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I could use some help re: Dual boot of XP w/Win7
I hope I'm in the right place...
I've read so many threads but still having a dual-boot problem and sense it's a basic. I am getting the dreaded :"selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt" re:\windows\system32\winload.exe when trying to select the Win 7 entry after loading it into a new partition on the same disc as my existing and long running XP. (the option to select "older windows installation" is there and still works fine for the XP install on drive "C"
Done the repair routine a few times booting off the Win 7 CD; no change.
So with XP on the drive first, and then loading Win 7, is it true the Win 7 boot loader takes over and needs to be tuned with BCDEDIT ?? What I don't understand is BCDEDIT loads onto where ? and points at what to edit ? Many blogs say it doesn't run on XP - is that true ? or do I load/launch it (on XP) and point to the Win 7 partition (labeled F) and it then goes to work there ?
I'm a bit new to the dual-boot thing...any help would be appreciated.
JR