I have installed XP on E: on a Toshiba laptop that already had Vista on C:.

Now I only see XP which is normal. I am using VistaBootPRO 3.3.0 to try to get a dual boot.

I already used the Manage OS Entries to add Windows XP.

I understand the next (and last) step is to use System Bootloader, but I am not sure what options I should check, for some of them:

- For "Choose a System Bootloader to install" I should certainly select "Windows Vista Bootloader";

- For "System Bootloader Install Options", should I check "All Drives" or "System Partition" or "Specific Drive"? I don't understand the impact of this decision.

- Should I check the optional "Force Bootloader Install" before I click on the "Install Bootloader" button? What does this "Force ..." do?

Thanks for your help!

P.S.: I enclose the "View BCD Registry Settings" with "All" checked, with the hope that someone will tell me whether the state I have obtained seems coherent, and whether proceeding with "System Bootloader" is safe from this point, and will get me a dual boot.

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale fr-FR
inherit {globalsettings}
default {default}
resumeobject {940a1958-8e65-11db-8b38-00a0d163fa4a}
displayorder {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
{default}
{7135fa87-74d9-11dc-87fa-0019d24b553d}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
device ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\Sources\Boot.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
description Windows Recovery Environment
osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\Sources\Boot.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
detecthal Yes
winpe Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {default}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale fr-FR
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {940a1958-8e65-11db-8b38-00a0d163fa4a}
nx OptIn

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {940a1958-8e65-11db-8b38-00a0d163fa4a}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winresume.exe
description Windows Resume Application
locale fr-FR
inherit {resumeloadersettings}
filedevice partition=C:
filepath \hiberfil.sys
pae No
debugoptionenabled No

Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier {memdiag}
device partition=C:
path \boot\memtest.exe
description Diagnostics m�moire Windows
locale fr-FR
inherit {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess Yes

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {7135fa87-74d9-11dc-87fa-0019d24b553d}
device partition=E:
path \ntldr
description Microsoft Windows XP Pro

EMS Settings
------------
identifier {emssettings}
bootems Yes

Debugger Settings
-----------------
identifier {dbgsettings}
debugtype Serial
debugport 1
baudrate 115200

RAM Defects
-----------
identifier {badmemory}

Global Settings
---------------
identifier {globalsettings}
inherit {dbgsettings}
{emssettings}
{badmemory}

Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
identifier {bootloadersettings}
inherit {globalsettings}

Resume Loader Settings
----------------------
identifier {resumeloadersettings}
inherit {globalsettings}

Device options
--------------
identifier {ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
description Ramdisk Device Options
ramdisksdidevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
ramdisksdipath \boot.sdi

It looks like you should be fine selecting the Vista bootloader>All Drives>Install bootloader. Provided all the boot system files for both operating systems are on the root of the drive tagged "System" in Device Manager (in either OS that should be the same), you should get the dual boot menu and be able to boot to either operating system.

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