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Hi,

I have two hardrives

HD1 has Windows XP on the first partition
HD2 has Windows Vista on the first partiton

When i go to install windows i see the following disk information

114471 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]
C: Partition1 (Vista D2) [NTFS]
K: Partition2 (Vista Store) [NTFS]

152627 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]

D: Partition1 (XP D1) [NTFS]
E: Partition2 [Unknown]
F: Partition3 (XP Store)

When I turn my computer on with both drives plugged in it says

invalid boot.ini
booting from C:\Windows \

When I turn my computer on with Vista drive plugged in it says

invalid boot.ini
booting from C:\Windows \

When I turn my computer on with XP drive plugged in it
Shows me the boot menu but if i select Vista or XP both have an invalid path warning

Vista Selection

File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe

Status:0xc000000e

Info: The selected entry could not be loaded becuase the application is missing or corrupt

XP Selection

File: \ntldr

Status: 0xc000000e

Info: The selected entry could not be loaded becuase the application is missing or corrupt

I hope thats enough information, How can I fix this problem?

[Black_Ice Profile]

Ok im guessing no one knows the answer so i will post how things are going for others referance.

I used a Linux Live disk to remove bootmgr from the XP partition and this has fixed the XP drive so it now boots directly to XP.

[augie]

Hi Black_Ice and welcome aboard, sorry you got missed. I see you've solved the first part so trythis guide to get your Vista back up and running, basically the second half of it. Thanks for sharing your experiences.