d3aths3rver
Power User
hey guys, i customise my pc all the time and that's not a problem, I normally have a few OS's on my pc at any one time, which is fine, I know what to do, so that is no issue, but every now and again we all have a hiccup. This is mine.
When I first got my pc in late 2008 I initially installed windows xp, later on after upgrading ie SLI, 8GB of ram etc. I installed server2003 (dual-boot onto my other harddrive) and later formatted that and installed vista over the server 2003 installation.
So i had XP and Vista in a dual-boot configuration (where the MBR was on the XP HDD)
I then got a copy of windows 7 and wanted to install that. soI then backed everything up (by putting all my data on the Vista HDD) and formatted the XP drive, and installed 7.
Windows 7 is awesome, and I can access everything from the vista drive, but (and there always is a "but") because I formatted the XP drive, where the Master Boot Record was, I now cannot boot into vista.
How can I now boot back into vista guys? (without doing a clean install) - should I just do a repair on the OS with the installation disc, or is there more to it? Has anyone experienced this problem before, and how did they resolve it?
When I first got my pc in late 2008 I initially installed windows xp, later on after upgrading ie SLI, 8GB of ram etc. I installed server2003 (dual-boot onto my other harddrive) and later formatted that and installed vista over the server 2003 installation.
So i had XP and Vista in a dual-boot configuration (where the MBR was on the XP HDD)
I then got a copy of windows 7 and wanted to install that. soI then backed everything up (by putting all my data on the Vista HDD) and formatted the XP drive, and installed 7.
Windows 7 is awesome, and I can access everything from the vista drive, but (and there always is a "but") because I formatted the XP drive, where the Master Boot Record was, I now cannot boot into vista.
How can I now boot back into vista guys? (without doing a clean install) - should I just do a repair on the OS with the installation disc, or is there more to it? Has anyone experienced this problem before, and how did they resolve it?
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Self built
- CPU
- Q9550 overclocked to 3.93Ghz
- Motherboard
- XFX 790i Ultra SLI
- Memory
- (8Gb) - 2x2GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator Ram 1600Mhz + 2x2GB DDR3 OCZ 1600Mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus GTX 280 + Gigabyte GTX 280 (SLI)
- Sound Card
- Creative Soundblaster Fatality1 TY ultra Titanium
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 3x24" BenQ, 22"Viewsonic
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1080, 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 2x 750Gb Samsung Spinpoint Raid 1 array
3x 1TB Western Digital
- PSU
- Antec 1000W
- Case
- Gigabyte low end full-tower
- Cooling
- CoolerMaster V10 for CPU 7 120mm fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech Dinovo edge, dinovo mini
- Mouse
- Logitech G9, G7
- Internet Speed
- 24mb/s D/L 15mb/s upload - Telstra
- Other Info
- 7 Fans - 3 fans integrated 4x case cut to fit and integrated into the case.
