Guest Don Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Hey gang, I have been running Vista Ultimate 64 bit, dual booting with XP Pro 32 bit, since about mid March. I dual boot, and used Easy BCD Creator, to create my dual boot menu upon bootup, which has worked very well. I went out of town on Tuesday, and when I got home yesterday evening, noticed that it booted directly into Vista 64, without giving me the option to boot into XP. I went into Easy BCD Creator, and added the XP boot to it, then when I tried to boot, I got the option, however when I chose XP, it simply flashes quickly and then reboots. It simply will not boot into XP Pro any longer - no problems booting into Vista Ultimate 64 bit. It is not a dire thing for me right now, as I have pretty much migrated over to Vista 64 now, I like it better and it does everything I want without problem. But it bothers me, as to why this has happened. I tried system restore, to a point before I left town where I knew it worked ok, but that did nothing. ( yes, I have the Vista partitions hidden from XP). I guess I could just wipe the XP partition and move on, but would prefer to get it back up and running properly if at all possible. Any ideas on what I might could do to get XP to boot? I do have a system image of all my partitions on an external usb drive, I use Acronis True Image on about a weekly basis, perhaps I should try restoring just the XP partition? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! -- Don
Guest Andy Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 Re: Dual boot appears to be hosed? On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:14:18 -0500, "Don" <burnettedclothes@hotmail.com> wrote: >Hey gang, > >I have been running Vista Ultimate 64 bit, dual booting with XP Pro 32 bit, >since about mid March. > >I dual boot, and used Easy BCD Creator, to create my dual boot menu upon >bootup, which has worked very well. > >I went out of town on Tuesday, and when I got home yesterday evening, >noticed that it booted directly into Vista 64, without giving me the option >to boot into XP. > >I went into Easy BCD Creator, and added the XP boot to it, then when I tried >to boot, I got the option, however when I chose XP, it simply flashes >quickly and then reboots. >It simply will not boot into XP Pro any longer - no problems booting into >Vista Ultimate 64 bit. > >It is not a dire thing for me right now, as I have pretty much migrated over >to Vista 64 now, I like it better and it does everything I want without >problem. >But it bothers me, as to why this has happened. > >I tried system restore, to a point before I left town where I knew it worked >ok, but that did nothing. ( yes, I have the Vista partitions hidden from >XP). > >I guess I could just wipe the XP partition and move on, but would prefer to >get it back up and running properly if at all possible. > >Any ideas on what I might could do to get XP to boot? I do have a system >image of all my partitions on an external usb drive, I use Acronis True >Image on about a weekly basis, perhaps I should try restoring just the XP >partition? > >Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Some of the things I would have done are 1. Check the contents of the BCD store using the bcdedit command. C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=H: default {current} displayorder {current} {ntldr} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows Vista Ultimate osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {71be6e6a-e883-11dc-bf08-806e6f6e6963} Windows Legacy OS Loader ------------------------ identifier {ntldr} device boot path \ntldr description Windows XP C:\Windows\system32> 2. Check the contents of the Windows system partition to see if all of the files that should be there are and are not corrupted. H:\sources\x86\Sources>dir /ah c:\ Volume in drive C is Vista Volume Serial Number is 8C9C-B4A5 Directory of C:\ 03/01/2008 02:47 PM <DIR> $Recycle.Bin 03/01/2008 05:24 PM <DIR> Boot 03/01/2008 03:50 PM 211 boot.ini 11/02/2006 01:53 AM 438,840 bootmgr 11/02/2006 05:00 AM <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings 08/03/2004 01:38 PM 47,564 NTDETECT.COM 08/03/2004 01:59 PM 250,032 ntldr 03/01/2008 02:39 PM 2,147,016,704 hiberfil.sys 11/02/2006 05:00 AM <DIR> ProgramData 03/01/2008 04:12 PM <DIR> System Volume Information 7 File(s) 2,147,823,143 bytes 5 Dir(s) 23,533,060,096 bytes free H:\sources\x86\Sources> 3. Check the contents of boot.ini.
