I have one HDD with 4 partitions. I am struggling to get dual boot to work.
Partition 1 (ACTIVE). Normal data files (Contains boot.ini, ntldr files, etc)
Partition 2. VISTA Business 64bit
Partition 3. Normal data files
Partition 4. XP Pro 32bit
I followed the wiki EASYBCD site to try and setup a Vista boot loader at startup for a dual boot option but when I startup, it just goes straight into XP skipping the Vista boot loader. What is wrong with my setup? Do I need to relocate or recode the boot.ini?
My boot.ini is as follows:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional partition 4" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
My BCD looks like this:
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=C:
default {bde96c4d-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
displayorder {bde96c4d-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
{bde96c4e-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {bde96c4d-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
device partition=D:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Vista Business
osdevice partition=D:
systemroot \Windows
Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {bde96c4e-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
device partition=F:
path \NTLDR
description Microsoft Windows XP
Please direct me what to do next. I don't have the guts to play around with system files anymore.
Side questions: Can I relocate the boot.ini, etc files to somewhere closer to the OS so I won't accidently format my C: (Active but used as data storage) partition and screwing up bootups?
Can I still assign Active to other partitions if this would do the trick?
Partition 1 (ACTIVE). Normal data files (Contains boot.ini, ntldr files, etc)
Partition 2. VISTA Business 64bit
Partition 3. Normal data files
Partition 4. XP Pro 32bit
I followed the wiki EASYBCD site to try and setup a Vista boot loader at startup for a dual boot option but when I startup, it just goes straight into XP skipping the Vista boot loader. What is wrong with my setup? Do I need to relocate or recode the boot.ini?
My boot.ini is as follows:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional partition 4" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
My BCD looks like this:
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=C:
default {bde96c4d-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
displayorder {bde96c4d-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
{bde96c4e-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {bde96c4d-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
device partition=D:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Vista Business
osdevice partition=D:
systemroot \Windows
Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {bde96c4e-8b05-11de-abe0-b51543149b81}
device partition=F:
path \NTLDR
description Microsoft Windows XP
Please direct me what to do next. I don't have the guts to play around with system files anymore.
Side questions: Can I relocate the boot.ini, etc files to somewhere closer to the OS so I won't accidently format my C: (Active but used as data storage) partition and screwing up bootups?
Can I still assign Active to other partitions if this would do the trick?