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Old January 28th, 2007, 12:46 AM
klandestino klandestino is offline
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Help me recover my XP

I Have 2 Sata HD's with 160GB Each and the following partitions:

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HD1 Drive C:\ --- Windows XP Professional with SP2 (Primary, Active)
HD1 Drive D:\ --- Projects (Logical)
HD1 Drive E:\ --- Games (Logical)
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HD2 Drive F:\ --- Wharehowse (Primary)
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1.1. Using Powerquest Partition Magic 8.0 i have reduced the HD1 First Partition (Drive C:\) and created a new partition after c:\

1.2. The new Partition assumed the drive letter I:\

1.3. I've installed Windows Vista Enterprise (Build 6000) from within windows XP, and installed it to the new partition I:\

1.4. I've Tested the new Windows Vista installation in drive I:\ - Working Fine !

1.5. I restarted the system and went back to XP, by choosig this option on the new vista boot screen options



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2. I'm back in Windows XP (c:\) and at the moment everything is OK!

but now starts where i ruined thing up:
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2.1. In Windows XP i Runned Powerquest Partition Magic and looked at my new Partitioning Table:

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HD1 Drive C:\ --- Windows XP Professional with SP2 (Primary, Active)
HD1 Drive I:\ --- Windows Vista Enterprise (Primary)
HD1 Drive D:\ --- Projects (Logical)
HD1 Drive E:\ --- Games (Logical)
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HD2 Drive F:\ --- Wharehowse (Primary)


2.2. I Changed The Drive Letter of Drive I:\ to Drive V:\ and i've set This drive Hidden
(With other dual boot experiences i had it used to hide one of the OS partitions when i loaded the other one so i thought (wrong) that i could do the same here)


2.3. I Restarted The System and guess what, No more Vista boot screen options and couldn't load any of the OS's.


2.4. I Inserted the Windows Vista DVD and restarted the system choosing to boot from the DVD Drive


2.5. I Selected to Repair my Vista Installation and it repaired it, now i have this Partitioning Table:

So Now I have this Partitioning Table:

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HD1 Drive D:\ --- Windows XP Professional with SP2 (Primary, Active)
HD1 Drive C:\ --- Windows Vista Enterprise (Primary)
HD1 Drive F:\ --- Projects (Logical)
HD1 Drive G:\ --- Games (Logical)
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HD2 Drive E:\ --- Wharehowse (Primary)



So Now i am stuck in windows Vista and i wish to recover my XP Instalation, This is the partitioning i want to have:
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HD1 Drive C:\ --- Windows XP Professional with SP2 (Primary, Active)
HD1 Drive I:\ --- Windows Vista Enterprise (Primary)
HD1 Drive D:\ --- Projects (Logical)
HD1 Drive E:\ --- Games (Logical)
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HD2 Drive F:\ --- Wharehowse (Primary)

Any help?
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Old January 28th, 2007, 10:38 AM
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