Convert Duel-boot XP\VU to VU

I've been reading about this in Google and people have suggested
modifying BCDedit to remove XP and then formatting XP's partition. How
do I move Vista's Boot folder from C to D drive without messing up the
ability for VU to boot? (VU is on D) TIA

its called DUAL, as in 2.

duel means some kind of fight



"Sam" <none> wrote in message
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> I've been reading about this in Google and people have suggested
> modifying BCDedit to remove XP and then formatting XP's partition. How
> do I move Vista's Boot folder from C to D drive without messing up the
> ability for VU to boot? (VU is on D) TIA
>

On Sat, 31 May 2008 11:47:43 -0400, "Sam" <none> wrote:

>I've been reading about this in Google and people have suggested
>modifying BCDedit to remove XP and then formatting XP's partition. How
>do I move Vista's Boot folder from C to D drive without messing up the
>ability for VU to boot? (VU is on D) TIA

1. Mark the Vista partition active (Disk Management).

2. Write boot sector that runs Vista bootmgr (E: is the Vista DVD):
E:\boot>bootsect /nt60 sys
Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

D: (\\?\Volume{6fffffb9-2f61-11dd-af34-806e6f6e6963})

Updated NTFS filesystem bootcode. The update may be unreliable
since the volume could not be locked during the update:
Access is denied.

Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes.

E:\boot>

3. Create new BCD in Vista partition:
3.1. Boot the computer from the Vista DVD, and select Repair your
computer.

A popup showing the following information should appear:

System Recovery Options
Windows found problems with your computer's startup options.
Do you want to apply repairs and restart your computer?
View Details
|Repair and restart| |No|

3.2. Select |No|.

3.3. Select |Next>|.

3.4. Select Command Prompt.

3.5. Execute the command bootrec /rebuildbcd, and answer yes to adding
installation to boot list. This command creates the Boot folder and
the BCD file within it.

E:\sources\x86\Sources>bootrec /rebuildbcd
Scanning all disks for Windows installations.

Please wait, since this may take a while...

Successfully scanned Windows installations.
Total indentified Windows installations: 1
[1] C:\Windows
Add installation to boot list? Yes(Y)/No(N)/All(A):y
The operation completed successfully.

3.6. Select |Restart|, and boot from the Vista DVD and select Repair
your computer again.

System Recovery Options

Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate 29999MB (C Vista

|Load Drivers| |Next>|

3.7. Select |Next>|

3.8. Select Startup Repair. This command creates file bootmgr, and
adds additional files in folder Boot.

3.9. Select |Restart| and boot from the hard disk into Vista:

D:\Windows\system32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=D:
default {current}
displayorder {current}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=D:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate
osdevice partition=D:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {6fbf21b8-2f68-11dd-99e5-806e6f6e6963}

D:\Windows\system32>

You could use VistaBootPro to help configure the BCD.

http://www.vistabootpro.org/

Here is a forum dedicated to VistaBootPro and dual booting.

http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/index.php

"Sam" <none> wrote in message
news:48417344$0$4256$...
> I've been reading about this in Google and people have suggested
> modifying BCDedit to remove XP and then formatting XP's partition. How
> do I move Vista's Boot folder from C to D drive without messing up the
> ability for VU to boot? (VU is on D) TIA
>