stephen_0002 Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Hey all ... it's obvious that once vista is properly installed.... there are now 2 boot screens ... 1 for vista one for winxp ... winVI does not have the "msconfig" ... so i decided to fix the boot order in the winxp boot.ini ..... big mistake i guess..... now whenever i boot the pc... it goes straight to winxp ... what do i need to add the the boot.ini ... for it to recongnize windows vista .... P.S. either winvi or winxp boot screen is fine just aslong as i can have access to vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 What hard drive and partition do you have vista installed on? And please post a copy of your boot.ini. This is relitively easy to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_0002 Posted August 27, 2005 Author Share Posted August 27, 2005 thanx for your concern ... i have vista on a 2nd partiton ... and my boot.ini in windows xp looks sumtin like this [boot loader] timeout 30 default=multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)Windows="Microsoft Windows XP" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankyone Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Longhorn" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER /DETECTHAL multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT try this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cropcircles Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I have Vista on my 4th partition. [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Longhorn" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /FASTDETECT I read somewhere where you can copy a file from the system32 and place in same place in XP, then some editing with the boot.ini and then you only have one boot screen instead of two when booting into XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ogie Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 correct, believe the guide you're referring to is at http://www.chris123nt.com/guides/Beta1_5112/ Don't forget about the bootcfg command in a Recovery Console (boot to your Windows XP CD and choose Recovery Console). Also, fixboot and fixmbr may be of some use. Remember that this will undoubtedly take you back to a single boot XP situation, but the bootcfg will be able to fish out your Windows installations and enumerate them in a brand new boot.ini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_0002 Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 thank you all for your input ... but i am still having trouble.... i ended up screwing up the boot.ini completly... and couldn't even boot into winxp at all... soo i formatted and install xp all over. .... ok .... this is what i have.... C:\Windows XP Pro D:\Storage E:\Windows Vista ***i only have 1 boot menu .... default winxp .... with only one option .... and thats ofcourse winxp .... what i would like is to have windows vista in there as well .... or hell .... even the vista boot sequence that comes bundled with the beta ....... i would just like to be able to boot into Winxp and Winvista ..... i really appreciate all the help .... i didn't relise i'm that dumb when it comes to boot screens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Max Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 I didn't merge the two boot loaders as everyone is telling me ... I just kept it the same way, selected XP as default and put a 4 second timeout. You could try that, but seeing how you screwed up your Boot file, maybe it's better if you don't install it for now ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I8PP Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Try running C:\boot\fixntfs.exe -lh (or fixfat.exe if your drive is FAT32) that will use the Vista compatible boot loader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spclffred Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Yea what they said, i have two hard drives and the windows bootloader works great i like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnZ Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 thank you all for your input ... but i am still having trouble.... i ended up screwing up the boot.ini completly... and couldn't even boot into winxp at all... soo i formatted and install xp all over. ....ok .... this is what i have.... C:\Windows XP Pro D:\Storage E:\Windows Vista ***i only have 1 boot menu .... default winxp .... with only one option .... and thats ofcourse winxp .... what i would like is to have windows vista in there as well .... or hell .... even the vista boot sequence that comes bundled with the beta ....... i would just like to be able to boot into Winxp and Winvista ..... i really appreciate all the help .... i didn't relise i'm that dumb when it comes to boot screens... 586444785[/snapback] Then... [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS VISTA [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS VISTA="Microsoft Windows Vista" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS XP PRO="Microsoft Windows XP" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT and if that doesnt work, try using WINDOW~1 instead of WINDOWS VISTA and WINDOWS XP PRO That is of course on the vista partition. If it doesnt work, try putting the same thing in the XP partition, removing the /USENEWLOADER option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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