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Installed Windows7 then tried to install XP ? Problems?
Hi,
I've used these forums to get alot of help for windows 7, so I thought
i'd return the favour and post an easy fix to what seems to be a common problem.
Basically, I had Windows 7 installed and tried and failed a dual boot with XP
being the latter installation. Of course the boot.ini was loaded first on the
primary drive and I lost my windows 7 bootloader.
Long story short - dont listen to anyone that says you need to start all over and
reinstall in the right order, forget easyBCD...
Just put your windows7 install disc back in and start an installation
to a new partition (if you dont have one go back into your xp and make one)
all you need to do is start a new windows 7 install, enough for the first reboot.
Your windows 7 bootloader will be restored with your XP shortcut in there
already.
To some this may be a blatantly obvious thing to do but I could not
see this posted anywhere, hope it helps someone.