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- Installed Windows vista Ultimate
- Later i installed windows Xp Pr SP2 because the internet via Lan wasent working on Vista.
- And now i directly start in xp.
- I have 1 Hd with 3 partitions. Vista installed on D:, Xp installed on C:, personal files on E:


This is what i did:

1- started in XP
2- copied boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect to BOTH HD, vista AND xp
3- started VistabootPRO in XP and repaired vista boot
4- run diagnostic in vistabootPRO
5- my XP entry was RED and i had to delete it and manually add legacy OS
make sure that you enter correct drive letter for XP

this will take you about 5 minutes and it does work.

stipe

I'm not really with you,
copied boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect from where, to where?

[stipe Profile]

read this:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=89897&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=dual+booting&start=10

I think that those 3 files are on your vista HD (c:\)

You just have to copy them back to the XP HD (D:\)

Then repair vista boot with VistabootPRO.

Then run diagnostic.

Probably you will have to delete XP entry in VistabootPro and manually add it again under Legacy OS option.

I wasted whole weekend trying to get my notebook to dualboot and now i just can't belive how simple it is.

good luck.

stipe