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Originally I had the beta version of windows 7. I wiped that so I could install the RC version of it, however, when I am prompted to choose my operating system I can choose from: Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows Vista The first windows 7 is the RC, the second one I am pretty sure will give me an...

Heya, Dont ask me how, but I ended up installing Windows7 twice on the same partition. I now have two "Windows 7" options when my boot screen comes up. I obviously only ment to install it once so I want to get rid of the second Windows 7 option on the boot screen (and the bootscreen itself...

I have installed Windows 7 on a secondary drive. Is it possible to boot up in either OS?

Hi guys, hope you help me with this issue, I have installed windows 7 beta on another partition (primary) and I have xp installed on the active primary partition originally. The problem is after finishing installation of windows 7, without the install disk I can't boot into os selection which I...

I just installed Windows 7 on my mac laptop and when i try to do the SAME EXACT thing on my imac it turns black and says 1. 2. press boot options and it wont work. can somebody please tell me what is going on? They are on the exact same OS, it makes no since why 1 would work and the other not?

I just installed Windows 7 on my mac laptop and when i try to do the SAME EXACT thing on my imac it turns black and says 1. 2. press boot options and it wont work. can somebody please tell me what is going on? They are on the exact same OS, it makes no since why 1 would work and the other...

I installed Windows 7 four days ago in addition to an already existing Windows XP installation. After trying hibernation on my windows 7 system, I could not reboot any longer for 'ntldr is missing'. Recovery within Windows 7 repair options failed, so I used EasyBCD in order to be able to boot...

ok I had to reinstall windows XP on my computer for some programs and now my windows 7 install is not booting anyone else seen this problem and if so can it be fixed through xp? the boot choices aren't even there it automatically boots XP

Whoops, typo in title :-( Hello world!, The situation: I have two hard drives in my computer, Each with two partitions. Hard Drive One has two partitions which are just used for storing stuff. Hard Drive Two has two partitions, first one is for XP, and second is for Windows 7 C: is windows 7...

I have XP. I installed Win7(7000) 64Bit into another partition, same system disk. Win7 installed without a problem, albeit, is slower than Vista install. 1. After installation, I could not use XP. Machine would boot directly into Win7, no XP option. Boot.ini edit was no help. This has...

I have Windows 7 dual-booted on my machine along with Windows XP. Everything was working fine until today, where I booted Windows 7, but for some reason the mouse would not move. The mouse works on everything on the same machine BUT Windows 7. I tried booting in every advanced option, but...

Hi, I am currently dual booting windows 7 and ubuntu intrepid. Everything was working fine until I attempted to install the cisco VPN (vista version) the computer froze during the installation so i had to to a hard reboot. After rebooting I get an a message saying that the computer was not...

I did a clean install of W7 on a completely separate drive with my XP system drives disconnected. Can I modify the boot.ini on my XP system to implement a dual boot??????? What do I have to do on the W7 drive??? thx

Under the general tab in msconfig in Vista Home Premium I have 3 buttons. Normal- which loads everything, Diagnostic Startup, and Selective Startup which has choices of load system services, load startup items, and use original boot configuration. Am I correct in selecting Selective startup with...

I have new HD 160GB and my main OS for now will be XP sp3, but I would like to install W7 as well. Wish list: I like to have option to boot in to OS of my choice My main OS will be XP sp3 for now, W7 later if I like it How should I setup partitions on my HD, (how many, how big, NTFS or FAT32...

Hi, I'm currently setting up a Dual Boot Windows 7 and Windows XP. I installed Windows 7 first, then installed XP second, both installed on seperate partitions. Windows 7 is on the first partition, and XP on the second. When XP installed it overwrote Windows 7's boot.ini with it's own and now I...

Hi I got windows 7 running fine for a while now and ever since my XP did not boot anymore.I was not worried to much about it since i did not need it at the time.But now i really REALY need it,See i got all my Cubase projects in there and my cubase plug-ins al setup in XP and i need to get to...

I have Windows XP Pro installed on my 120GB. I had the bright idea of dual booting Windows 7. So, I decided I would put that on the 320GB. Windows 7 worked fine but would not dual boot with the XP install. The XP install is intact, but the only way to boot it is to unplug the 320GB Windows 7...

Ive installed windows 7 onto a separate hard drive, which is named in vista as Drive Z, so that theres no risk of me damaging my main vista files etc. While windows 7 appears to load OK after selecting it via a dual boot option, i cant see or access anything from the vista disk/partition, as...

I have 2 250gig hard drives in my system. I have xp pro installed on one(partitioned and first is primary and active drive(0)) and Installed Windows 7 on the second drive. After windows 7 is the only os choice on boot. I can use the bios boot option at startup and boot into xp so I know the...