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Windows 7 is taking over the XP partition

Started by FCCAGut , Jan 16 2009 06:28 PM

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FCCAGut

Posted 16 January 2009 - 06:28 PM

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I installed Windows 7 Beta (Upgrade wouldn't work, so I used Custom, it kept telling me the most obvious thing and run your copy Windows while installing) and after a couple of restarts and an update I realized that I could no longer boot into Windows XP Pro. I've noticed that Windows.old was created and everything is there, but is there a way I can use the XP partition using this folder? I've been stuck in Windows 7 for 4 days (no crashes yet going on the 5th day