mbr

  1. Windows 7 How to install windows 7 on a second harddrive?

    How do i install windows 7 on a 2nd internal harddrive, without it writing a MBR to my main drive. I want it to totally not touch anything on my primary drive. I plan on booting it at the bios startup by my bios selection menu Im afraid to install it, i dont want my main drive touched in...
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    Windows 7 I mistakenly formated over my MBR partion and now I need help

    I was trying to set up a dual boot windows 7 with vista and was using a partition software and I mistakenly formated the 1st partition on my hard drive. It was a small partition of 1.5 MB and I think that is where the MBR was installed? Anyway after that I tried to fix the problem and as far as...
    • Derbyman32
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    • boot issues data recovery dual boot fixmbr formatting help installation linux mbr operating system partition performance repair rescue cd system repair troubleshooting ubuntu user experience windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 XP won't cooperate with Windows 7 drive

    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...
    • mojoel
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    • athlon processor bfg graphics boot issues boot options boot.ini dual boot fixmbr hard drive hardware installation issues mbr motherboard recovery console sata ports system setup troubleshooting windows 7 windows pro windows xp
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Multi boot xp-vista-win7-mandriva2008 w/grub

    I have xp installed on a sata drive 0 Partition 0 I have vista installed on ide drive 0 I have mandriva installed on ide drive 1 The grub mbr is on sata drive 0 partition 0 and boots all three Boot Mandriva Boot Windows-XP Boot Windows-Vista Now I installed Win7 on sata drive 0 partition 1...
    • sledd58
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    • boot manager bootloader computer setup disk management dual boot fixboot grub ide installation mandriva mbr multi-boot operating system partition sata tech support troubleshooting windows 7 windows vista windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Vista boot screen when loading Windows 7

    I have an Acer Aspire one AOA150 8.9" screen, 1GB of RAM, Intel GMA950, Intel Atom N270, and 160GB HDD. I have three partitions set up: one for XP, one for sharing files, and one for Windows 7 Build 7000. The problem is when I go to start Windows 7 I see the Vista loading screen with the green...
    • Windows7User9000
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    • acer boot screen easybcd intel lcd loading issues mbr multi-boot operating system partition troubleshooting windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  6. Windows 7 Installation questions, parititon questions.

    I'm new to installing multiple versions of Windows on my PC. I have a 500GB and a 250GB hard drive installed. I was thinking about making a 120GB partition from my 250 and dual booting. I have tried to make the partition in advance with Vista's Disk Management console in the Administrator Tools...
    • Zeke
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    • admin tools beta testing boot manager disk management dual boot hard drive installation mbr operating system partition resize partition troubleshooting user guide windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation