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explodatron   04-12-2009 at 09:12:22 AM

I have had Windows 7 installed on this machine as the primary OS for a little while now. I decided to dual boot it with XP so I created a new partition. XP installed on to the new partition just fine, but it seems to have broken the boot manager. I've installed ubuntu on to that other partition I created for XP so it's using the linux boot manager. I can choose Ubuntu (Jaunty) at startup and it loads fine, but when I choose Windows 7 it hangs at the blinking cursor. I used my XP disc to go into windows repair and ran fixboot & fixmbr on the W7 installation and all that did was mess up the Linux boot manager and still won't let me into W7. Anyone know what the deal is?

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Bronze Win 7 badge Scotteq   04-12-2009 at 02:30:14 PM
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When you installed the older OS, it wiped the Win 7 boot loader. The older OSs do not understand how to boot 7 at all. And trying to repair your start up with the older disc isn't going to solve anything. Repair your start up using the Win 7 DVD.

Win 7 is the same:

 

How to perform a Startup repair:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/ [...] epair.html

 


Message edited by Scotteq on 04-12-2009 at 02:32:48 PM
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explodatron   04-12-2009 at 06:05:58 PM
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Unfortunately I installed windows 7 using a virtual drive, so I don't have a physical disc to boot up with, and I don't have a dvd burner.

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explodatron   04-12-2009 at 10:27:21 PM
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Awesome the windows recovery disc I downloaded from that site worked flawlessly! Thanks a ton :)

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