Installing XP Second

[xeraphine]

hi! i have vista rc1 installed now, but i want to install xp on a second partition to play a certain game that crashes rc1. i overwrote my vista dvdrw so i can't use the bootsect method. can i use easybsd to reactivate the vista boot screen?

thanks!
Tim

 

[toxic chicken]

once you're in xp, install easybcd and run it. under "manage bootloader", select "reinstall the vista bootloader" then click "write mbr".

 

[xeraphine]

hey, thanks for the quick reply. I installed it, but it won't run on XP. When I try to run EasyBCD 1.5.1 on XP Pro it gives me a "failed to initialize the program error"

If it's possible, I can easily solve this problem if someone can email me a copy of bootsect.exe from a post RC1 vista disk .

EDIT!

I just realized there's a copy of bootsect.exe in the easybcd install directory. It fixed my issue. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

 

[mqudsi]

Hi xeraphine, welcome to NeoSmart Technologies

That's an interesting error, do you have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed on XP?

Glad you got your problem fixed!

 

[msellis]

I am having the same problem with XP.
I clobbered the Vista boot loader installing XP and don’t have a Vista recovery disk. I need to repair the Vista loader.

A couple of questions:

1. What is bootsect.exe and where is it documented?
2. Where are bootsect.exe and the Easybcd install directory?

 

[mqudsi]

Hello msellis, welcome to NeoSmart Technologies.

Just install and run EasyBCD (latest beta! see stickied thread for dl link).
EasyBCD | Diagnostics | Reset BCD Data

 

[msellis]

Thanks for the help. Great site.

I can't find the latest beta (1.6.1?) you referenced. Where is it located? Earlier today I downloaded version 1.6.2683.20667. The menus read

Easybcd | diagnostics Center | Reset BCD storage

Additionally, will this run under XP Pro? I don't know if .NET 2.0 is installed and I'm not sure how to tell.

 

[mqudsi]

http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=642

Just install this over the old version and run.
Don't worry, you have .NET 2.0 installed.

 

[msellis]

OK. I installed 1.61. It runs fine under Vista Home Premium on another machine. I am still getting the "App failed to initialize properly" message in XP.

Any ideas?

I noticed that it sets up the "start in" directory as "documents and settings\all users\favorites" and there is a shortcut pointing to neosoft.net/blog/feed/. Does it need to access that URL?

 

[mqudsi]

No, that error means you don't have .NET 2.0 installed. I thought you had run it in XP when you told me you had reached the diagnostics screen...

You can download the .NET 2.0 Framework from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5

 

[msellis]

Thanks for the .NET. That got EasyBCD up and I rebuilt the Vista loader and am running dual boot like a top. Thanks a million.

 

[mqudsi]

Glad it worked - have fun