Dual booting Win 7 & Win XP Problem

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  1. rwazura
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Dual booting Win 7 & Win XP Problem


    I'm running windows 7 ultimate 64Bit. After installing Win XP on my second drive I received an MBR ERROR 3. I booted Win 7 repair disc and ran it several times. Rebooted my computer (while repair disc was in the drive) I got windows dual boot screen and was able to access XP & WIN7. Here is the WEIRD PART... IF I BOOT WITHOUT THE REPAIR DISC IN THE DRIVE, I get an MBR ERROR 3. Has anyone seen anything like this before??? I'm stumped! Can anyone help..
    i HAVE UNINSTALLED "ACRONIS TrueImage" AND "ZONEALARM" so that is not the problem. But I noticed that I do not see bootmgr and the Boot folder in my Win7 C: drive. I have run FIXMBR and FIXBOOT from the win7 recovery disc with no success. Can anyone help?
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  3. Dinesh
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    Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
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    Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
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  4. Bare Foot Kid
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    Hello rwazura, welcome to Seven Forums!




    Will you please post a snip/screen-shot of the entire disk management drive map so we can see what you have going on as there may be a fairly simple way to resolve the situation.

    In the Windows start menu right click computer and click manage, in the left pane of the "Computer Management" window that opens click disk management and post a snip of that.

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  6. rwazura
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Thank for the reply.Here it is:
    Dual booting Win 7 & Win XP Problem-my-computer.jpg

    also a screen from EasyBCD:
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    There are a total of 2 entries listed in the bootloader.
    Default: Microsoft Windows 7
    Timeout: 10 seconds
    EasyBCD Boot Device: D:\
    Entry #1
    Name: Microsoft Windows 7
    BCD ID: {current}
    Drive: C:\
    Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
    Entry #2
    Name: Microsoft Windows XP
    BCD ID: {ff0ba139-b9e9-11df-b8d2-a71a1bc8ac46}
    Drive: D:\
    Bootloader Path: \NST\ntldr
    Detailed Debug (mode)
    Windows Boot Manager
    --------------------
    identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
    device boot
    description Windows Boot Manager
    locale en-US
    inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
    default {ff0ba138-b9e9-11df-b8d2-a71a1bc8ac46}
    resumeobject {1f8184a2-14de-11df-9734-f08c6d8c50b0}
    displayorder {ff0ba138-b9e9-11df-b8d2-a71a1bc8ac46}
    {ff0ba139-b9e9-11df-b8d2-a71a1bc8ac46}
    toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
    timeout 10
    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {ff0ba138-b9e9-11df-b8d2-a71a1bc8ac46}
    device partition=C:
    path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
    description Microsoft Windows 7
    locale en-US
    osdevice partition=C:
    systemroot \Windows
    resumeobject {46ee9999-b9ea-11df-9b75-806e6f6e6963}
    Real-mode Boot Sector
    ---------------------
    identifier {ff0ba139-b9e9-11df-b8d2-a71a1bc8ac46}
    device partition=D:
    path \NST\ntldr
    description Microsoft Windows XP
    Can anyone help? I'm new to BCD
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  7. gregrocker
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    The repair did not work because Win7 Startup Repair cannot repair the dual boot, but only starts up Win7. However it will write it's own System MBR to the first active partition which in this case is XP, so XP needed to be unplugged to do the repair successfully and start Win7. Check that XP wasn't damaged by trying to start it while WIn7 is temporarily unplugged.

    Since you have separate HD's, would you like to Dual boot using the cleanest method which is via BIOS boot order and one-time BIOS Boot Menu? This way the HD's remain independent to come and go as you please. A Windows managed Dual Boot set up by EasyBCD interlocks the HD's so one is harder to remove.

    If you'd like to try this method: unplug XP HD, set Win7 HD as first to boot in BIOS setup (after DVD drive), boot Repair CD to run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times with reboots until 7 starts. Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

    Next power down to plug XP back in, power on and tap the one-time BIOS boot menu key given on first boot screen to boot XP instead of Win7.

    If you don't like this method and wish to set up a Windows-managed Dual Boot: in XP remove Win7 using EasyBCD Edit Boot Menu, then create a Windows-managed Dual Boot using EasyBCD 2.0 from Win7 which works better.
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  8. rwazura
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Dual booting Win 7 & Win XP Problem


    Yes please send me the EASY METHOD. Thanks
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  10. rwazura
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Please Disregard previous post. I did not read it properly. Will do as suggested. Thanks.
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  11. gregrocker
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    Let us know how it goes.
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  12. rwazura
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Dual booting Win 7 & Win XP Problem


    After some consideration I would like to set up a Windows-managed Dual Boot following your last instructions: booted in win xp…in EasyBCD …Edit Boot Menu…removed Windows 7 entry…set WinXP as Default. Booted in Win 7… in EasyBCD…BCD Backup/Repair…Reset BCD configuration…Perform Action….Re-create/repair boot files…Perform Action…Add New Entry…Windows 7…C:\...set Windows 7 as Default….Add New Entry….WinXP…Result=
    Code:
    Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device boot
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {1da7eb46-be8a-11df-b965-1c6f652c4b21}
resumeobject {1f8184a2-14de-11df-9734-f08c6d8c50b0}
displayorder {1da7eb46-be8a-11df-b965-1c6f652c4b21}
{1da7eb47-be8a-11df-b965-1c6f652c4b21}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 10
 
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {1da7eb46-be8a-11df-b965-1c6f652c4b21}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows 7
locale en-US
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
 
Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {1da7eb47-be8a-11df-b965-1c6f652c4b21}
device partition=D:
path \NST\ntldr
description Microsoft Windows XP
After reboot had to run repair disc 3 times…Result in BCD=
Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=D:
path \bootmgr
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {b9f93a1f-bea4-11df-8708-9caca54e56e0}
resumeobject {1f8184a2-14de-11df-9734-f08c6d8c50b0}
displayorder {b9f93a1f-bea4-11df-8708-9caca54e56e0}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 10
 
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {b9f93a1f-bea4-11df-8708-9caca54e56e0}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7 Ultimate (recovered) 
locale en-US
recoverysequence {b9f93a20-bea4-11df-8708-9caca54e56e0}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {ab3ebfb8-be8b-11df-8feb-806e6f6e6963}
    Still can’t get Windows-managed Dual Boot screen. What am I doing wrong??
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  13. gregrocker
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    Why did you mess up your MBR with all the random steps in EasyBCD from Win7? You only needed to Add XP.

    See if the HD's are independently bootable using BIOS boot order and BIOS one-time Boot Menu key.

    If not, from Win7 remove XP from dual boot using EasyBCD. Then try booting via BIOS again.

    You may need to repair XP to get it to boot by itself again via BIOS, then only Add it using EasyBCD from Win7.
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