I recently downloaaded the Release Canidate for Windows 7. I am currently running XP SP3. I repartitioned my C drive to allow for the windows 7 install and dual boot (80 Gigs). After install I noticed that my windows 7 installation pushed the XP drive letter from C to D and installed Win7 on the new C drive. Since then whenever I try to select my XP OS during startup, it tells me files are missing and I need to manually install them (I cannot remember which one it was off hand). Any Ideas as to how to get my XP installation to load? I can EASILY live with dumping the Win7 install.

Windows is still probably on your computer in a folder called Windows.old, on the C: partition. If you don't want Windows 7 on your system anymore, there's an involved process I'd be glad to explain that will allow you to boot to XP again without having to reformat. You'll lose Windows 7 though. WinSimple Software CompTIA A+ Certified

Well the D drive (old XP install) still has the entire OS/Data in tact as it was before so I'm assuming it won't load because it was/should be the C drive. I went through the D drive and verified it still has all of the Windows/system folders I decided to throw in the XP recovery DVD and "repair" the XP OS but it would only let me wipe/clean install, or clean install w/ My Backup (as you had mentioned). I quit that but afterwards it would only boot into recovery and would not allow me to select an OS. So I threw the Win7 installation DVD again, deleted the old Win7 install (and partition) and did a fresh install on a seperate hard drive. So I currently stand at running Win7 (C drive on HDD2) with XP (D on HDD1). But I still cannot get it to allow dual booting. I even selected to run the OS from HDD1 in the BIOS and the screen paused, went black, then loaded Win7.

If you want to dual boot, download EasyBCD and use it to try to add an option for XP. Click Add/Remove Entries, then select the OS and drive XP is on and click Add Entry. You can get it here (sorry to make you copy and paste but I can't get it to hyperlink for some reason): www.neosmart.net/downloads/software/EasyBCD/EasyBCD 1.7.2.exe WinSimple Software CompTIA A+ Certified

Download & install EasyBCD, then using the program, ensure you have the correct path for XP installation specified for the bootloader or add if missing & then proceed to write a new MBR ... follow the steps below once you've installed EasyBCD: Open EasyBCD to view the Vista Windows 7 bootloader. -- Click the Add/Remove Entries button. -- Verify the path to your XP partition or add XP to the dual boot entry listings & ensure you've specified that: The drive letter for XP is set to the applicable partition. The type of OS is set to Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3 The OS name displayed is applicable to Windows XP by typing it in there. -- Save the XP entry you've just added & go to the Manage Bootloader button & after ensuring that Reinstall the Vista Windows 7 Bootloader radio button is selected, click Write MBR & reboot your machine. The above should fix your startup issue. Jabbering Idiots: Everywhere You Look!