Dual Xp/W7 -> Delete xp= NO BOOT

CharmPeddler

CharmPeddler

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late last night i decided to delete the xp partition in my xp/win7 dual boot laptop. i used partition magic (as Paragon Partion.. would not install on 64bit W7) to realocate the W7 part. to use the full HDD. when i rebooted i now get a "storage device not bootable". i did NOT delete what was on the XP partition. i only told the windows 7 partition to use the other. is there an easy way to repair the windows 7 boot stuff (i know it doesnt use boot.ini anymore, but not sure what its now called).

FYI, i am currectly useing a LIve CD of Knoppix. i knew this would come in handy some day :D
 
You most likely deleted the partition that contained the boot manager... So, you need to repair/replace it. ;) No worries. It isn't usually a big deal aside from the initial shock of the OS not loading. Edit: I've done this before, too.

You should be able to fix this by booting from your Windows 7 install disk and running the Startup Repair function under "Repair Your Computer." This is show in the bottom left of the main install window just after you select your language.
 
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Yep i knew i had deleted the windows boot info, just don't k ow how to fix it in win7. There is no operating system option in the "repair computer". And the "startup repair" does not fix anything either.

Grub is a partion manager correct? Are u saying i can undo my messup by using grub?
 
Yep i knew i had deleted the windows boot info, just don't k ow how to fix it in win7. There is no operating system option in the "repair computer". And the "startup repair" does not fix anything either.

Grub is a partion manager correct? Are u saying i can undo my messup by using grub?
 
-Make sure your computer is turned OFF...
-Plug the USB HDD or any other removable media in your computer...
-Boot to Linux Ubuntu 9.04 CD...
-Go in your removable media,there create the folder called for example: "CLONE".Now go in your Windows 7 partition,select ALL the files and folders in there and then go right click on ANY of the selected items and click CUT...
-Now go into the removable media and then go into the "CLONE" folder and then right click in there and click PASTE...
-Wait for the move process to finish...
-After it's finished,shut down the computer by going to LIVE SESSION USER -> SHUTDOWN and then again SHUTDOWN...
-After your computer is completely turned off,unplug the removable media from your computer...
-Now boot to your Windows 7 DVD disk,delete ALL the partitions,create the new one and then install Windows 7 on it...
-After the Windows 7 is fully installed,shutdown your computer...
-Plug in the removable media again...
-Now again boot into the Linux Ubuntu 9.04 CD,go into the partition where you have installed Windows 7 and then select ALL the items in there and then click MOVE TO TRASH and then DELETE ALL.fter everything is deleted,go into the removable media then go into the CLONE folder and select ALL the files and folders in there then go right click on any of the selected items and then click CUT...
-Now go back into the Windows 7 partition and in it go right click and click PASTE...
-Wait for the move process to finish...
-After it's finished,again shutdown the computer...
-After the computer is completely turned off,unplug the removable media,take out the Linux Ubuntu CD and viola!Windows 7 now works!
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-NOTE: If Windows 7 still does not want to startup properly,simply repair Windows 7 using the Windows 7 DVD disk.After the REPAIR process is fully finished,your Windows 7 should now work.





Cheers!
 
You should be able to do a repair install with your win 7 disk. It would be a heck of alot easier than reinstalling Win 7 again. Either that or you could try to fix the boot manager using VistaBootPro or BCDEdit
 
The REPAIR option does not fix the boot sector.It only fixes the Windows 7 OS itself,but NOT the boot sector.Thats why I told him to do what I have written above lol.
 
Same thing happened to me, run a repair console. Type in the command for the boot manager... I think its bootmgr or something, you can use help for a list of commands, did that work?
 
Tyttebovs, the startup repair did not repair anything for me. i must have pushed it just beyond what it can recover from. S.T.A.R.S. i wound up just using my live cd of Linux and backing everything like you said, but on the fresh install, i decided to keep the fresh install and just copy back what files i needed. i'm pretty sure i was in need of a fresh install anyways. thanks for the help and info guys.
 
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