Put recovery files on another partion. wont boot

NCH_boba

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I have lenovo thinkcentre. I put windows 7 recovery files on a partion of a predominantly windows xp computer. Big mistake, now it cant load. I guess I have to wipe off all partions? I have Lenovo, I dont know what to do, This is what it looks like when I press enter. Pictures are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4zIw_rIB0gnRjVlSHJVMmtNWEE/view?usp=sharing

Option 1 is resume normal setup, which will obviously not work.

This is what the screen looks like when I choose the second option F1 enter the BIOS setup utility:https://youtu.be/7Gljzu-DgGo

Option 3 is F12 choose a temporary startup device. It may have 3 options since I have 3 partions, 1 the main Windows XP, 2 Ubuntu, and 3 the Windows 7 recovery system, but it is possible the 3 choices have nothing to do with it.

Option 4 is enter the management setup screen.
 
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It is most likely that Windows detects 2 instances of itself and does not know how to select automatic boot OS, which is probably Windows. There should be a way to select preferred OS in your BIOS, try running through each of the options and see which one works. There shouldn't be any damage should you select the wrong one. My thoughts, and a forewarning that I may not be accurate.
It is most likely that Windows detects 2 instances of itself and does not know how to select automatic boot OS, which is probably Windows. There should be a way to select preferred OS in your BIOS, try running through each of the options and see which one works. There shouldn't be any damage should you select the wrong one. My thoughts, and a forewarning that I may not be accurate.
 
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