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hulkbuster:
Helllo folks , this is another query :

 u see i have installed Win7 on my Second partition and for some reason my xp partition is not able to boot properly and now i have restored my xp partition from clonezilla which made my win 7 boot manager to be lost , i tried using the win7 boot disc and used these commands but was not able to restore it......
i initially used this command to backup the bootini of win7 (i.e., when i used from Win7 Boot Disc):

--- ---bcdedit /export backupbcd.bcd but after the restoration of winxp then using this command  didn't work (i.e., when i used from Win7 Boot Disc):

--- ---bcdedit /import backupbcd.bcd(For this which i believe was lost in the restoration of winxp )



I also used this command but couldn't get this command to work:



--- ---To do this, type the following commands at the Windows RE command prompt:
bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd=====================

So now i am on Winxp partition and my Win7 partition is untouched and only the boot manager is absent, can i use the Win7 Boot Disc to restore the win7 boot manager: hope my query is understandable,,,,,,

Carol Haynes:
Boot from it and go into the repair tools (at the bottom of the initial install screen) and use startup repair - that should rebuild the boot configuration.

ha14:
EasyBCD
http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/

DualBootPRO
http://www.vistabootpro.org/

How to Manually Repair Windows 7 Boot Loader Problems
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/32523/how-to-manually-repair-windows-7-boot-loader-problems/

Carol Haynes:
The trouble with the first two is I think you need to boot into windows 7 to use them ???

Thanks for posting the third link - the automated method is the one I mentioned above and is by far the simplest.

Curt:
I don't have good experience with the Automated Startup Repair.
But this sounds useful in the situation:

Replacing the Windows XP Bootloader with Windows 7

If you’ve managed to install XP on the same PC that you already had Windows 7 on, you’ll noticed that you can’t boot into Windows 7 anymore. You can use this command to fix that and restore the Windows 7 bootloader:

     bootsect /nt60 all
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Depending on the partition that you’ve installed, you might need to substitute the drive letter instead of “all”.





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