Dire situation, windows xp/windows 7 dual boot fail. Windows 7 partition missing but files still intact

[made zos ion]

Ok so I decided to dual boot my windows 7 desktop, I setup the partition and everything. Then I installed service pack 3 of windows xp pro into the new partition I made, once I was in the setup stage I saw everything was going well. But then I had to put In a registry key and the cd I had didnt have one so I used a different registration key. Once It booted everything looked good so I rebooted and pressed F8, This is when things turned for the worst. I saw a windows xp bios, not my pc manufacturers bios, Im panicking the windows 7 install is still there its just I cant boot to it in the bios. PLEASE HELP ME 

[WhitetailAni]

Windows XP doesn't have a BIOS...

Can you take a picture of what you see, and what are the specs of your Win7 PC?

[made zos ion]

5 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Windows XP doesn't have a BIOS...

Can you take a picture of what you see, and what are the specs of your Win7 PC?

And I know for a fact this isnt my manufacturers settings, because it had a much different settings page

 

[WhitetailAni]

That's not a BIOS.

That's XP Recovery Mode.

Mash Delete while your PC starts up.

[made zos ion]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

That's not a BIOS.

That's XP Recovery Mode.

Mash Delete while your PC starts up.

yeah sorry mis spoke

 that, also I will try that

 

[made zos ion]

4 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

That's not a BIOS.

That's XP Recovery Mode.

Mash Delete while your PC starts up.

It didnt work, does it work in safe mode?

 

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, made zos ion said:

It didnt work, does it work in safe mode?

 

Did you install XP and 7 on the same drive, or no?

[made zos ion]

Just now, FakeKGB said:

Did you install XP and 7 on the same drive, or no?

its on the same drive but I split them up into different partitions

[made zos ion]

wait thats my problem

 

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, made zos ion said:

its on the same drive but I split them up into different partitions

Can you connect it to a different PC?
If so, delete the XP partition. I advise installing different OS's on different drives so you can remove one if you need to

[made zos ion]

The windows 7 partition is intact with no damage, its just the system wont let me specify it as a boot device

3 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Did you install XP and 7 on the same drive, or no?

 

[made zos ion]

I dont have another desktop, This is my only one.

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

Can you connect it to a different PC?
If so, delete the XP partition. I advise installing different OS's on different drives so you can remove one if you need to

 

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, made zos ion said:

I dont have another desktop, This is my only one.

 

Can you boot into XP?

[made zos ion]

Im using my laptop right now to

2 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Can you connect it to a different PC?
If so, delete the XP partition. I advise installing different OS's on different drives so you can remove one if you need to

comunicate to you

[made zos ion]

Just now, FakeKGB said:

Can you boot into XP?

yes, but only in safe mode

 

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, made zos ion said:

yes, but only in safe mode

 

Can you open Disk Management?

[made zos ion]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

Can you open Disk Management?

Not sure, Let me find that

 

[made zos ion]

3 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Can you open Disk Management?

where is that program located?

 

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, made zos ion said:

where is that program located?

 

Push the Windows Key and R, and type diskmgmt.msc.

Hit "Run" or "Ok".

It should pop up.

[made zos ion]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

Push the Windows Key and R, and type diskmgmt.msc.

Hit "Run" or "Ok".

It should pop up.

Yeah I remember this layout

 

[made zos ion]

2 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Push the Windows Key and R, and type diskmgmt.msc.

Hit "Run" or "Ok".

It should pop up.

Is there anyway I can keep the xp partition an the windows 7 partition?

 

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, made zos ion said:

Is there anyway I can keep the xp partition an the windows 7 partition?

 

Not without using separate drives AFAIK.

Anyway, from Disk Management, select the XP partition, and delete it.

Reboot the system, and it should boot to 7.

If not, it's not too hard to reinstall 7.

[made zos ion]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

Not without using separate drives AFAIK.

Anyway, from Disk Management, select the XP partition, and delete it.

Reboot the system, and it should boot to 7.

If not, it's not too hard to reinstall 7.

ok thank you so much

 

[made zos ion]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

Not without using separate drives AFAIK.

Anyway, from Disk Management, select the XP partition, and delete it.

Reboot the system, and it should boot to 7.

If not, it's not too hard to reinstall 7.

Oh god, I cant delete it

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, made zos ion said:

Oh god, I cant delete it

Oh yeah...

You can't delete partitions that the OS is installed on.

Try this:

https://www.paragon-software.com/us/free/pm-express/