I've been working on this all night and have just about given up... I have 2 NEW SATA hard drives. I have a clean install of Vista Ultimate on one (DISK 0), and a Norton Ghost of my current XP installation on the other (DISK 1). I cannot seem to get my XP installation to boot from the Vista Bootloader menu. They each boot fine when they are on their own. I've tried all I can think of an am not having any luck. Here is my current bcd config: Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=C: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {3ff62db5-b631-11db-890c-a116a8686f91} displayorder {current} {ntldr} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Microsoft Windows Vista locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {3ff62db5-b631-11db-890c-a116a8686f91} nx OptIn Windows Legacy OS Loader ------------------------ identifier {ntldr} device boot path \ntldr description Microsoft Windows XP I've tried a device of both "boot" and "partition D:" In one case, I get an error msg saying that "NTLDR is missing or corrupt" and in the other case, the system just re-boots over and over. Here is my boot.ini config from my XP installation: [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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
As usually happens, I couldn't let it go and think I figured it out. When setting up a dual-boot situation between Vista and XP, you need to decide if you want to boot from Vista or XP. In my case I wanted to use the Vista bootloader so I copied these 3 files from my XP root directory to my Vista root (boot.ini, ntdetect.com, and ntldr). I then edited the Vista copy of boot.ini to the proper location of my XP (disk)(partition). In my case, my Vista disk is installed in SATA0 and XP in SATA1. So here's what everything looks like with it working well. P.S. All drives are mapped correctly too. Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=C: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {3ff62db5-b631-11db-890c-a116a8686f91} displayorder {current} {ntldr} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Microsoft Windows Vista locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {3ff62db5-b631-11db-890c-a116a8686f91} nx Optin Windows Legacy OS Loader ------------------------ identifier {ntldr} device boot path \ntldr description Microsoft Windows XP The modified BOOT.INI looks like this: [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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn Thank you all for your help . Let me know if you have any questions.
might have been easier to use BCDEDIT. if you ghosted the xp after loading the vista that is where the problem came up. you have to load the older os first. @sport.rr.com As usually happens, I couldn't let it go and think I figured it out. When setting up a dual-boot situation between Vista and XP, you need to decide if you want to boot from Vista or XP. In my case I wanted to use the Vista bootloader so I copied these 3 files from my XP root directory to my Vista root (boot.ini, ntdetect.com, and ntldr). I then edited the Vista copy of boot.ini to the proper location of my XP (disk)(partition). In my case, my Vista disk is installed in SATA0 and XP in SATA1. So here's what everything looks like with it working well. P.S. All drives are mapped correctly too. Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=C: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {3ff62db5-b631-11db-890c-a116a8686f91} displayorder {current} {ntldr} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Microsoft Windows Vista locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {3ff62db5-b631-11db-890c-a116a8686f91} nx Optin Windows Legacy OS Loader ------------------------ identifier {ntldr} device boot path \ntldr description Microsoft Windows XP The modified BOOT.INI looks like this: [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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn Thank you all for your help . Let me know if you have any questions.
