"Hiawatha Bray" <watha@monitortan.com> wrote in message news:riZfi.12443$XH5.11344@trndny02...
:I don't understand...I keep running Vista Boot Pro. It doesn't work. I
: didn the bootsect.exe thing too and it didn't work. I don't get it. What
: can I do? Thanks!
:
:
: "...winston" <merlin@druid9#.com> wrote in message
: news:urZsF3ttHHA.3404@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
: The easiest way to do this is with Vista Boot Pro or EasyBCD.
: Links for both and instructions provided in another post in this same
: thread.
: ...winston
:
: "Hiawatha Bray" <watha@monitortan.com> wrote in message
: news:lcCfi.5672$XH5.3825@trndny02...
::I don't understand. I have to format my C drive? I don't wanna do that.
: I
:: don't have a hidden \Boot catalog anyway.
::
:: Can I just run the Vista command instead?
::
::
:: "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
:: news:%23FD5xVhtHHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
:: > 1.
:: > Just copy out one executable file from Vista install DVD -
: bootsect.exe.
:: > Save it somewhere, for example on D:\. After you
:: > installed XP run this command from XP command line: d:\bootsect /nt60
: c:
:: > /force. It will restore correct Vista bootsector and at the next
: restart
:: > you will see your previous Vista's bootmenu.
:: > You must also copy out and restore a hidden file bootmgr.
:: > 2.
:: > If on C: drive you have a hidden \Boot catalog, then copy it out before
:: > formatting C: and restore it thereafter.
:: > Jack
:: >
:: >
:: > You must also copy out and restore a hidden file bootmgr. Sorry.
:: > "Hiawatha Bray" <watha@monitortan.com> wrote in message
:: > news:uDlfi.4961$pT4.2681@trndny06...
:: >>I have a PC with two hard drives, one with XP, the other Vista. I had
:: >>them dual-booting nicely, using the Windows Boot Manager that I
: installed
:: >>when I first installed Vista. But I just did a complete reinstall of
: XP,
:: >>and the boot manager is gone. I don't know how to reinstall the boot
:: >>manager so I can dual-boot again. The machine just boots into XP. I
: want
:: >>to use both. How can I reinstall the boot manager? Thanks.
:: >>
:: >
:: >
::
::
:
:
At last I got it to work. I used the Vista install disk and ran the repair
program. Vista recognized the problem with the boot sector and fixed it.
Everything's fine now. Thanks.
"...winston" <merlin@druid9#.com> wrote in message
news:uvx3M2htHHA.3796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Install Vista Boot Pro or EasyBCD
"Hiawatha Bray" <watha@monitortan.com> wrote in message
news:uDlfi.4961$pT4.2681@trndny06...
:I have a PC with two hard drives, one with XP, the other Vista. I had them
: dual-booting nicely, using the Windows Boot Manager that I installed when
I
: first installed Vista. But I just did a complete reinstall of XP, and the
: boot manager is gone. I don't know how to reinstall the boot manager so I
: can dual-boot again. The machine just boots into XP. I want to use both.
: How can I reinstall the boot manager? Thanks.
:
:
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