Probabaly a newbie question - dual boot help!

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    Probabaly a newbie question - dual boot help!


    I have installed Windows 7 on my hard drive, Y, and I have XP Home installed on C. Right now, I have to use a boot disk to get to XP, and if I don't have the disc, it says, NT LDR is missing.

    My question is, how do I set these two up to dual boot, with XP being the primary?



    Will I see any significant difference in performance if I run W7 from an IDE hard drive, instead of a SATA hard drive?
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    modify boot.ini
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    What am I supposed to add?
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    Hi Tiswell,

    What I would suggest is that you download, install and run EasyBCD in windows 7 and use that to control your dual boot.

    Full instructions for using the program and setting default OS etc are either in the program or on the website.

    Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies
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    Barman58 said:
    Hi Tiswell,

    What I would suggest is that you download, install and run EasyBCD in windows 7 and use that to control your dual boot.

    Full instructions for using the program and setting default OS etc are either in the program or on the website.

    Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies

    Alright, thanks. The only problem with that is, I can't access Windows 7. If I set my boot priority to the Y drive, it simply says NTLDR is missing. If I use the boot disk AND set it to Y, it just hangs at a black screen after it posts.
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    Do you have a DVD for windows 7 - if so boot from it go into repair options - startup repair - that will get you into Windows 7

    From there you can get XP running
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    Barman58 said:
    Do you have a DVD for windows 7 - if so boot from it go into repair options - startup repair - that will get you into Windows 7

    From there you can get XP running
    I think I might, if I don't I can surely burn it. Thanks!

    I'll come back in a few minutes to post my success, hopefully.
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    Alright, so I have Windows 7 installed and I have downloaded and installed EasyBCD.

    I've tried to add Windows XP to the boot list, and I have done so succesfully, however XP does not boot.

    I used BCD to add XP to the Boot manager when I start up, but selecting XP doesn't boot to XP, it just says NT LDR is missing.


    Help is greatly appreciated!
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    Hi,


    Boot into 7 and have a look on the Win7 and XP partitions . Locate the XP boot files if they are there.

    The ones in the bottom of this pic are what you are looking for:

    Probabaly a newbie question - dual boot help!-ntldr2009-03-13_033039.jpg
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    Hey, thanks for your reply!

    I had the folder options window open to show that nothing was hidden. This is what I've got on my XP drive -

    http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/993/capturez.png


    and the Windows 7 drive -

    http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8904/capturea.png
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