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Hello. I recently downloaded and installed Windows Vista RC1.
I have a working Windows XP installation on my secondary SATA drive (F
while I installed Vista on primary SATA drive (C
I have been experimenting with EasyBCD and Vista Boot Pro to make an
entry in the BCD for my Windows XP installation. However, when I try to
boot my WinXP installation, I only get a message saying that .\NTLDR is
missing.
I started the recovery console from the WinXP CD and typed "fixboot" and
"fixmbr", however this does not seem to fix the problem.
I should probably tell you that the secondary SATA drive shows up as D:
in the recovery console, while it shows up as F: in Vista and WinXP. (I
have tried to change the drive letter of the secondary SATA drive to D:
and re-run "fixboot" and "fixmbr" from the WinXP recovery console, but
it does not seem to matter...)
I even tried to copy the NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM files from the WinXP CD
to the root of the F:\ drive. Now the message disappears, but my PC
instantly reboots when I try to boot the WinXP installation.
However, I found out that when choosing "Boot from secondary SATA drive"
in the BIOS menu, I am able to boot my old XP installation fine.
How do I configure the Vista bootloader to be able to detect and boot
from my old XP installation on drive F:?
Below is output of bcdedit /enum
--cut--
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {856e4599-66ef-11db-9ba6-a22c3d2dc6c3}
displayorder {current}
{a4749f90-66a5-11db-841f-001060a5f409}
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 {856e4599-66ef-11db-9ba6-a22c3d2dc6c3}
nx OptIn
Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {a4749f90-66a5-11db-841f-001060a5f409}
device partition=F:
path \ntldr
description Microsoft Windows XP
--cut--
Any hints will be deeply appreciated .
Thank you!
I have a working Windows XP installation on my secondary SATA drive (F
while I installed Vista on primary SATA drive (C
I have been experimenting with EasyBCD and Vista Boot Pro to make an
entry in the BCD for my Windows XP installation. However, when I try to
boot my WinXP installation, I only get a message saying that .\NTLDR is
missing.
I started the recovery console from the WinXP CD and typed "fixboot" and
"fixmbr", however this does not seem to fix the problem.
I should probably tell you that the secondary SATA drive shows up as D:
in the recovery console, while it shows up as F: in Vista and WinXP. (I
have tried to change the drive letter of the secondary SATA drive to D:
and re-run "fixboot" and "fixmbr" from the WinXP recovery console, but
it does not seem to matter...)
I even tried to copy the NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM files from the WinXP CD
to the root of the F:\ drive. Now the message disappears, but my PC
instantly reboots when I try to boot the WinXP installation.
However, I found out that when choosing "Boot from secondary SATA drive"
in the BIOS menu, I am able to boot my old XP installation fine.
How do I configure the Vista bootloader to be able to detect and boot
from my old XP installation on drive F:?
Below is output of bcdedit /enum
--cut--
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {856e4599-66ef-11db-9ba6-a22c3d2dc6c3}
displayorder {current}
{a4749f90-66a5-11db-841f-001060a5f409}
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 {856e4599-66ef-11db-9ba6-a22c3d2dc6c3}
nx OptIn
Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {a4749f90-66a5-11db-841f-001060a5f409}
device partition=F:
path \ntldr
description Microsoft Windows XP
--cut--
Any hints will be deeply appreciated .
Thank you!