Can't boot into Vista (dualboot)

[JanJ]

Hi

Blunder of the week:

I've had a triple-boot set up on my laptop with XP, Vista and Windows 7 beta
on three logical volumes. I wanted to uninstall the Win7 beta, and ran this
command using the Win7 beta installation disk:

"e:\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force" (E: is my DVD drive)

Stupid. Of course, with this parameter I managed to get rid of the Vista
boot option as well as Win7. Now the machine only launches XP.

Does anybody know a way to get Vista back into the boot menu, short of doing
a Vista repair install? I've kept all files on the volumes, it should all be
there.

JJ

 

[Dave]

Try Vistabootpro http://www.vistabootpro.org/ (I guess it's not free
anymore)

Or, boot off the Vista DVD, and do a startup repair.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial148.html

 

[JanJ]

Try Vistabootpro http://www.vistabootpro.org/ (I guess it's not free
anymore)

Or, boot off the Vista DVD, and do a startup repair.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial148.html

Thanks for replying, Dave, but I am looking for a simpler solution using one
of the boot sector tools to simply restore the Vista entry without the hazzle
of running an install. Or isn't it possible?

JJ

 

[Dave]

You can use bcdedit....
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2014/vista_using_bcdedit_boot_up_options_dual_boot_xp_prof/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709667.aspx

The repair isn't a whole install...

 

[JanJ]

You can use bcdedit....
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2014/vista_using_bcdedit_boot_up_options_dual_boot_xp_prof/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709667.aspx

The repair isn't a whole install...

Had to go with the last one after all. Problem solved within two seconds.
What took most of the time was finding the installation disk. It was in the
basement. Thanks for your help, Dave.

JJ

 

[andy]

Use the same command with /nt60 instead of /nt52.

 

[JanJ]

Use the same command with /nt60 instead of /nt52.

That was my initial idea as well, but it didn't bring Vista back into the
boot menu. Anyway, startup repair took care of it.

JJ