Reinstalled XP, lost bootloader
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Reinstalled XP, lost bootloader
Drive 1, XP
Drive 2, Vista, Win 7(separate partition)
Reformatted XP and lost bootloader. Booted Vista dvd, repaired startup, now only have Vista option.
All files are accessible on drives.
I'm ready to start drinking heavily, please help. Thank you.
Re: Reinstalled XP, lost bootloader
The guide below will help ya out.
Dual Boot Trouble Shooting Guide / Vista Running
Be sure to check out the NEW DualBootPro
The Guide uses VistaBootPro but the DualBootPro will do the same as VistaBootPro. I have not had time to rewrite the Guide yet.
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Re: Reinstalled XP, lost bootloader
Tried that but now i have no bootloader it just boots to Vista. Originally I had XP installed first, then Vista, then Win 7. Here's a copy of my boot.ini from Vista
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
comp mngmt
c: vista
D: XP
G: win 7
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
comp mngmt
c: vista
D: XP
G: win 7
Re: Reinstalled XP, lost bootloader
The three file, NTDETECT, ntldr, and boot.ini need to be on the root of drive C:\
The rdisk(0) needs to be rdisk(1) [both intances] in your boot.ini
The rdisk(0) needs to be rdisk(1) [both intances] in your boot.ini
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Re: Reinstalled XP, lost bootloader
NT50 wrote:The three file, NTDETECT, ntldr, and boot.ini need to be on the root of drive C:\
The rdisk(0) needs to be rdisk(1) [both intances] in your boot.ini
You can then add Legacy OS in VistaBootPro or DualBootPro to point to drive D: for the boot of Windows XP.
Also add OS to point to drive G for Windows 7
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Re: Reinstalled XP, lost bootloader
The three files are on the root of C.
So I should edit boot.ini on my C drive as such?
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
So I should edit boot.ini on my C drive as such?
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
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