Dual Boot(Vista/XP) Error: Unable to enter into XP..!

[Guest]

Hi,
I've XP installed previously on D: drive and 2000 pro on C: drive. I
formatted C: drive(2000 pro) & installed Vista on C: drive. After that I am
unable to boot/enter into XP which is giving error like: \ntldr corrupted.
I tried other VistaBoot Pro,Easy BCD tools to edit but couldn't able to
solve the prob.
I tried to repair vista boot manager after inserting DVD by going to repair
startup but again couldn't solve it. I checked online for help. But nothing
could solve it. I want XP & vista working without reinstalling them again.
Could anyone suggest a best solution will be appreciated?

Thanks.....!

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Click start, type CMD and right click the start menu entry. Choose 'run as
administrator'. From the prompt, run 'bcdedit /enum' and then copy/paste the
contents into a reply. Please also include the location of ntldr, ntdetect,
and boot.ini on your system.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[John Barnes]

or you can just copy the 3 files onto the system drive and modify the
boot.ini to point to the XP system.

 

[Paul Randall]

Hi,
I've XP installed previously on D: drive and 2000 pro on C: drive. I
formatted C: drive(2000 pro) & installed Vista on C: drive. After that I
am
unable to boot/enter into XP which is giving error like: \ntldr corrupted.
I tried other VistaBoot Pro,Easy BCD tools to edit but couldn't able to
solve the prob.
I tried to repair vista boot manager after inserting DVD by going to
repair
startup but again couldn't solve it. I checked online for help. But
nothing
could solve it. I want XP & vista working without reinstalling them again.
Could anyone suggest a best solution will be appreciated?

It is perhaps easier to dual boot if Vista is installed first, but here is a
tutorial on how to do it if XP is installed first. Hopefully it will have
tips to help your current situation.

http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista

 

[Guest]

From the prompt, I am pasting the below contents of my system:Check it out.

I've searched ntldr,ntdetect.com files but couldnt find on my system. Could
u please tell me where would these files reside?however,I got them from XP
cd. So,where can I paste them? I've boot.ini file also. Please suggest soon
how to proceed next. Thanks..
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C:\Users\TVNRK>bcdedit /enum

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=D:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 5

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {e8709fb7-fa5f-11db-be4d-e219ece5282e}
nx OptIn
quietboot Yes

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

You have no boot entry for the XP install. Read this on adding one:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791568.aspx

The files need to be on the root of the XP volume.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much. Now,I am able to enter into XP where I've added the boot
entry by using EasyBCD & then placed those missing ntldr,ntdetect.com.
But however,in XP I was not able to recover my user account which was failed
to login which it automicatically created some another default account & got
logged in.
Anyway thanx for ur replies & suggestions which are best appreciated.

 

[TVNRK]

May I know what did u change in the Boot enrty?

What is your problem? Please explain, i"ll try to solve if possible.