Windows 7 Bootloader covers Windows XP

FloppyTacoes

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I have two physical hard drives in my system, one for Windows 7 and one for Windows XP. I had to reinstall Windows 7, and after the re-install, the Windows 7 boot loader started showing up. This did not show up before the re-install.

I usually use Windows XP for defaults and go into the BIOS boot menu to boot to Windows 7. Now, whenever I try to boot to Windows XP (through both boot menu and default) Windows 7 boot loader takes over and boots straight to Windows 7. This happens even when I select the Windows XP hard drive and there appears to be no Windows XP option in the boot loader.

I have tried adding a menu option via EasyBCD, but an error shows up. The error is:

Windows failed to start! A recent hardware or software change might have caused the problem.

File: \NST\ntldr Status: 0xc000000f Info: Selected entry could not be loaded because application is missing or corrupt
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Also, I can boot into Windows 7 just fine.
 
Solution
Windows 7 overwrote the ntldr that windows xp uses to boot.
Windows 7 does not use ntldr to boot it uses BOOTMGR.

I've never dual booted windows xp before but when this issue happens in the field the easiest way is create a boot disk.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397/en-us

But because you are dual booting this vastly complicates things.

The easiest solution may be to just reimage the computer.

You may end up nuking windows 7 while trying to fix windows xp.

Windows 7 overwrote the ntldr that windows xp uses to boot.
Windows 7 does not use ntldr to boot it uses BOOTMGR.

I've never dual booted windows xp before but when this issue happens in the field the easiest way is create a boot disk.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397/en-us

But because you are dual booting this vastly complicates things.

The easiest solution may be to just reimage the computer.

You may end up nuking windows 7 while trying to fix windows xp.

 
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