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Dual boot installation fail - 7 and XP
I am trying to get XP and 7 to run in dual boot mode. 7 is installed first. I am following the instructions posted in the tutorial by Brink on this site. I have made a partition and when I start the XP install and XP finishes the copy proses and the pc restarts I get an error message:
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows Root>\System 32\ntoskrnl.exe
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
To get the Win 7 working again I have to to a Windows 7 startup repair.
Any suggestions? There seems to be a MBR problem somewhere as changes I make via EasyBCD don't get saved.
Short of reformatting the HDD what can I try?
Last edited by EFH; 14 Apr 2013 at 03:53.