^This is what I was going to say

Posted by Kromey at 12:20pm Jun 1 '12
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Safe mode, try to recover; failing that, install disc, try to recover; failing that, re-install.

I'll add that it might be wise to leave the XP/mechanical drive unplugged during this process, to make it easier on you -- sometimes the Windows install disc will pick up your drives in a different order than you're used to, and you might not realize that you're trying to "repair" XP instead of Win7.
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