I installed Windows 7, deleted it... And now I have boot errors? -

Awhile ago I dual-booted Windows XP Home and Windows 7. I deleted Windows 7 (removed the partition. No trace of it... EXCEPT when I boot my computer its still in the boot loader... I tried editing BOOT.INI in MSCONFIG but Windows 7 wasn t in the list.

Oh yeah, that s probably because the Master Boot Record is in the XP partition. The way to fix this is to put your XP Home CD in the disk drive, boot from CD, enter the recovery console type in fixmbr , which deletes your old Master Boot Record and replaces it with a clean one that only has XP Home on it.

In msconfig the first module is General there have options to repair Original or modify the boot, also in a DOS command:Run type cmd and press enter you run the command named fixboot and press enter, this command can be also used the CD of xp and boot time and select repair the 3 commands to use are fixboot,fixmbr and chkdsk/p after this pull the cd out and type exit and enter.

You were suppose to back up everything (and XP) on a disc BEFORE you downloaded Windows 7. Im not sure why or how to get it back. Either go to a Microsoft FAQ or call Microsoft.

format all the hard drive (both partitions) and reinstall xp home again