Well, I have stepped in it this time and boy could I use some help.
Setup an XP/7 dual boot on two partitions on same drive. All good.
Removed XP boot entry with easybcd. All good.
Set 7 partition to Active. All good.
Booting to 7 worked fine with the old XP partition still on the disk...
data backup
data loss
dual boot
easybcd
fedora
file recovery
gparted
improper shutdown
installation issue
live cd
ntfs file system
partition management
recovery disk
repair attempt
system freeze
troubleshooting
vistaboot
windows 7
windows xp
