Well actually that was my main problem to ask for help. In my first post here I mentioned that Windows 7 was the only OS listed under the Boot Tab, even when XP was installed and running.
Weird isn't it?
UPDATE:
I used EasyBCD to remove the XP entry and everything is fine now.
Thanks for your patience and help guys.
Last edited by Brink; 21 Jul 2009 at 21:37.
Thanks for the guide, but after I install 7, then create a new partition and install XP, I get no option for selecting XP or 7, boots back into 7. If I keep the XP disk in the drive, I get the NTLDR is missing error, ....Help:).
Did you install Easybcd? (Step 7 METHOD TWO)
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
Select "Add entry" .
Where it says "Type" select the line that includes XP in the drop down.
Select the Active partition for the drive letter - not necessarily the same partition you installed XP on.
Click "Add Entry", Click "Save".
( Look in Disk Management for the System, Active partition drive letter)
Last edited by Brink; 27 Jul 2009 at 22:00.
No, I couldn't finish the install of XP. My problem was multiple hard drives. after removing the other 2 HD's all went smoothly.I'm a doof.
Thanks for the reply....
Hi I've a WinXP on one HDD and recently installed Win7 RTM on another. When the installation completes, it'll prompt me to boot to which OS upon startup. How can I change it to there is no prompt but when I want to boot to another OS, I'll change the HDD boot priority.
Please advise.
Hello ABuNeNe,
From within Windows 7, you can do the tutorial below to remove Windows 7 from the boot list.
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...list-boot.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn
I've run in to a bad problem. I followed your guide (method 2) exactly. I installed XP on to a second partition on the same hard drive that Windows 7 resides on. Now when I boot up it goes straight to "Unable to load operating system." I cannot boot into Windows 7 OR XP. I don't have a Windows 7 install disc as I installed it with a virtual drive. Can I fix this or am I screwed?
If you have XP disc, boot that and repair.
You will then be able to boot into XP, but not 7.
Good idea to then use an isoburner ( this will do ) to burn a dvd of the 7.iso
Burn CDCC.zip
Boot the 7 dvd and run startup repair 3 times.
You will then be able to boot into 7 but you may not be able to boot into XP.
If not, install Easybcd on 7 and use it to add XP entry to 7 bcd.
I've tried running the XP repair disc and the problem persists. I tried doing was FIXMBR and FIXBOOT on the XP partition. I'm currently downloading a Vista x64 recovery disc to try and repair the boot manager that way.
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