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    Windows 7 Restoring XP on another partition

    I was running a dual boot setup with two XP installations, and I upgraded one to Win 7. Stupidly I forgot to back up the boot info for the XP install and 7 wiped it. I'm trying to fix this and having a hard time with it. So far I have downloaded the 3 files (boot.ini, NTDETECT, and ntldr) and...
    • ansset9
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    • boot files boot.ini bootloader dual boot easybcd ntdetect ntldr partition windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 installation problem - Q6600

    Hi, I am trying to install Windows 7 RTM from MSDN subscription on my new PC, it is Intel Q6600 2 GB RAM 200 GB SATA HD (2x100GB partitions) Windows XP has been running like a champ on the partition 0 for a long time, but when I try and install Windows 7 on patrition 1 (dualboot from same...
    • end1r
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    • boot files boot issues computer dual boot error gparted installation intel q6600 msdn operating system problem ram sata drive setup delay system setup troubleshooting upgrade windows 7 xp partition
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Triple Boot XP/Vista/7 - error with win 7 winload.exe

    Hi All I am trying to get windows 7 to boot after installing it along side XP and Vista. The OS's are all on seperate HDDs, all SATA and Win 7 having the luxury of being on SSD. I have had the system on dual boot for about 2 years now and liking the flexibility, so I don't want to...
    • Blueguitar
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    • bcd boot files boot manager corrupted data recovery dual boot error flexible setup hard drive installation issues operating system ssd system reserved tech support triple boot windows 7 windows vista windows xp winload
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Cant dual boot W7 with XP anymore

    Hi, ok heres the problem I had a dual booting system with W7 RC 64bit and XP Pro 32bit on 2 separate HDs. When my copy of W7 Pro turned up I removed the HD that had the W7 RC install on and replaced it with a new 250gb HD. I installed the 64bit version of W7 Pro, when I restarted it went...

  5. Windows 7 Formating Xp partition, using Windows 7

    Hey guys, I'm a novice with partitioning and formating etc, anyway I originally had Xp as my only OS, now I have windows 7 and Xp on dual boot. I want to format Xp off my disk, and I understand that the boot files located in the active boot (xp) will be lost, and I understand thats not good. So...
    • Lakenz
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    • active partition boot files disk management dual boot formatting novice partition system files windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  6. Windows 7 Hack to Remove 100 MB System Reserved Partition When Installing Windows 7

    I have never had one of these "reserved partitions, because I have always formatted first. For those of you who haven't here's how to take care of it. On a fresh (custom) installation of Windows 7, where Windows 7 is installed onto a new hard disk with unallocated disk space (no partition or...
    • reghakr
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    • backup bitlocker boot files boot manager business edition custom install disk space drive management encryption enterprise hard drive installation ntfs partition recovery system reserved troubleshooting ultimate volume windows 7
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  7. Windows 7 How To Create Windows 7 Bootable dvd

    Hi i downloaded windows 7 rc1 and it is Bootable but i want add a folder to that so i need to rebuilt .iso file i want know how i can create this .iso Bootable I think windows 7 Bootable files are : BootCatalog.cat BootImage.img Microsoft Corporation.img i extract this files from the original...
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    Windows Vista Boot Loader issue

    I had two operating systems on my drive in separate partitions, and I tried to install third one, win98. Installation wasn't successful and I formated partition with unfinished win98 installation. However, it somehow screwed up my boot files, and though it was gone, I still was getting win98...
    • Unregistered
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    • boot files bootloader dual boot installation issues operating system partition start screen system restore windows vista windows xp
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support