Vista won't load after XP re-install on dual boot system

[George]

Recently I had to do a complete re-install of XP Pro. On this drive on
partition 3 I had Vista installed. When I did the re-install of XP, of
course changed the bootloader, so I have boot.ini. I edited boot.ini to
add Vista. Here is what I put in:
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista"
/fastdetect

Now at first it seems as if Vista is going to load, yet no screen ever
appears. I had saved the "Boot" directory and copied that back to the
first partition (where XP resides).

What exactly does it take to get Vista to load now? If I have boot.ini
directed to partition 3 (Vista), do I need that "Boot" folder to reside
there? What is could I be missing, or more exactly what do I have to do
to get Vista loaded up again? After the pain of installing, configuring,
activating, etc.. there is just no way in hell I plan on going through
that again

 

[Don]

George wrote:

....

What exactly does it take to get Vista to load now? If I have boot.ini
directed to partition 3 (Vista), do I need that "Boot" folder to reside
there?...

The important thing you need to know is that Vista does not use ntldr or
its companion boot.ini. Vista uses an entirely new boot manager called
bootmgr.

What you need to do is do a repair of the Vista boot system, which you
can do if you boot with the Vista install DVD and pick 'repair my
computer' from the menu. This basically just restores the master boot
record on your hard disk, which the XP installer overwrote with its own
(earlier) version.

 

[Frank]

Recently I had to do a complete re-install of XP Pro. On this drive on
partition 3 I had Vista installed. When I did the re-install of XP, of
course changed the bootloader, so I have boot.ini. I edited boot.ini to
add Vista. Here is what I put in:
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista"
/fastdetect

Now at first it seems as if Vista is going to load, yet no screen ever
appears. I had saved the "Boot" directory and copied that back to the
first partition (where XP resides).

What exactly does it take to get Vista to load now? If I have boot.ini
directed to partition 3 (Vista), do I need that "Boot" folder to reside
there? What is could I be missing, or more exactly what do I have to do
to get Vista loaded up again? After the pain of installing, configuring,
activating, etc.. there is just no way in hell I plan on going through
that again

Vista will not boot from the boot.ini.
Boot from the Vista DVD and select repair startup.
Frank

 

[mikeyhsd]

you can run VistaBootPro on the XP side and have it repair the vista boot loader so you once again have the multi-boot menu.
VistaBootPro runs in XP or Vista.



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Recently I had to do a complete re-install of XP Pro. On this drive on
partition 3 I had Vista installed. When I did the re-install of XP, of
course changed the bootloader, so I have boot.ini. I edited boot.ini to
add Vista. Here is what I put in:
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista"
/fastdetect

Now at first it seems as if Vista is going to load, yet no screen ever
appears. I had saved the "Boot" directory and copied that back to the
first partition (where XP resides).

What exactly does it take to get Vista to load now? If I have boot.ini
directed to partition 3 (Vista), do I need that "Boot" folder to reside
there? What is could I be missing, or more exactly what do I have to do
to get Vista loaded up again? After the pain of installing, configuring,
activating, etc.. there is just no way in hell I plan on going through
that again

 

[George]

Well that fixed the issue, except now XP can not load. It created an
entry for "Previous Operating System" This is what it currently is:

There are a total of 2 entries listed in the Vista Bootloader.
Bootloader TimeOut: 30 seconds.
Default OS: Microsoft Windows Vista

Entry #1

Name: Windows XP Pro
BCD ID: {ntldr}
Drive: C:\ "Changed to D:\"
Bootloader Path: \ntldr
Windows Directory:

Entry #2

Name: Microsoft Windows Vista
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Windows Directory: \Windows

I changed the "Drive: C:\" to "Drive: D:\", which is where Vista is
mounting the XP partition, but no luck. On the drive itself, XP is the
1st partition and Vista is the 3rd partition.

Recently I had to do a complete re-install of XP Pro. On this drive on
partition 3 I had Vista installed. When I did the re-install of XP, of
course changed the bootloader, so I have boot.ini. I edited boot.ini
to add Vista. Here is what I put in:
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista"
/fastdetect

Now at first it seems as if Vista is going to load, yet no screen ever
appears. I had saved the "Boot" directory and copied that back to the
first partition (where XP resides).

What exactly does it take to get Vista to load now? If I have boot.ini
directed to partition 3 (Vista), do I need that "Boot" folder to
reside there? What is could I be missing, or more exactly what do I
have to do to get Vista loaded up again? After the pain of installing,
configuring, activating, etc.. there is just no way in hell I plan on
going through that again

Vista will not boot from the boot.ini.
Boot from the Vista DVD and select repair startup.
Frank

 

[Frank]

Well that fixed the issue, except now XP can not load. It created an
entry for "Previous Operating System" This is what it currently is:

There are a total of 2 entries listed in the Vista Bootloader.
Bootloader TimeOut: 30 seconds.
Default OS: Microsoft Windows Vista

Entry #1

Name: Windows XP Pro
BCD ID: {ntldr}
Drive: C:\ "Changed to D:\"
Bootloader Path: \ntldr
Windows Directory:

Entry #2

Name: Microsoft Windows Vista
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Windows Directory: \Windows

I changed the "Drive: C:\" to "Drive: D:\", which is where Vista is
mounting the XP partition, but no luck. On the drive itself, XP is the
1st partition and Vista is the 3rd partition.

Recently I had to do a complete re-install of XP Pro. On this drive
on partition 3 I had Vista installed. When I did the re-install of
XP, of course changed the bootloader, so I have boot.ini. I edited
boot.ini to add Vista. Here is what I put in:
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista"
/fastdetect

Now at first it seems as if Vista is going to load, yet no screen
ever appears. I had saved the "Boot" directory and copied that back
to the first partition (where XP resides).

What exactly does it take to get Vista to load now? If I have
boot.ini directed to partition 3 (Vista), do I need that "Boot"
folder to reside there? What is could I be missing, or more exactly
what do I have to do to get Vista loaded up again? After the pain of
installing, configuring, activating, etc.. there is just no way in
hell I plan on going through that again

Vista will not boot from the boot.ini.
Boot from the Vista DVD and select repair startup.
Frank

The boot loader will load the BCD to C drive. Why did you change it?
Frank