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drew455   05-18-2009 at 07:22:25 PM

Pretty sure xp caused this. I was dual booting xp and windows 7. I decided to reinstall xp because of a driver conflict. the install went fine and all but now there is no option when i start the computer to select which os to boot into. so right now i have about 45gb's on my 160gb hdd that arent being used. i would like to keep my other install and not get rid of it. and also, i would prefer not to install it again because thats just a pain in the @ss. Any help is appreciated.

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JessicaD   05-19-2009 at 09:32:04 PM
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Drew455,

It is possible that through your reinstall of Windows XP the boot.ini file was over written to erase the Windows 7 boot option. You could a) take a look at the boot.ini file if you feel comfortable enough or b) attempt a repair with the Windows 7 RC disc.

Also, I encourage you to check out the following link for great tips, videos, Microsoft supported forums and more resources:

http://tinyurl.com/832nco

Jessica
Microsoft TechNet / Springboard

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-19-2009 at 10:37:39 PM
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^ +1 very likely the boot.ini

right click on my computer-->properties-->advanced tab-->start up and recovery settings

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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justajason   05-22-2009 at 04:37:46 AM
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Ive got a similar issue, how do I edit the boot.ini? The boot loader is saying Ive got one partition, but its saying that ive got two OS, and the second OS, is on partition 3?

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-22-2009 at 05:10:18 AM
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^ look at my above post. There is an edit button under the start up and recovery settings. That's where you edit the boot.ini file.

If you're not real sure what you are doing, make sure you copy the original before you edit it.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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justajason   05-22-2009 at 05:24:39 AM
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I aint skeeeered. I think I got it figured out. Ive deleted the second listing for the OS, in the boot.ini. And it booted up normally, And theres no more reference to another OS.
Ive checked the total volume on the drive, and it seems to be where it should.
Thanks for the help!

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-22-2009 at 05:38:41 AM
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Anytime...

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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