Windows 8 corrupted my earlier Windows 7

Question

Hi Team ,i have tried to install windows 8 as dual boot...after installation ,its been directly going to Windows 8 ..i do not see any graphical boot loader to choose my windows 7 ..i have tried to change the bootloader as like windows 7..but i cant see any option there...moreover ,before installing i had 3 partitions ,i could see only two partitions ,windows 8 is on C and D drive is not accessible..donno how to recover back to my windows 7 .. i do not have my recovery CD :'( ..Please help me

Answer 1

How did you install Windows 8? If you launched setup within Windows, It probably did an upgrade directly, in order to get a Dual boot, you have to create a new partition in Windows 7, give it a name, restart your system from your media, select Custom and install Windows 8 into the new partition you have just created.

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