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Since: Sep 24, 2009
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:55 pm
Post subject: Vista/XP dual boot problem
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I've dual booted for quite a while between vista and xp. Yesterday,
got an error saying something to the effect of vista has a problem,
please put in installation DVD and restart. Did so, and Vista fixed
something and then was able to boot into Vista, but not XP.
Searched, and found what appeared to be solution; use EasyBCD to add
XP to boot menu. Did that, and at next reboot, got a menu for vista
or XP. Went into XP just fine. Later, I attempted to reboot to
Vista, but got the same original error message. Put in Vista DVD, did
the repair thing, and got back into Vista, but again with no boot menu
which would allow me to go to XP.
But, apparenlty I either used EasyBCD incorrectly, or something else
is the problem.
Any help? |
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Since: Sep 24, 2009
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:09 pm
Post subject: Re: Vista/XP dual boot problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:55:20 -0600, traygo.RemoveThis@hotmail.com wrote:
>I've dual booted for quite a while between vista and xp. Yesterday,
>got an error saying something to the effect of vista has a problem,
>please put in installation DVD and restart. Did so, and Vista fixed
>something and then was able to boot into Vista, but not XP.
>
>Searched, and found what appeared to be solution; use EasyBCD to add
>XP to boot menu. Did that, and at next reboot, got a menu for vista
>or XP. Went into XP just fine. Later, I attempted to reboot to
>Vista, but got the same original error message. Put in Vista DVD, did
>the repair thing, and got back into Vista, but again with no boot menu
>which would allow me to go to XP.
>
>But, apparenlty I either used EasyBCD incorrectly, or something else
>is the problem.
>
>Any help?
btw, I should have said: XP was originally installed first, on first
HD. Vista was installed afterwards, on second HD.
Josh |
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Since: Sep 02, 2009
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:52 pm
Post subject: Re: Vista/XP dual boot problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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<traygo DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fuunb558lo9b52e0dae7oqqfjk8bb8i8oc@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:55:20 -0600, traygo DeleteThis @hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>I've dual booted for quite a while between vista and xp. Yesterday,
>>got an error saying something to the effect of vista has a problem,
>>please put in installation DVD and restart. Did so, and Vista fixed
>>something and then was able to boot into Vista, but not XP.
>>
>>Searched, and found what appeared to be solution; use EasyBCD to add
>>XP to boot menu. Did that, and at next reboot, got a menu for vista
>>or XP. Went into XP just fine. Later, I attempted to reboot to
>>Vista, but got the same original error message. Put in Vista DVD, did
>>the repair thing, and got back into Vista, but again with no boot menu
>>which would allow me to go to XP.
>>
>>But, apparenlty I either used EasyBCD incorrectly, or something else
>>is the problem.
>>
>>Any help?
>
> btw, I should have said: XP was originally installed first, on first
> HD. Vista was installed afterwards, on second HD.
>
> Josh
Try Vistabootpro from http://www.vistabootpro.org/
I found it better to use than EasyBCD.
After you get Vista booting properly, make sure the correct
XP boot.ini is in the Vista drive's boor partition. |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:50 pm
Post subject: Re: Vista/XP dual boot problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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The command to use that is more likely to reveal the problem is
Vista's bcdedit.
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:55:20 -0600, traygo DeleteThis @hotmail.com wrote:
>I've dual booted for quite a while between vista and xp. Yesterday,
>got an error saying something to the effect of vista has a problem,
>please put in installation DVD and restart. Did so, and Vista fixed
>something and then was able to boot into Vista, but not XP.
>
>Searched, and found what appeared to be solution; use EasyBCD to add
>XP to boot menu. Did that, and at next reboot, got a menu for vista
>or XP. Went into XP just fine. Later, I attempted to reboot to
>Vista, but got the same original error message. Put in Vista DVD, did
>the repair thing, and got back into Vista, but again with no boot menu
>which would allow me to go to XP.
>
>But, apparenlty I either used EasyBCD incorrectly, or something else
>is the problem.
>
>Any help? |
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Since: Jan 15, 2008
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:56 pm
Post subject: Re: Vista/XP dual boot problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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<traygo RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fuunb558lo9b52e0dae7oqqfjk8bb8i8oc@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:55:20 -0600, traygo RemoveThis @hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>I've dual booted for quite a while between vista and xp. Yesterday,
>>got an error saying something to the effect of vista has a problem,
>>please put in installation DVD and restart. Did so, and Vista fixed
>>something and then was able to boot into Vista, but not XP.
>>
>>Searched, and found what appeared to be solution; use EasyBCD to add
>>XP to boot menu. Did that, and at next reboot, got a menu for vista
>>or XP. Went into XP just fine. Later, I attempted to reboot to
>>Vista, but got the same original error message. Put in Vista DVD, did
>>the repair thing, and got back into Vista, but again with no boot menu
>>which would allow me to go to XP.
>>
>>But, apparenlty I either used EasyBCD incorrectly, or something else
>>is the problem.
>>
>>Any help?
>
> btw, I should have said: XP was originally installed first, on first
> HD. Vista was installed afterwards, on second HD.
>
> Josh
I think something else is the problem. Why don't you download the HD
manufacturer's hard drive test suite and test the second HD? |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:36 pm
Post subject: Re: Vista/XP dual boot problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:56:17 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"
<c.barnhorst DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote:
><traygo DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:fuunb558lo9b52e0dae7oqqfjk8bb8i8oc@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:55:20 -0600, traygo DeleteThis @hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>I've dual booted for quite a while between vista and xp. Yesterday,
>>>got an error saying something to the effect of vista has a problem,
>>>please put in installation DVD and restart. Did so, and Vista fixed
>>>something and then was able to boot into Vista, but not XP.
>>>
>>>Searched, and found what appeared to be solution; use EasyBCD to add
>>>XP to boot menu. Did that, and at next reboot, got a menu for vista
>>>or XP. Went into XP just fine. Later, I attempted to reboot to
>>>Vista, but got the same original error message. Put in Vista DVD, did
>>>the repair thing, and got back into Vista, but again with no boot menu
>>>which would allow me to go to XP.
>>>
>>>But, apparenlty I either used EasyBCD incorrectly, or something else
>>>is the problem.
>>>
>>>Any help?
>>
>> btw, I should have said: XP was originally installed first, on first
>> HD. Vista was installed afterwards, on second HD.
>>
>> Josh
>
>I think something else is the problem. Why don't you download the HD
>manufacturer's hard drive test suite and test the second HD?
I ran seatools (on both drives), problems found. Thanks for the
suggestion. |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:39 pm
Post subject: Re: Vista/XP dual boot problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:55:20 -0600, traygo.RemoveThis@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks to all who replied, I used EasyBCD again, just to see if I
could see what went wrong. As far as I can tell, I did it exactly the
same as the first time. But, this time it seems to have 'stuck'.
Multiple reboots, power downs, and all seems ok. Shrug.
Thanks.
>I've dual booted for quite a while between vista and xp. Yesterday,
>got an error saying something to the effect of vista has a problem,
>please put in installation DVD and restart. Did so, and Vista fixed
>something and then was able to boot into Vista, but not XP.
>
>Searched, and found what appeared to be solution; use EasyBCD to add
>XP to boot menu. Did that, and at next reboot, got a menu for vista
>or XP. Went into XP just fine. Later, I attempted to reboot to
>Vista, but got the same original error message. Put in Vista DVD, did
>the repair thing, and got back into Vista, but again with no boot menu
>which would allow me to go to XP.
>
>But, apparenlty I either used EasyBCD incorrectly, or something else
>is the problem.
>
>Any help? |
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