Installed Windows 7 Ultimate on D Drive and previous Windows 7 Enterprise on C Drive has stopped starting up
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Please please help!
I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate on same hard drive on D Drive
on my laptop and the previous Windows 7 Enterprise which was installed on C Drive
is not booting up now.
When I turn on my laptop, I see two Windows 7 on the screen, when I select newer one, it starts, but when I select older one which is Enterprise edition, system won't start and I get the DOS black screen with this error message:
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
- Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
- Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
- Click "repair your computer."
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
I notice that when I run the newer OS installed, the previous OS's drive (Which is D: now instead of C:) has become unusable and when I double click it, it asks me to format the drive.
The data, that I had on my D Drive (Which is now C Drive for new OS)
, I had copied it to a network path and it is available. It was containing Windows 7 Users
folder which I copied at that time when installing new windows.
I have copied that Users
folder again to the new OS's C Drive thinking it would run again, but of no use.
Please please please...if someone can help...It is extremely required for me.
Thanks a lot in advance.
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