HELP! Installed XP to same partition as Win 7

mdex · 07-03-2010, 14:29

I wanted to have my PC dual booting Win 7 and XP. Win 7 is already installed.

I was going to install XP on a different partition but selected the wrong one and installed on same partition as Win 7.

Has this overwritten the Win 7 files? Is there anyway to boot Win 7 without reinstalling? It isn't showing in dual boot options.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers

agrocott · 07-03-2010, 14:38

depending on how you installed it you may have told it to format the partition?

have a look at the folder structure and if theres 2 windows folders and 2 program files and if so you may have to reinstall but you'll have chance to cop your data away first

mdex · 07-03-2010, 14:56

I have 1 program files folder and 3 windows folders.

windows, WINDOWS.0 and windows.old

agrocott · 07-03-2010, 17:35

do you have any data worth recovering?

mdex · 07-03-2010, 18:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by agrocott

do you have any data worth recovering?

Nah, data recovery isn't a problem.

Just wondered if there was a quick fix solution rather than reinstalling.

Cheers anyway

EDIT: Put the win 7 disk in and ran startup repair, now back to normal! Simples!

07-03-2010, 14:29	#1
mdex Xbox Live:Mdex Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,397 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	HELP! Installed XP to same partition as Win 7 I wanted to have my PC dual booting Win 7 and XP. Win 7 is already installed. I was going to install XP on a different partition but selected the wrong one and installed on same partition as Win 7. Has this overwritten the Win 7 files? Is there anyway to boot Win 7 without reinstalling? It isn't showing in dual boot options. Any help appreciated. Cheers

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agrocott SWG/EQ2/WoW - Kryptoz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The 21st plane of quazi-dimension alpha Posts: 1,979 Thanks: 0 Thanked 35 Times in 34 Posts	depending on how you installed it you may have told it to format the partition? have a look at the folder structure and if theres 2 windows folders and 2 program files and if so you may have to reinstall but you'll have chance to cop your data away first

07-03-2010, 14:56	#3
mdex Xbox Live:Mdex Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,397 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I have 1 program files folder and 3 windows folders. windows, WINDOWS.0 and windows.old

07-03-2010, 17:35	#4
agrocott SWG/EQ2/WoW - Kryptoz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The 21st plane of quazi-dimension alpha Posts: 1,979 Thanks: 0 Thanked 35 Times in 34 Posts	do you have any data worth recovering?