Unable to Boot Win7 After XP Repair Install

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EXCellR8

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I dual boot XP and Windows 7, and after performing a repair install of XP I no longer have the option to select an OS after POST like I have been able to in the past. Is there just something simple I am overlooking here? After POST the computer just boots up XP automatically. Both operating systems are on the same hard drive. If I need to use my Win7 install DVD I can do that if there's something I need to change. Any ideas as to how I can fix it so the OS menu reappears after post?

Thanks in advance for any information...
 
Checkout EasyBCD to re-build and manage your dual boot.

Win7 and Vista use a newer bootloader then XP. When you repaired your XP it overwrote the Vista/Win7 boot stuff (since XP came first it doesn't know how to recognize Vista/Win7 boot info it and just overwrote it)

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Oh. Re: EasyBCD [post=854184]Also look at this post[/post]
 
okay thanks... will give that a try, i forgot that 7 doesn't use a boot.ini like XP does.

do i need version 2.0?
 
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