Mark Phelps
Active Member
I have the following situation:
I've already tried this (thinking I knew what to do) and it failed -- as follows:
And yeah, I know that I COULD co fixmbr and fixboot on the two-OS machine, but (1) I have no idea where the XP CD resides, and (2) I've customized the boot screen -- and would be in DEEP TROUBLE if that screen disappeared.
So, what detail have I missed?
- Took an existing WinXP machine, did an image backup with Acronis True Image
- Then, installed Win7 Home Premium -- onto a second hard drive
- Am able to boot into either XP or Win7 just fine.
I've already tried this (thinking I knew what to do) and it failed -- as follows:
- Mounted the Acronis XP image on another machine
- Copied all the XP boot/loader files onto a USB stick
- Booted the original machine (the one with XP and Win7), selected XP.
- Removed all the Win7 boot and loader files
- Using the USB stick, copied back the saved XP boot/loader files
- Rebooted
And yeah, I know that I COULD co fixmbr and fixboot on the two-OS machine, but (1) I have no idea where the XP CD resides, and (2) I've customized the boot screen -- and would be in DEEP TROUBLE if that screen disappeared.
So, what detail have I missed?