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kittleboy;
Windows will not allow you to delete the only "Active" partition, the one with your boot code! Your XP partition is the "Active" partition, and if you delete it, you will not be able to boot to Windows 7 either, you would have to fix the Windows 7 bootmgr to restore the boot menu.
Did you try any of the other suggestions I made? Copying a new ntoskrnl.exe from your XP CD?
Another option for you to try is to use the XP install CD to do a "Repair" of XP. You follow the normal install path and when the installer searches and finds your XP already installed, it will offer to "Repair" it. Once booting to XP is restored, you can repeat the Windows 7 DVD "Startup Repair" to get your dual boot to both XP and 7.
I have posted several links related to installing and dual booting XP. Have you looked at them as well?
MBR - Restore Windows 7 Master Boot Record
https://www.sevenforums.com/installat...ndows-7-a.html
https://www.sevenforums.com/installat...wont-boot.html
https://www.sevenforums.com/installat...dual-boot.html
Partition the Hard Drive in a Windows 7 Install
Hard Drive Partitions - Changing with GParted