Windows 7 & XP MBR Issue - HELP!
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:27 am
I installed Windows 7 on a new spare, bare SATA drive (64bit once & 32bit twice) to play around with it. Staying with the 32bit for now due to hardware compatibility issues.
Now the problem. I installed Windows 7 on the new drive with my other two HD's installed but now I get a screen on boot asking me which version of Windows I want to boot to. I had intended to just choose which drive to boot from via BIOS so this was not what I intended to have happen as I share this PC with my family and I don't want them to become frustrated when presented with black screen, white text boot options. Trying to keep it simple!
Now the question: Can I boot off my XP CD and choose repair and type in FIXMBR as I've read on various websites on fixing this? Is it that easy or am I likely to corrupt anything else? Should I unplug the other two drives and just leave my XP drive installed or what?
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can throw my way!.
Now the problem. I installed Windows 7 on the new drive with my other two HD's installed but now I get a screen on boot asking me which version of Windows I want to boot to. I had intended to just choose which drive to boot from via BIOS so this was not what I intended to have happen as I share this PC with my family and I don't want them to become frustrated when presented with black screen, white text boot options. Trying to keep it simple!
Now the question: Can I boot off my XP CD and choose repair and type in FIXMBR as I've read on various websites on fixing this? Is it that easy or am I likely to corrupt anything else? Should I unplug the other two drives and just leave my XP drive installed or what?
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can throw my way!.