windows dual boot between 10 & XP

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  1. ShArKy
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    windows 10 pro (x64), windows 7 ultimate (x64), windows XP (64)
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    hello...thanks for trying to help...heres the full story in a nutshell...i HAD a perfectly good installation of XP installed on the D: partition...then i installed 10 onto C: partition but after that nothing seemmed to work anymore....i have perfectly good sets of data ALREADY on the drives from both installations but niether option shows up as bootable after posting...my suspicion is that sum files are missing....i just need to know how to repair the installations...ive tried to use the recovery console for the XP but all im getting now is a directory listing😐
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  3. Ztruker
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    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
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    Download KYHI's Windows 10 Recovery Tools - Bootable Rescue Disk and burn it to a flash drive. Boot it and run Macrium Reflect. Follow Macrium Reflect's Fix Windows Boot Problems directions to see if it will fix the Windows boot problem. Has done so for me on numerous Windows 10 systems.
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  4. ShArKy
    Posts : 27
    windows 10 pro (x64), windows 7 ultimate (x64), windows XP (64)
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       New #13

    HELLO everyone...I finally got everything to work by some friggin miracle
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