Dual boot installation/activation

[Pete]

I had a dual boot machine with XP Pro and Vista Ultimate on it.
Unfortunately due to hardware failure etc the XP installation was damaged
and I had to reinstall. Now I cannot access Vista (on a seperate partition
on the hard disk) as the option to select the OS to boot into has gone.

Is there a way to put this right without reinstalling Vista? I don't want
to reinstall if it can be helped as I am worried that I will not be allowed
to activate Vista again.

 

[John Barnes]

Using your Vista install DVD, run startup repair.

 

[Pete]

When I run the install DVD I can only "Check Compatibility" or "Install
Now" - I don't know how to run startup repair. I have looked at the folders
on the DVD but can't see anything about repair on there either.

 

[John Barnes]

Select install now. You will see startup repair

When I run the install DVD I can only "Check Compatibility" or "Install
Now" - I don't know how to run startup repair. I have looked at the
folders on the DVD but can't see anything about repair on there either.

 

[The poster formerly known as Nina Di Boy]

I had a dual boot machine with XP Pro and Vista Ultimate on it.
Unfortunately due to hardware failure etc the XP installation was damaged
and I had to reinstall. Now I cannot access Vista (on a seperate partition
on the hard disk) as the option to select the OS to boot into has gone.

Is there a way to put this right without reinstalling Vista? I don't want
to reinstall if it can be helped as I am worried that I will not be allowed
to activate Vista again.

Look into this:
http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/easybcd-151-released/

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[The poster formerly known as Nina Di Boy]

When I run the install DVD I can only "Check Compatibility" or "Install
Now" - I don't know how to run startup repair. I have looked at the folders
on the DVD but can't see anything about repair on there either.

Have you tried booting from the vista DVD instead of unning it from
inside of vista?


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windows box. Thats called hacking. People who do hacking are called
hackers."

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legality."
- Linus Torvalds

 

[Pete]

I am not running the Vista DVD from inside of Vista (can't boot Vista!) but
from XP.

 

[Pete]

No I did not get the option to repair, Vista is being reinstalled as I write
this!!

 

[John Barnes]

If you can't figure out how to do it, then download and install either
EasyBCD or VistaBootPro. Go to the manage bootloader section and do a
reinstall the Vista Bootloader.

 

[Guest]

http://www.vistabootpro.org/

 

[The poster formerly known as Nina DiBoy]

I am not running the Vista DVD from inside of Vista (can't boot Vista!) but
from XP.

Sorry Pete, my mistake. Regardless though, it should work if you boot
from the Vista DVD.

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Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"They hacked the Microsoft website to make it think a linux box was a
windows box. Thats called hacking. People who do hacking are called
hackers."

"Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with
legality."
- Linus Torvalds