ARC error "Too many configuration entries"

[welshpaul]

Hi folks, first post here!

I have had Windows 7 Pro x64 installed for a while and have recently tried reinstalling XP Pro on a seperate hard drive to dual-boot in order to test out some older software/hardware compatibility.
Windows 7 boots up just fine but when I try to select Windows XP, I get the error ARC error "Too many configuration entries".

I have used EasyBCD to add the Windows XP entry to the boot menu and my boot.ini file is listed below (oddly, Windows 7 is still my default OS at startup but it is not mentioned in it!):

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on G:\" /fastdetect

I have specifically installed them on two physically seperate drives: is this the problem? I did try to to install them on different partitions on the same drive in the past but this caused other problems to Windows 7's startup.

 

[theog]

Try deleting all entrys of Win Xp with EasyBCD, & reboot start afresh with EasyBCD.

 

[welshpaul]

Forgive my ignorance here, but do you mean format the XP partition and then add an entry for Windows XP before reinstalling it?

 

[theog]

NO,just delete all entrys of Win Xp with EasyBCD.

 

[welshpaul]

Thanks. I tried that but still got the same error when I rebooted and tried to launch XP.

 

[theog]

May be worth doing a Repair install of Win XP.

XP Repair Install

 

[welshpaul]

Thanks. I'll give it a go but since this is the second time in a couple of days that I've installed XP onto this partition I'm not sure if that's going to have much effect.

 

[theog]

I would delete all the Win XP boot file from Disk0 first.

 

[welshpaul]

I would delete all the Win XP boot file from Disk0 first.

Sorry to sound a bit thick, but I'm not exactly sure which are the XP boot files and which belong to Windows 7 now. I've included a screenshot of my C drive which is on disk0, with hidden and system files visible. The XP partition on disk1 has been formatted.
I am not sure which ones to remove and am not too confident about removing any unknown files.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd194/welsh-paul/cdrive.jpg

 

[theog]

Screenshot of Windows 7 only.

 

[welshpaul]

So Windows 7 has no boot.ini or ntldr files? I never noticed that before, thanks!