Dual boot XP Vista
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Dual boot XP Vista
I need a little help. Can someone tell me if this is correct?
There is currently 2 OS(s) installed in the boot manager.
Current timeout before default boots: 30
Default OS: Windows Vista (TM) Business (recovered)
Entry # 1
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Name: Windows Vista (TM) Business (recovered)
BCD ID: {default}
Boot Drive: V:
Windows Drive: V:
System Bootloader: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Windows Directory: \Windows
Entry # 2
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Name: WIndows
BCD ID: {ntldr}
Boot Drive: C:
Windows Drive:
System Bootloader: \ntldr
Windows Directory:
Thanks Irv
Irv
Hey irvdk, Welcome to PROnetworks !!!
I'm not sure what behaviour you're experiencing, but the normal way to create a Vista/XP dual boot environment is :
1) Install XP (if necessary)
2) Ensure that you have a separate drive/partition for Vista
3) Install Vista to that location
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Normally, the dual boot should be created automatically.
Are you having any problems there ?
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What happened is everything was working fine after I added Vista to a new partition. A day later I had a problem and found it necessary to restore XP to a backup from before the installation of Vista.
After that when I booted up I had no menu to select which operating system I wanted it just went to Vista. I download and installed Vista Boot 3.1 and ran it. I have to leave it set on Legacy in order for it to work. If I don't then I gt a message saying that the "bootload.exe is missing or corrupt. When in XP and I right click on My Computer, properties, advanced,startup and recovery, settings, "Default Operating Systems" the only thing that shows is XP on Vista.
Irv
After that when I booted up I had no menu to select which operating system I wanted it just went to Vista. I download and installed Vista Boot 3.1 and ran it. I have to leave it set on Legacy in order for it to work. If I don't then I gt a message saying that the "bootload.exe is missing or corrupt. When in XP and I right click on My Computer, properties, advanced,startup and recovery, settings, "Default Operating Systems" the only thing that shows is XP on Vista.
Irv
Irv
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