Boot Record Fix? Anyone?

[linuzo]

Hey all,

Just wanted to humor some of you with a little story and perhaps you will know a resolution. I was using Windows 7 with no errors and everything was great when someone told me I should use 64bit if I have a 64bit processor. Well so i thought it would be good to install WinXP 64bit. To my surprise I should have thought of this WinXP overwrote the boot record again. Now I have no option to boot back to Win7 and WinXP 64bit is creating more problems for programs and drivers I wouldn't ever have imagined.

So I thought you know i'll do the good ol' system repair from the Win7 repair disk. I remember from Vista I did that before and i did the command "bootrec.exe /mbr" and it prompted back "completed successfully". So you would think that it would rewrite the boot record and you would be able to boot again.

However that didn't happen!! Any suggestions other then reinstalling Win7??

Thanks

 

[mansrm81]

You need to do both of these

bootrec.ece/fixmbr
bootrec.exe/fixboot

 

[Mark]

Use easyBCD and you can recreate your boot record.

 

[linuzo]

You need to do both of these

bootrec.ece/fixmbr
bootrec.exe/fixboot

I'll try that thanks.

EasyBCD doesn't work right with WinXP 64bit I tried that and it says error initializing application.

 

[mansrm81]

You can try this to get the dual boot.

Dual Boot Vista and XP with Vista already installed - SysChat

 

[dmex]

I'll try that thanks.

EasyBCD doesn't work right with WinXP 64bit I tried that and it says error initializing application.

You can also load the Windows 7 or Vista dvd (depending on what you want repaired) and select Start-up Repair to repair the bootloader

Steven

 

[Thao]

You can also load the Windows 7 or Vista dvd (depending on what you want repaired) and select Start-up Repair to repair the bootloader

Steven

He actually states he's already done this in his original post.

 

[chinga69]

hi have you tried running vistabootpro in xp 64bit and just add win7 back to the boot menu

 

[linuzo]

Actually I fixed it now. Thanks for all your help by providing me results.

***THE FIX***

What I did was I just went to reinstall Windows in the same directory. Then when it did the copying of the image and went to reboot for the install, I noticed it showed me the boot menu to go back to Win7. So what I did was I stopped the installation from that point and I booted Win7. Went to the local disk and deleted the startup files in %Windows_temp folder and then did MSCONFIG selected the Boot tab and removed the setup from the bootmenu.

Thanks again for all your input.

 

[cetindogu]

thanks

thank you very much friend. İ have the same problem.

 

[mazimcr]

The best temporary solution is to set a boot from a 7 Installation CD and do not press any button while "press any key..." that will lead in starting your 7 thanks to CDs bootloader

 

[Legos]

hi all,
I have 2 HDDs to install. firstly, I installed Win7 in 1 HDD. Win7 was running well until I install WinXP in the other HDD. Win7 can not run anymore, even if I disable the WinXP HDD, Win7 still cannot boot. Could anyone help me to solve this problem?

 

[theog]

Have a read of those tutorials:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html?ltr=D

Use EasyBCD 2.0 in Win 7 & Win XP.
EasyBCD 2.0 Beta Builds - The NeoSmart Forums

A bit more reading.
BCDEDIT - How to Use - Page 7 - Windows 7 Forums
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/58188-added-xp-7-but-now-wont-boot.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/58680-solve-dual-boot-problem-windows-7-a.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/57634-dual-boot.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/58680-solve-dual-boot-problem-windows-7-a.html
System Restore Points - Stop XP Dual Boot Delete - Vista Forums