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not able to boot with windows 7 os
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To access the System Recovery Environment in Windows 7, simply boot your PC, just before the system loads the Windows operating system; hit the [F8] Function 8 key on your keyboard which will launch the Advanced Boot Options Menu. There you will see a new option 'Repair Your Computer', select this option and hit 'Enter' on your keyboard.
Andre Da Costa http://adacosta.spaces.live.com http://www.activewin.com
Interesting. Someone at another site posted with the same problem when helping a friend fix their Windows XP machine.
I suggest starting with checking that there are no CDs or DVDs in the drives or removable drives (backups) plugged in to the USB ports. If that is not the problem, see if this KB article helps: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315261/
Corrine, Microsoft MVP (Consumer Security). This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty, and confers no rights.
When you go into F8
it will display several options, not an advance recovery option ?
press the 4th down.
This will put you into another window
press normal startup
Absolutely. Every OS should be on a separate drive and should function completely independently. Otherwise your multi-OS environment becomes a tangled digital mess. Just get small (30 to 60gb) SSD's for each OS and whatever programs benefit from the faster speed of SSD. (Most of my XP programs worked fine in Win7 - both are 32 bit of course). Used SSD's go for almost nothing. Data is installed on your huge Sata drive and you are flying. Most programs don't need the speed of SSD so put as many as you possibly can on your huge Sata drive to conserve space on your SSD. If you have lots of ram you may be able to run without a Paging file freeing up more space. If you have a ton of ram maybe you can use part of it for a super fast paging file.
I got some disturbing new for ya Andre. With no loader there is no F8.
