XP drive letter changed after vista install

Ok , heres the story...

using a tutorial i found I set up a dual boot system by installing
vista then xp, both installed without a problem, vista is on drive C:
and XP was on drive F: and was able to boot into either. The DVD drives
on D and E.

to cut a long story short, i had to re-install vista and after doing so
Vista now shows the XP localdrive as drive "D" and the DVD drives are
now drives E and F.
This cant be good for the programs ive already installed on XP when it
was drive F

i cant boot into XP anymore. I get that "\NTLDR missing" error msg.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit/enum active
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
displayorder {current}
{b42e0cde-884c-11dc-95d3-001a92536769}
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 {54da3883-88dd-11dc-add4-f3f6bd9a7413}
nx OptIn
Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {b42e0cde-884c-11dc-95d3-001a92536769}
device partition=D:
path \NTLDR
description Microsoft Windows XP

Any help would be great.
thanks.


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TraumuLa

Go to.. Computer > (right click) Manage > (storage) Disk Management..

You can reassign drive letter for everything BUT the boot drive

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Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
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"TraumuLa" <TraumuLa.2zdac9@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:TraumuLa.2zdac9@no-mx.forums.net...
>
> Ok , heres the story...
>
> using a tutorial i found I set up a dual boot system by installing
> vista then xp, both installed without a problem, vista is on drive C:
> and XP was on drive F: and was able to boot into either. The DVD drives
> on D and E.
>
> to cut a long story short, i had to re-install vista and after doing so
> Vista now shows the XP localdrive as drive "D" and the DVD drives are
> now drives E and F.
> This cant be good for the programs ive already installed on XP when it
> was drive F
>
> i cant boot into XP anymore. I get that "\NTLDR missing" error msg.
>
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
> C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit/enum active
> Windows Boot Manager
> --------------------
> identifier {bootmgr}
> device partition=C:
> description Windows Boot Manager
> locale en-US
> inherit {globalsettings}
> default {current}
> displayorder {current}
> {b42e0cde-884c-11dc-95d3-001a92536769}
> 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 {54da3883-88dd-11dc-add4-f3f6bd9a7413}
> nx OptIn
> Real-mode Boot Sector
> ---------------------
> identifier {b42e0cde-884c-11dc-95d3-001a92536769}
> device partition=D:
> path \NTLDR
> description Microsoft Windows XP
>
> Any help would be great.
> thanks.
>
>
> --
> TraumuLa

I just installed XPPro(SP2) then Vista while in XP. I though this was the
way. The vista loader took my XXXXX-XXXXX- ...; went through several reboots
then asked me for my XXXXX- again. Sure enough, the drive letters were
reassigned and no multiboot screen.

I have a 150 GB HDD partitioned w/ XP into three 50 GB partitions:
C: XP SP2 was running with all updates.
D: I designated this as the Vista Install.
E: data

Now C: is vista; D: is XP with no multiboot during power-on boot nor within
Vista>System. I found some reference in Help>multiboot that ended in
/FORCE.
It didn't fix anything, apparently.

Is there a way to fix this without spending another 8 hours doing a clean
install of XPPro (SP2) then Vista (Home Premium)?

Or how can I avoid this during the clean installs?

Thanks.

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
<snipped>

> Go to.. Computer > (right click) Manage > (storage) Disk Management..
>
> You can reassign drive letter for everything BUT the boot drive
>
>

Thats what i thought would fix it too. but it didn't work.
I still get that \NTLDR missing error msg.

Im beginning to think i'll need to re-install XP .......again.


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TraumuLa