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I've got my brothers Compaq sr2150nx, this thing has been giving me all kinds of trouble, but here is the problem now. After i partitioned vista and installed xp pro to a smaller 16gb partition, i loaded vistabootpro, installed the bootloader, ran the diagnostics, applied my settings and when i restart the dual boot screen comes up but when i try to boot into xp i get the missing ndtlr file and when i try to boot into vista it will start to load then go back to the dual boot menu, anyone have any ideas what i can do, (reformatting is not an option lol) any help would be appreciated

[Grav!ty Profile]

Check out these guides for information to solve your problem:

install-windows-xp-in-a-dual-boot-with-pre-installed-windows-t88231.html

dual-boot-trouble-shooting-guide-vista-running-t92429.html

[ApharoahsKING Profile]

Well, i went through those guides before posting. Now the problem is that i get the dual boot prompt, xp will boot but vista runs into an error while starting and startup repair "cannot repair"

[Grav!ty Profile]

Do you have both sets of boot system files - boot.ini, ntldr and NTDETECT.COM for XP and bootmgr and the folder Boot for Vista - on the drive/partition tagged (System) in Disk Management?

Also, please post a screenshot of your Disk Management as well the contents of View Settings>Overview from VistaBootPRO.

[ApharoahsKING Profile]

Ok, i've got the error problem fixed vista will now try to boot, the only problem is that its stuck in a loop. The vista logo comes up and it starts to boot then it stops and goes back to the Compaq screen. I've read somewhere that this could be a problem with a fbism.exe file, any ideas on how to fix that?