- Aug 23, 2011
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Hi! I am a somewhat knowledgeable PC user (custom built and maintained my PC for the last seven or so years) and I am in need of some assistance.
Awhile back, I tried out Windows 7 RC. When I did so, I installed it on a 1TB hard drive (SATA) as a dual boot with my existing installation of Windows XP on a 160GB HD (PATA). Later, I got a student deal on Windows 7 Professional and overwrote the existing RC installation.
I now wish to remove the hard drive with the Windows XP install, put it into a PC I have assembled out of spare parts, and give it a fresh install of Windows XP. However, when I attempted to do so, I got the message "NTLDR is missing".
According to a friend, the boot information of my PC is in the XP installation. So my question is, how do I get my system to use the 7 installation? Specifically, is it possible to do so without reinstalling Windows 7 from scratch? I'd prefer not to rebuild my system again, though I suppose in a lot of ways it is overdue.
Thanks for your time and advice!
MSI 785GT-E63 Mainboard
AMD X4 640 Processor
Antec 300 Case
NVidia GeForce 465
Hitachi 1TB Hard Drive SATA
160 GB Hard Drive PATA, maker unknown
Kingston 4X1GB DDR2 RAM
Awhile back, I tried out Windows 7 RC. When I did so, I installed it on a 1TB hard drive (SATA) as a dual boot with my existing installation of Windows XP on a 160GB HD (PATA). Later, I got a student deal on Windows 7 Professional and overwrote the existing RC installation.
I now wish to remove the hard drive with the Windows XP install, put it into a PC I have assembled out of spare parts, and give it a fresh install of Windows XP. However, when I attempted to do so, I got the message "NTLDR is missing".
According to a friend, the boot information of my PC is in the XP installation. So my question is, how do I get my system to use the 7 installation? Specifically, is it possible to do so without reinstalling Windows 7 from scratch? I'd prefer not to rebuild my system again, though I suppose in a lot of ways it is overdue.
Thanks for your time and advice!
MSI 785GT-E63 Mainboard
AMD X4 640 Processor
Antec 300 Case
NVidia GeForce 465
Hitachi 1TB Hard Drive SATA
160 GB Hard Drive PATA, maker unknown
Kingston 4X1GB DDR2 RAM