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I have installed on my PC w7 enterprise and xp pro sp3
After running w7 repair installation the xp disappeared from the boot menu and I cant boot into it

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You need to edit the BCD store to include XP as a boot option.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems; we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

We were all once "Average Users".

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Get EastBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1). It simplifies editing your Win 7 boot menu.

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Get EastBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1). It simplifies editing your Win 7 boot menu.

I did but trying to boot to XP I get a screen saying that I should run the repair, an than “file: /NST/ntlr
status 0xcoooooof”
“info:The app. entry could not be loaded because the app. is missing or corrupt”

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I did but trying to boot to XP I get a screen saying that I should run the repair, an than “file: /NST/ntlr
status 0xcoooooof”
“info:The app. entry could not be loaded because the app. is missing or corrupt”

Hmm, I think that we need to detailed info about your setup, specifically what dhard drives you have and how they are partitioned. Boot into Win 7. You can find that information in Disk Manager (Computer | Manage | Storage). Posting a window shot would help (ALT-PrtScn will capture just the active window).

Also, for the partition that contains XP, list the files in the root directory. You can do this using the dir command from a command prompt. For example, while booted in Win 7, if your XP partition is drive D:, then enter “dir d:”. Post the output from the command (copy and paste the text, don’t do a screen shot).

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Hmm, I think that we need to detailed info about your setup, specifically what dhard drives you have and how they are partitioned. Boot into Win 7. You can find that information in Disk Manager (Computer | Manage | Storage). Posting a window shot would help (ALT-PrtScn will capture just the active window).

Also, for the partition that contains XP, list the files in the root directory. You can do this using the dir command from a command prompt. For example, while booted in Win 7, if your XP partition is drive D:, then enter “dir d:”. Post the output from the command (copy and paste the text, don’t do a screen shot).

Hi
Attached are the files you asked
As you see , there are more than one from each OS, but it used to work fine

Thnx

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Attached are the files you asked

I do not see any attached files.

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I do not see any attached files.

Included (I hope) are the attachments

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I have installed on my PC w7 enterprise and xp pro sp3
After running w7 repair installation the xp disappeared from the boot menu and I cant boot into it

zikmoshe,
Hello.. and welcome to the “new lounge” I hope you will find this “place” a useful store of knowledge… First, can you find the “XP” drive (is it shown ) when you run …Computer Management> Disk management ? Or when you “right click” computer, Then click on “properties” >Advanced system settings>Startup and Recovery> settings … Can you see “XP” in the “drop down” ?:cheers: Regards Fred

PS: if the answer is no to the above Assign a drive letter to “XP” when in Disk management

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zikmoshe,
Hello.. and welcome to the “new lounge” I hope you will find this “place” a useful store of knowledge… First, can you find the “XP” drive (is it shown ) when you run …Computer Management> Disk management ? Or when you “right click” computer, Then click on “properties” >Advanced system settings>Startup and Recovery> settings … Can you see “XP” in the “drop down” ?:cheers: Regards Fred

PS: if the answer is no to the above Assign a drive letter to “XP” when in Disk management

Sorry
the xp partions are e and g,I used to be able to log to them ( 2 separate installations)

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Sorry
the xp partions are e and g,I used to be able to log to them ( 2 separate installations)

zikmoshe,
Hello… looks like some how your “e” & “g” partitions have been switched to “logical ” instead of “primary” partitions . My “logical” partitions are not boot-able only “data”. Did you switch them?:cheers: Regards Fred

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zikmoshe,
Hello… looks like some how your “e” & “g” partitions have been switched to “logical ” instead of “primary” partitions . My “logical” partitions are not boot-able only “data”.

Logical drives are indeed bootable. The Windows 7 I’m using to post this response is booting from a logical drive on an extended partition.

The BCD store needs to be edited to point to the XP installation(s) as a boot option.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems; we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

We were all once "Average Users".

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Logical drives are indeed bootable.

bbearren,
Hello… On my OS’s when looking at the windows “boot options drop down” (startup and recovery>Default operating system) …no logical drives show up only “primary” are listed in the options…. please explain.
Regards Fred

PS: this i guess is my confusion…http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-are-partitions-and-logical-drives

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The information in that link is very dated. The BCD store can boot Windows 7 from any partition/logical drive that it can “see”.

On this particular laptop, I dual boot XP and Windows 7. I have XP installed on a 10GB primary partition, the first partition on this hard drive. I have one other primary partition, an 8MB partition for BootIt Next Generation (which I use primarily for drive imaging) and the rest of the drive is an extended partition with multiple logical drives.

I installed Windows 7 in a 35GB logical drive in that extended partition. The BCD store “sees” the logical drive as a partition, and boots to it with no problem.

I also have a Windows 7 Recovery Disk in another logical drive, and I can boot to that as well whenever I want to tinker from outside the Windows 7 environment, rather than using the Recovery CD; it runs much quicker from the hard drive.

XP will also boot from a logical drive, as well as Windows 2000 Pro. I’ve been using extended partitions with multiple logical drives for years.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems; we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

We were all once "Average Users".

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Ah, I see that your XP partitions are in logical partitions. I did some googling for “xp boot logical partition” and found out that there are some hoops you have to jump through to enable this – something about providing various boot files on a physical partition. I recommend googling and reading some of the suggestion:
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS371US373&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=xp+boot+logical+partition

I am also curious about the “why” behind your partitioning scheme…

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