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Booting Issue with Multiple Windows Partitions

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Ferrari904

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I have Windows Xp and Windows 7 on two different hard drives in my Mac Pro. Windows 7 had been working fine, but I needed XP to run some older programs that 7 couldn't do. I have been working in XP some time now but when I try to boot from the Windows 7 drive it just reverts to the XP one. Even when I click on the Windows 7 drive to make it the start up drive it still goes to XP. Is there something I'm doing wrong? What is the issue here? Thanks for any help.😉
 
Would download and install rEFIt. Its a boot loader for Macs. Most tri-boot installs use it to get around the issues you are running into.
 
Mmmmm.... not quite

Okay so I installed rEFIt and that part worked just fine. However, when I get to the boot menu both my Windows partitions show up but they both show up as "Partition 3". It doesn't matter which one I pick, both boot into XP. I'm not sure what this means? Has my computer confused itself into thinking that both Partitions are the same when there really not. I'm a little baffled here. I think I need a little bit more help with this please! Its greatly appreciated.😉
 
It could be that your W7 HDD boot loader is set to boot XP by default. Can you remove the XP HDD temporarily?

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