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How do I reinstall the Windows 7 boot loader?

I recently installed Windows 7. After realizing that some of my games don't work with Windows 7 I reinstalled Windows Vista on a different hard drive in the same computer. When I installed Windows Vista it overwrote the Windows 7 boot loader. I had no trouble fixing the boot loader so that it would dual-boot. The question I have is, can I reinstall the Windows 7 boot loader? The loading screen is more visually appealing to me, and I would like that back. When I try to repair it with the Win7 DVD, it just fixes the entries in the Vista loader and doesn't actually put the Windows 7 loader back on.

Thanks for your help in advance!

Dmitriy Ilyin

Hi, think you need read this
http://www.kombitz.com/2009/01/09/how-to-add-vista-to-windows-7-boot-manager/

bmlbytes

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Oh I know how to add an OS to the boot menu. I was hoping someone could help me reinstall the Win7 boot loader. Its more visually appealing.

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parul11183

hey man, use vista boot pro software to do anything with boot loader. software can be used for win XP, VISTA AND 7.
http://www.vistabootpro.org/

Adriano_Arrigo

Simply boot the Windows 7 DVD, then, after the language choise, choose in the bottom left corner the button "Repair my installation" or something like that.
A little menu will open up and one of the choices is "Repair startup". This procedure will rewrite your boot sector and will replace the boot files.
If this doesn't work, try to boot again and choose "Open command prompt" from the above menu then write Bootrec /RebuildBcd command