sparker781
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Well I am glad that I found this board. Here is my dilemma. I installed VM ware and installed Windows 7 and all was well...I figured I would install this as my OS. I realize that its in beta however after the install which by the way I tried as a dual boot with my XP install....I rebooted the computer and I got nothing but a black screen with a little color at the very top of the screen.
Again...It worked fine under VM ware and not sure what happened. Anyone have any suggestion as to what to try short of performing a fresh install?
Thanks
Again...It worked fine under VM ware and not sure what happened. Anyone have any suggestion as to what to try short of performing a fresh install?
Thanks
Could be a hardware conflict or an install error. I'd try booting off your Windows 7 disk and attempting a startup repair. If that didn't work, I'd try formatting the Windows 7 Partition and reinstalling.
Give that a go, and let us know how you fare.
(PS; If it worked fine in VM, that just means the OS Boot disk isn't corrupted. It uses emulated hardware to run a VM, so it may still be a hardware incompatibility.)
Give that a go, and let us know how you fare.
(PS; If it worked fine in VM, that just means the OS Boot disk isn't corrupted. It uses emulated hardware to run a VM, so it may still be a hardware incompatibility.)
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Well.....
I did as you instructed and I have my space back on my HD however whenever I reboot my computer I am being booted to the OS selection screen. I have a choice of "Earlier Version Of Windows", "Windows 7", and Windows 7"
my boot.ini looks like this:
;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
I am at a loss. Anyone have any suggestions?
I did as you instructed and I have my space back on my HD however whenever I reboot my computer I am being booted to the OS selection screen. I have a choice of "Earlier Version Of Windows", "Windows 7", and Windows 7"
my boot.ini looks like this:
;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
I am at a loss. Anyone have any suggestions?
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