[sam4u]

Hi All,
Earlier I made dual boot of XP and Vista with the help of VBP..it was working just fine.But my XP got infected and I had to format the XP drive and make a clean install of XP..I used the VBP to get the dual boot(my laptop came vista pre-installed with no vista dvd)..but XP is not working as it throws the following error on the black screen with following information on it:

[NT50]

Try the guide below. I take it your Vista is running?

Dual Boot Trouble Shooting Guide / Vista Running

[sam4u]

Thanx a lot for the help..anyways,Vista is working fine in the dual boot,where XP is throwing the above mentioned error.Again,while in Vista if we install the "Legacy Boot Loader" through VBP,then after a reboot it's entering directly into XP and it's working fine that time.

The discussion thread mentioned by u couldn't help me out. I have copied all the 3 files(NTLDR,Ntdetect.com,Boot.ini in both the C and D drives where Vista and XP are installed ).

Plz help me !!
Awaiting cooperation.

Regards,
Sam

[NT50]

Have you checked your boot.ini settings

[sam4u]

I've again installed a fresh copy of XP and tried a dual boot through VBP...But to no luck..the same prob persists,Vista working but XP throwing the same error as said earlier. Boot.ini is by default present in drive C only(where Vista is installed),copying it to drive E (XP) won't help.I have renamed my drives as clearly as "Vista"(C),"XP"(E) etc..so the possibility of messing up with drives can be ruled out..
Below plz find my boot.ini--
Waiting for help!
_____________________________________________________________________________________
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
_____________________________________________________________________________________

[sam4u]

Earlier there were only 2 drives in my HP-Compaq laptop-->
C: >> Vista installed in this
D: >> HP Recovery drive for Vista

I create a new drive E: from C: to get XP installed in that.As I told,XP was running fine also before I formatted the drive for XP and then reinstalled only to get puzzled in such a situation.Now the sitiuation is like below--

C-- VISTA
D-- Recovery drive..
E-- XP

Hope this little info will help..

regards,
Sam

[shreader]

To check your Boot.ini we also need a screenshot of your Computer Management, showing the drives & partitions.

[bkdezalia]

I'm having the same issue but getting "invalid boot.ini"