Guest Don Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: Dual boot appears to be hosed? "Andy" <1@2.3> wrote in message news:mm4l841m83f65u3n6glv3gb2ulvhodsq3t@4ax.com... > On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:14:18 -0500, "Don" > <burnettedclothes@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>Hey gang, >> >>I have been running Vista Ultimate 64 bit, dual booting with XP Pro 32 >>bit, >>since about mid March. >> >>I dual boot, and used Easy BCD Creator, to create my dual boot menu upon >>bootup, which has worked very well. >> >>I went out of town on Tuesday, and when I got home yesterday evening, >>noticed that it booted directly into Vista 64, without giving me the >>option >>to boot into XP. >> >>I went into Easy BCD Creator, and added the XP boot to it, then when I >>tried >>to boot, I got the option, however when I chose XP, it simply flashes >>quickly and then reboots. >>It simply will not boot into XP Pro any longer - no problems booting into >>Vista Ultimate 64 bit. >> >>It is not a dire thing for me right now, as I have pretty much migrated >>over >>to Vista 64 now, I like it better and it does everything I want without >>problem. >>But it bothers me, as to why this has happened. >> >>I tried system restore, to a point before I left town where I knew it >>worked >>ok, but that did nothing. ( yes, I have the Vista partitions hidden from >>XP). >> >>I guess I could just wipe the XP partition and move on, but would prefer >>to >>get it back up and running properly if at all possible. >> >>Any ideas on what I might could do to get XP to boot? I do have a system >>image of all my partitions on an external usb drive, I use Acronis True >>Image on about a weekly basis, perhaps I should try restoring just the XP >>partition? >> >>Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! > > Some of the things I would have done are > > 1. Check the contents of the BCD store using the bcdedit command. > C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit > > Windows Boot Manager > -------------------- > identifier {bootmgr} > device partition=H: > default {current} > displayorder {current} > {ntldr} > timeout 30 > > Windows Boot Loader > ------------------- > identifier {current} > device partition=C: > path \Windows\system32\winload.exe > description Windows Vista Ultimate > osdevice partition=C: > systemroot \Windows > resumeobject {71be6e6a-e883-11dc-bf08-806e6f6e6963} > > Windows Legacy OS Loader > ------------------------ > identifier {ntldr} > device boot > path \ntldr > description Windows XP > > C:\Windows\system32> > > 2. Check the contents of the Windows system partition to see if all of > the files that should be there are and are not corrupted. > H:\sources\x86\Sources>dir /ah c:\ > Volume in drive C is Vista > Volume Serial Number is 8C9C-B4A5 > > Directory of C:\ > > 03/01/2008 02:47 PM <DIR> $Recycle.Bin > 03/01/2008 05:24 PM <DIR> Boot > 03/01/2008 03:50 PM 211 boot.ini > 11/02/2006 01:53 AM 438,840 bootmgr > 11/02/2006 05:00 AM <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings > 08/03/2004 01:38 PM 47,564 NTDETECT.COM > 08/03/2004 01:59 PM 250,032 ntldr > 03/01/2008 02:39 PM 2,147,016,704 hiberfil.sys > 11/02/2006 05:00 AM <DIR> ProgramData > 03/01/2008 04:12 PM <DIR> System Volume Information > 7 File(s) 2,147,823,143 bytes > 5 Dir(s) 23,533,060,096 bytes free > > H:\sources\x86\Sources> > > 3. Check the contents of boot.ini. Thanks Andy, the wife and I have been out of town for the weekend, just got back and I have to leave again in the morning on business, I will check these out as soon as I can upon my return. Thanks for the info! -- Don
Guest N Brown Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Dual boot appears to be hosed? "Don" <burnettedclothes@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:A14DD3B4-593A-4F45-9064-653D1DFFA478@microsoft.com... > Hey gang, > > I have been running Vista Ultimate 64 bit, dual booting with XP Pro 32 > bit, since about mid March. > > I dual boot, and used Easy BCD Creator, to create my dual boot menu upon > bootup, which has worked very well. > > I went out of town on Tuesday, and when I got home yesterday evening, > noticed that it booted directly into Vista 64, without giving me the > option to boot into XP. > > I went into Easy BCD Creator, and added the XP boot to it, then when I > tried to boot, I got the option, however when I chose XP, it simply > flashes quickly and then reboots. > It simply will not boot into XP Pro any longer - no problems booting into > Vista Ultimate 64 bit. > > It is not a dire thing for me right now, as I have pretty much migrated > over to Vista 64 now, I like it better and it does everything I want > without problem. > But it bothers me, as to why this has happened. > > I tried system restore, to a point before I left town where I knew it > worked ok, but that did nothing. ( yes, I have the Vista partitions hidden > from XP). > > I guess I could just wipe the XP partition and move on, but would prefer > to get it back up and running properly if at all possible. > > Any ideas on what I might could do to get XP to boot? I do have a system > image of all my partitions on an external usb drive, I use Acronis True > Image on about a weekly basis, perhaps I should try restoring just the XP > partition? > > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! > > > > -- > Don > > > I would wipe XP, delete that partiton and ise it for Vista. Do a fresh install of Vista. It's what I did and am very happy. If yours is like mine was, XP=Primary partition, Vista=extended partition I would delete both partition and when you install you can create 1 large simple volume. If you absolutely want to keep as is you should be able to reinstall xp them boot to Vista DVD and repair startup. Remember that Vista has boot files on the primary boot partition.
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