Hello! I installed Ubuntu, but now want repair the mbr so 7 is the only boot option. Is there a way without reinstalling the os? Thanks in advance!
Oh, never mind! Easy-peasy EasyBCD!
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I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RTS version some times ago. I worked great and I used to triple boot 7, vista, ubuntu with easy bcd. Then I went back to Vista because all of my programs are there and I was too lazy to make the switch then. After some time, 7 was officially released so...
Hello everyone.
I know there's a lot of threads about this, I had a look on them but I can't find a solution for my problem.
So here it is:
My pc had Vista installed on drive C. Then, I installed XP on drive D and used vistaboot pro to manage the boot problem. Everything worked fine.
Now, I...
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used to be I had my PC set up thus: I began by installing Windows 7 RC1 on a freshly formatted HD, then proceeded to create a D-partition within C:\ where I installed Windows XP and ended up with a boot screen which gave me the choice to boot into Windows 7 (default, 30 sec...
I have XP installed on my old HDD.
I bought a new HDD and windows 7
I installed windows 7 on my new HDD, my old HDD was plugged in at the same time of the installation.
Everything runs great. I then put my pc back together, leaving my old HDD out, as i only want my new HDD with 7 installed...
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Hello good buddies, I am running Windows 7 (RC1 for the time being - I understand it expires sometime in March of 2010) and love it. Easily the best Windows version yet.
However, for several reasons I would like to be able to boot into XP on occasion. I have created a D: partition the in the C...
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I have somewhat the same problem as this guy has: Link Removed
I read that you guys might need the Diskmgmt information in his topic so here it is:
I had the RC which was dualbooting fine alongside XP. Then I got the RTM, burned it, booted up with it, deleted and formatted the partition on...
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For those testing XP and different versions of Win7, this is a useful tool:
Easy BCD 1.7.2
Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies
The iReboot option is pretty slick.
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Have you ever been in a situation where you desperately need help? Well, I'm in that position currently. This is a time-essential matter and I am appreciative to ANY help/tips/ideas that you have. I seriously need some fucking help here.
Alright, I have two hard drives. C, and Y.
C is the...
This is starting to get boring, what am I missing here or do I have a rouge copy. OK I have installed W7 on a separate hard disc to my XP all went swell till I restarted, it just goes straight into W7. Everything I read said I needed to install EasyBCD and add an entry to the bootloader so I did...
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What an adventure!!
I'm posting this in the hopes of preventing someone, somewhere some grief if they use a similar approach to setting up a new HDD.
I just purchased a new, larger (Seagate Momentus 7200 rpm HDD,320 GB) to replace the 200 GB Momentus 7200 rpm drive I've been using for awhile...
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Hey, I recently got the new RC off Microsoft installing alongside a relatively new XP Pro installation.
I have two 320gb SATA HDs that I'm working off right now, the two operating systems are on different hard drives. After installing Windows 7 I did not get a dual boot option like most guides...
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I have Windows XP installed in my PC.After that I tried to install Windows 7.But after the Win7 installation I am not getting any OS selection option at startup.The PC boot into Win 7 directly.
I tried EasyBCD.I tried to create an entry for Win XP .Then it showed a NTDETECT error.Then...
So i have a laptop with 2 125gb harddrives. C and D. Vista was preinstalled on C and then i installed xp on D and used easyBCD to create a dual boot. It worked flawless, and when i started my pc i could choose between vista or xp. Yesterday i got windows 7 RC from MS and i installed it on the C...
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After installing Windows 7 cannot boot anything else - This one's different
Hi,
I have installed Windows 7 RC Build 7100.
The Problem
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Windows 7 is essentially working fine except that it has prevented me from booting up my XP partition.
The worst thing, no Boot Loaders I...
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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...
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Hi, I am dual booting with XP and Win7, have both on 1 drive in 2 separate partitions. After installing Win7 one of my hard drives turned into a system disk (not the drive my OS's are installed on) and I cannot access it within Win7 only in XP. I have 6 internal hard drives and 6 external, the...
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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 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...
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I can no longer boot into vista. After installing backup software that came with my new USB HDD, it hasn't worked.
Oh, by the way, I do have an operable WinXP OS still working. Dual boot XP / Vista worked fine for months up til the above installation.
I have been working on...