit different, I installed XP AFTER windows 7 (rc) to get functionality of the old driver models.
    Now after installation my windows 7 is gone.

    I got 1 HDD C: was my win 7 partition, D: was my games n stuff partition and then I made new E: partition for XP and installed it on E:
    After I got to desktop I noticed C: was now my xp partition and D: win7 and E: was all the games and other stuff and windows 7 wasnt found when I looked from startup and recovery, I know my win 7 is safe but unusable.

    Question is how do i get it back to functional, repair maybe?
    But does it mess my xp then?
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  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Nikkeli,

    You should be able to pick up at step 7 in METHOD TWO of the tutorial below to repair this.

    Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 99
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Sorry for not looking tutorials first, whenever I try to search for something it never exists and when I don't do it, there is a tutorial and I ask stupid question
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    LOL, no problem Nikkeli. See my signature about questions though.
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  5. Posts : 1,112
    XP_Pro, W7_7201, W7RC.vhd, SciLinux5.3, Fedora12, Fedora9_2x, OpenSolaris_09-06
       #5

    Fixed?


    Nikkeli,
    Did you get your Win 7 back OK ?

    About the same thing happened to me, after installing XP Pro to a

    USB stick...
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