Need to fix my boot loader

[wseyller]

I initially installed windows xp then windows 7. I use EasyBCD to configure it to give boot options for both.

I recently had to reinstall windows xp and what I feared would happen did happen. I can only boot windows xp now. I tried to use this EasyBCD in windows xp to configure boot options but it doesn't make any difference. It will not allow me to make changes to the boot.ini with msconfig, but it did edit the boot.ini with notepad but windows 7 option will not load anything. What is the proper way if possible to get me back into windows 7.

I changed it from this:
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


to this:
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

 

[Binky]

I'm going from memory so I may be off a little, but I think the problem is that the XP bootloader can't load windows 7 and simple boot.ini edits wont fix that. You need to install the Win7 boot loader onto the boot drive.

When I have boot issues, I generally go to the VistabootPro/DualbootPro forums to relearn what I've forgotten about boot loaders since the last time I blew it up. DualbootPro is basically a paid version of easyBCD.
http://www.pronetworks.org/forums/guides-f250.html

 

[wseyller]

I think I found out a way by booting the windows 7 dvd, go to repair, then in a command prompt type a couple commands to fix the mbr. Now to find my disk.

 

[Blazer]

win 7 disk should be able to fix the boot issue.

 

[wseyller]

win 7 disk should be able to fix the boot issue.

and that it did. In fact didn't even need to use a command prompt. I loaded the disk and selected "Repair Your Computer". It automatically detect I had a problem with the startup boot process and then it repaired it. MS actually did something useful for once.