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06-29-2006, 09:22 AM
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Boot.ini (w/Vista) was overwritten after repair of XP installation
Hello. I created a new partition ( J: ) from my C: drive and loaded Vista onto it. I had an error on my XP Pro ( C: ) and had to repair it. Well, as you all can see what's coming, it overwrote my boot.ini file and now I can't get back into Vista (there's no dual boot option).
Could someone tell me how to edit the boot.ini file to allow me once again to access my Vista partition ( J: ), without having to reload Vista altogether? Thanks. |
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06-29-2006, 10:56 PM
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See if this is any help: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=76386
Apparently, Vista does not use the boot.ini file.
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06-29-2006, 11:22 PM
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. . . and here's another link with information on the boot changes in Vista (as compared to NT/2000/XP) http://www.bootdisk.info/articles.php?action=show&id=72
I'm thinking that if you have the Vista DVD around, you could boot with that: I would imagine it has a Vista Recovery Console of some sort that has utilities (a tool called "BCDEdit.exe" gets metioned in ForceFlow's link & the one I posted above). Unfortunately, I don't know the extent of that utility's abilities yet [I won't be testing the Vista Beta until my DVD arrives in the next few days] Reinstalling Vista, though it takes forever, would likely restore the dual boot menu. If Vista has a recovery tool to fix it's bootloader, I'm sure that's the way to go -- but it's also possible that finding that information & figuring out how it works will take just as long as a reinstall. . . . Gary |
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06-30-2006, 01:26 AM
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Yeah, I would just re-install it. Though you may learn a bit more by trying to repair the boot leader... it will likely be repaired quicker with a re-install.
Vista installs rather quickly. My typical XP install takes only about 40 - 45 minutes and Vista seems to be only a few minutes longer. I have noticed that Vista is rather particular about where it is installed. I had a few issues with it until I un-installeed my previous version of Windows from the same drive. It appears to run a bit more smoothly on a clean drive. -Kev
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07-12-2006, 12:46 PM
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Any ideas yet on how to edit bcdedit to get my dual-boot option back?
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07-12-2006, 06:08 PM
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I found the answer here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...%3Bes%3B919529 Addressed my exact issue and after following the instructions it's back to dual-boot land! Thanks for your assistance. |
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