Sounds like the boot.ini file is missing from the root of the C drive. Hope you
have a copy of it from the previous setup.
"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
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>I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting XP and Vista.
>
> After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh on that
> partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista and not give me a choice
> between XP and Vista anymore.
>
> I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but when I tried to boot
> XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
>
> I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions, and now XP did not
> give me that message anymore.
>
> My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating "Invalid boot.ini
> file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows". The screen then is just black
> (but still has a signal), and the computer just sits there with no HD activity
> or anything.
>
> Vista boots flawlessly.
>
> I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
>
> Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
>
> Thanks.
| I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting XP and Vista.
|
| After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh on that
| partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista and not give me a choice
| between XP and Vista anymore.
|
| I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but when I tried to boot
| XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
|
| I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions, and now XP did
| not give me that message anymore.
|
| My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating "Invalid
| boot.ini file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows". The screen then is
| just black (but still has a signal), and the computer just sits there with
| no HD activity or anything.
|
| Vista boots flawlessly.
|
| I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
|
| Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
|
| Thanks.
You are still posting from the furure. Please fix your PC clock.
"Travis King" wrote:
> I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting
> XP and Vista.
>
> After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh
> on that partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista
> and not give me a choice between XP and Vista anymore.
>
> I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but
> when I tried to boot XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
>
> I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions,
> and now XP did not give me that message anymore.
>
> My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating
> "Invalid boot.ini file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows".
> The screen then is just black (but still has a signal), and the
> computer just sits there with no HD activity or anything.
>
> Vista boots flawlessly.
>
> I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
>
> Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
It would help if you listed the contents of the boot.ini file.
(It should be just below the root on the D: drive. You may
have to enable "Show System files" if you don't see it.)
Travis King <Anonymous@none.com> schreef in bericht
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> I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting XP and Vista.
>
> After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh on that
> partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista and not give me a choice
> between XP and Vista anymore.
>
> I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but when I tried to boot
> XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
>
> I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions, and now XP did
> not give me that message anymore.
>
> My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating "Invalid
> boot.ini file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows". The screen then is
> just black (but still has a signal), and the computer just sits there with
> no HD activity or anything.
>
> Vista boots flawlessly.
>
> I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
>
> Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
If your XP-partition is the 2nd, your boot.ini should be like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
As mentioned, copy your boot.ini file also. You will need to change the
information to point to your XP partition. If you have 2 drives, change the
rdisk entry, if you have 2 partitions on the same drive, see NachtWacht'
post
"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
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>I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting XP and Vista.
>
> After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh on that
> partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista and not give me a choice
> between XP and Vista anymore.
>
> I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but when I tried to
> boot XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
>
> I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions, and now XP did
> not give me that message anymore.
>
> My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating "Invalid
> boot.ini file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows". The screen then is
> just black (but still has a signal), and the computer just sits there with
> no HD activity or anything.
>
> Vista boots flawlessly.
>
> I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
>
> Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
>
> Thanks.
I thought I had my clock set to the correct time zone, but a second check
showed it was not. Even with showing the system files, I do not see
boot.ini. How could it have been removed just by installing Vista on a
different partition? Secondly, I thought that Vista did not use boot.ini,
so wouldn't it overwrite boot.ini with something else for XP? Thanks.
""NachtWacht"" <rembrandt@van.ryn> wrote in message
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> Travis King <Anonymous@none.com> schreef in bericht
> news:#0W0ThHjIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>> I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting XP and
>> Vista.
>>
>> After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh on that
>> partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista and not give me a
>> choice between XP and Vista anymore.
>>
>> I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but when I tried to
>> boot XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
>>
>> I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions, and now XP
>> did not give me that message anymore.
>>
>> My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating "Invalid
>> boot.ini file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows". The screen then
>> is just black (but still has a signal), and the computer just sits there
>> with no HD activity or anything.
>>
>> Vista boots flawlessly.
>>
>> I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
>>
>> Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
>
>
> If your XP-partition is the 2nd, your boot.ini should be like this:
>
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
>
> --
> ____________________ >> NIGH****CHER << ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
Files I see in the root of D:...
bootmgr
hiberfil.sys
NTDETECT
ntldr
pagefile.sys
""NachtWacht"" <rembrandt@van.ryn> wrote in message
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> Travis King <Anonymous@none.com> schreef in bericht
> news:#0W0ThHjIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>> I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting XP and
>> Vista.
