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Thanks, man. You really pointed me in the right direction. I'm running the same OS (Windows 8.1) on both my desktop and my laptop. After digging through Device Manager, I realized a file was missing on the desktop: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys. So, I just copied the file over from the laptop, rebooted, and... BOOM. It works! No clue how that file just vanished. It’s not in the Recycle Bin or anything. Just disappeared while I was working. Ran an antivirus scan in the meantime and found two nasty viruses. Probably what nuked the file.
Thanks again.
My Logitech mouse just died on me mid-work (running Windows 8.1). Everything else seems fine, but trying to navigate this thing with just a keyboard is a total nightmare. I already swapped in a new mouse, but no luck—same issue. Now the system keeps throwing this error at me
"There is a problem with the HID-compliant mouse device driver." Any ideas? What should I do?
Jason Harris5 said:Windows 7 and Windows XP handle booting totally differently. While Windows 7 can actually see and launch older Microsoft OS versions, Windows XP is blind to it—it won't even give you the option to boot into Windows 7. The fix is basically just repairing the master boot record. Honestly, the easiest way is to just grab a tool like EasyBCD and call it a day.
Not really my area of expertise.
Where am I supposed to install this thing? On the Windows 7 side or the Windows XP side?
Can someone walk me through this? I've never messed with this kind of stuff before. Thanks.
First, I threw Windows 7 onto my C: drive, then slapped Windows XP on the D: drive.
Everything went smooth enough at first. But now? After getting Windows XP running, it’s like that's the only OS that exists. It just boots straight into it.
How do I actually get a boot menu back so I can choose which one to run?