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Unable to boot into Windows on Macbook

Unable to boot into Windows on Macbook

Today when I went to boot into Windows 7, I was surprised to see that the option to boot into Windows was missing in the OS X boot manager (by holding down option). In an attempt to fix this, I installed the rEFIt boot manager. The Windows partition shows there, but once i select it it starts to boot Windows, until I get the following error message:

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Guest [Entry]

"It seems that the Windows 7 partition has been corrupted in some ways (happens to me with Vista when installing Snow Leopard).

Do you have access to the Windows 7 partition from OS X ? If yes, then perform a backup. Then, boot on the Windows 7 DVD to see if you can perform a system recovery."