>>
>> After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh on that
>> partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista and not give me a
>> choice between XP and Vista anymore.
>>
>> I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but when I tried to
>> boot XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
>>
>> I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions, and now XP
>> did not give me that message anymore.
>>
>> My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating "Invalid
>> boot.ini file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows". The screen then
>> is just black (but still has a signal), and the computer just sits there
>> with no HD activity or anything.
>>
>> Vista boots flawlessly.
>>
>> I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
>>
>> Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
>
>
> If your XP-partition is the 2nd, your boot.ini should be like this:
>
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
>
> --
> ____________________ >> NIGH****CHER << ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
Another computer in the house is dual-booting Vista and XP. XP's boot.ini
is intact on that machine. If I copy that boot.ini, will it do the job?
Thanks.
""NachtWacht"" <rembrandt@van.ryn> wrote in message
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> Travis King <Anonymous@none.com> schreef in bericht
> news:#0W0ThHjIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>> I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting XP and
>> Vista.
>>
>> After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh on that
>> partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista and not give me a
>> choice between XP and Vista anymore.
>>
>> I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but when I tried to
>> boot XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
>>
>> I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions, and now XP
>> did not give me that message anymore.
>>
>> My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating "Invalid
>> boot.ini file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows". The screen then
>> is just black (but still has a signal), and the computer just sits there
>> with no HD activity or anything.
>>
>> Vista boots flawlessly.
>>
>> I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
>>
>> Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
>
>
> If your XP-partition is the 2nd, your boot.ini should be like this:
>
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
>
> --
> ____________________ >> NIGH****CHER << ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
I see you are still alive, just FYI.
I remember you from back when Vista was still in beta, just FYI.
I have used Ubuntu before, just FYI.
I do not intend on putting that on this machine, just FYI.
<kevpan815@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Travis King wrote:
>> I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting XP and
>> Vista.
>>
>> After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh on that
>> partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista and not give me a
>> choice between XP and Vista anymore.
>>
>> I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but when I tried to
>> boot XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
>>
>> I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions, and now XP
>> did not give me that message anymore.
>>
>> My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating "Invalid
>> boot.ini file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows". The screen then
>> is just black (but still has a signal), and the computer just sits there
>> with no HD activity or anything.
>>
>> Vista boots flawlessly.
>>
>> I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
>>
>> Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Re-Format Your Computer And Install Open Source Linux Ubuntu 7.10 RTW,
> Just FYI.
If it doesn't, do you have the XP install cd. You will be able to make one
from the Recovery Console. Check both drives to make sure you don't have
it.
Vista doesn't use the boot.ini, but as soon as you pass control from Vista
to the ntldr, you need it for XP.
"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
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> Another computer in the house is dual-booting Vista and XP. XP's boot.ini
> is intact on that machine. If I copy that boot.ini, will it do the job?
> Thanks.
> ""NachtWacht"" <rembrandt@van.ryn> wrote in message
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>> Travis King <Anonymous@none.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:#0W0ThHjIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> I just had to reinstall Windows Vista, and I am dual-booting XP and
>>> Vista.
>>>
>>> After formatting my Vista partition and installing Vista fresh on that
>>> partition, Windows would boot straight into Vista and not give me a
>>> choice between XP and Vista anymore.
>>>
>>> I downloaded EasyBCD, and got the XP entry back in, but when I tried to
>>> boot XP, it would tell me that NTLDR is missing.
>>>
>>> I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT files into both partitions, and now XP
>>> did not give me that message anymore.
>>>
>>> My problem now is that XP briefly displays a message stating "Invalid
>>> boot.ini file". Then the next line says "C:\Windows". The screen then
>>> is just black (but still has a signal), and the computer just sits there
>>> with no HD activity or anything.
>>>
>>> Vista boots flawlessly.
>>>
>>> I took a look on Google and couldn't find much.
>>>
>>> Vista is on C: and XP is on D:.
>>
>>
>> If your XP-partition is the 2nd, your boot.ini should be like this:
>>
>>
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=30
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
>> [operating systems]
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home
>> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>>
>>
>> --
>> ____________________ >> NIGH****CHER << ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
>
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