Updated and have not been able to start 7 since then. I get a blue screen with a standard: "if this is the first time than reboot" Further down it states "if this is not the first time, check drivers and bios etc, it there is a STOP message, disable that driver".
Here's the STOP message:
stop...
4gb ram
bios settings
blue screen
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core 2 duo
corel draw
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driver problem
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paintsoftware
safe mode
software compatibility
stop message
system error
windows 7
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