Hey guys, I've been dual booting for almost a year now, on different setups, mainly my current setup before it broke, which was Vista-XP. I did it following this excellent guide : How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots
My setup was basically:
500gb hard drive(2 partitions):
C: (Windows vista)
and G: (Windows XP)
120gb hard drive on a RAID Controller, used for data.
Everything was forking perfectly. I didn't use Vista that much, so I decided to try to install Windows 7 over it in the partition. Problem happened when I tried to just upgrade. Wouldn't want to upgrade because my RAID controller driver was old, so I went to update it, it said I had the latest version. So I thought, Ok, full install. Reboot, go to bios, switch DVD to first in boot sequences, install windows 7(by formatting the vista partition and installing over it). Right! Now I installed drivers and stuff, then installed EASYBCD because I thought 7 wouldn't be that different from Vista. It seemed to work. Tried to boot off XP, colossal failure, black screen. I freaked out.
Formatted Windows 7 partition, put vista back on, EasyBCD, then added xp. Problem is, the drive letter for my XP partition wasn't G. I changed it to G using the Drive manager in Vista. Th en in easybcd it said something about NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM, so I downloaded them off the wiki here, put the files in G:/.
Tried to boot XP, said that BOOT.INI was screwed, alright. Back in vista here, tried to create a BOOT.ini, failure.
So Here I am. Can anyone help me? I'm a hardcore gamer and all my games were on the XP partition. I know I can recover my data and format, but I want it back if it is possible, you know.
Thanks.
My setup was basically:
500gb hard drive(2 partitions):
C: (Windows vista)
and G: (Windows XP)
120gb hard drive on a RAID Controller, used for data.
Everything was forking perfectly. I didn't use Vista that much, so I decided to try to install Windows 7 over it in the partition. Problem happened when I tried to just upgrade. Wouldn't want to upgrade because my RAID controller driver was old, so I went to update it, it said I had the latest version. So I thought, Ok, full install. Reboot, go to bios, switch DVD to first in boot sequences, install windows 7(by formatting the vista partition and installing over it). Right! Now I installed drivers and stuff, then installed EASYBCD because I thought 7 wouldn't be that different from Vista. It seemed to work. Tried to boot off XP, colossal failure, black screen. I freaked out.
Formatted Windows 7 partition, put vista back on, EasyBCD, then added xp. Problem is, the drive letter for my XP partition wasn't G. I changed it to G using the Drive manager in Vista. Th en in easybcd it said something about NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM, so I downloaded them off the wiki here, put the files in G:/.
Tried to boot XP, said that BOOT.INI was screwed, alright. Back in vista here, tried to create a BOOT.ini, failure.
So Here I am. Can anyone help me? I'm a hardcore gamer and all my games were on the XP partition. I know I can recover my data and format, but I want it back if it is possible, you know.
Thanks.