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help with operating system boot display time, start up repair loop
Almost a year ago, I tried to do an XP and Windows 7 dual boot on my laptop. A few weeks later, I didn't need the XP, so I deleted the partition XP was on. I continued to use 7 though the xp still remained in Windows boot manager upon startup.
A few days ago, in the advanced system settings, I disabled the bootable OS display, and set my default OS to Windows 7. I restarted and now I'm stuck in a continuous startup repair loop, where it tells me that it can't fix my problem automatically and that the cause is an "OS version mismatch". Could it be trying to boot the partition XP was on? I can't log on my computer at all.
In the command prompt that comes up after I go to the system recovery options screen, I tried to fix the boot options using bootrec / commands, but so far none of them have worked.
Any help would be greatly appreciated