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Missing boot menu and missing data partition
Hi there,
I'm still very happy with my XP Pro, but I thought I'd set up a dual boot with Win7 ultima 64 and check it out.
So I popped in another hdd that was sitting idly in a drawer and installed 7 on it. I fully expected that Win7 would be able to see there's an XP installation and create a boot menu. But nooo, it refuses to acknowledge another OS beside it and starts 7 when I hit the switch. So I always need to call the bios boot menu and I kinda don't like that. I'm jaded, I expect my pc to start up unattended while I brew my tea. Start up XP, that is.
I lurked around here for a bit and found some hints...
I copied the boot folder and the bootmgr file into my XP root and tried to repair with the Win7 DVD. But nothing came of it. It doesn't see XP and I've no clue about drivers for it.
But the drive with XP on it appears in red now in explorer window *scratcheshead*.
The second issue, and that's a BIG issue, one of my data partitions is simply not there. It's the primary partition of a hdd, which secondary partition shows up just fine. I wouldn't have been surprised if the XP OS partition would've been invisible, but that one shows up as drive d. And it's yet another hdd. Okay, now it gets confusing, here's my setup under XP:
Disk 0: C (XP) and F (1TB)
Disk 1: G and H (1TB)
Disk 2: D (Seven) (250GB)
and that's what it looks like on 7 (approximately, haven't found the disk management yet):
Disk 0: C (Seven)
Disk 1: D (XP) and F
Disk 2: H
So my G drive just doesn't show up. Only thing I noticed about it was that it is active. That an issue?
This is a real bummer, because it prevents me from doing exactly what I intended to do with my spanking new 7: testing applications and stuff. That drive is my archive with all my programs and game stuff.
Can anyone give me a hand in solving these two problems or should I kick 7 and pout about it? Hey, alt least I already managed to get Firefox running with all my extensions and settings, which 7 also refused at first. Thought I'd mention that I actively tried to find solutions, just wasn't as successuful with those two things.
And if you answer, please use plain language for a non native speaker to comprehend. Thanks! :)