dual boot with preinstalled vista "error"

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nilbill

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hello, i bought new hp laptop with preinstalled vista. i had made partition on HD to make dual boot with xp professional using easybcd, dual booting was runing fine. Now i have formatted the XP professional partition and reinstalled xp professional.

using easybcd software i tried to dual boot again. but now i can open vista OS but when i click on windows XP professional it shows an me message as follows:
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windows boot manager​
windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:​

1. insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. choose your language settings, and then click next
3. click repair your computer​




if you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: \NTLDR​

Status: OxcOOOOOOf​
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.​
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please kindly advise me, thanx​
 
its working .... thanx

i have just downloaded the NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM

copy & paste to my xp partition D: root directory.

and i made it as hidden.
thanx a lot

Addendum:

Now that dual booting with both vista and xp are working, can i uninstall the easybcd from xp or it should be their forever for dual booting?
thanx a lot for the HELP
 
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EasyBCD is just an editor for the Vista BCD so is not needed on a functioning system, just as a tool to help you fix a broken boot. But, that said, it's not very big; so unless you are very short of space it's a handy tool to keep around.
 
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