MKLife
Member
can anyone help?
can i get the multi boot option at startup ?
have pc with 3 hdd as follows ..
"0" = hdd C (partition 1) XP Pro 32bit (System, Active, Primary)
"0" = hdd D (partition 2) New Volume (Primary)
"1" = hdd E (partition 1) Vista 32bit (Boot, PaFi, CrDu, Active, Primary
"1" = hdd F (partition 1) unallocated
"2" = hdd H (partition 1) Backup (Active, Primary)
installed vista on pc from xp so vista drive letter will remain constant,
after completing install vista boots but no boot options at startup,
files Boot.ini, NTDETECT.com, bootmgr, ntldr and boot folder are on HDD C "0"(xp).
boot.ini looks like this ..
;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
CMD Prompt in vista bcdedit looks like ..
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
E:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
displayorder {ntldr}
{current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 10
Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {ntldr}
device partition=C:
path \ntldr
description Earlier Version of Windows
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=E:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=E:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {5052a7dd-fb13-11dd-801f-e97c5297d604}
nx OptIn
Any guides or help appreciated.Cheers !
can i get the multi boot option at startup ?
have pc with 3 hdd as follows ..
"0" = hdd C (partition 1) XP Pro 32bit (System, Active, Primary)
"0" = hdd D (partition 2) New Volume (Primary)
"1" = hdd E (partition 1) Vista 32bit (Boot, PaFi, CrDu, Active, Primary
"1" = hdd F (partition 1) unallocated
"2" = hdd H (partition 1) Backup (Active, Primary)
installed vista on pc from xp so vista drive letter will remain constant,
after completing install vista boots but no boot options at startup,
files Boot.ini, NTDETECT.com, bootmgr, ntldr and boot folder are on HDD C "0"(xp).
boot.ini looks like this ..
;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
CMD Prompt in vista bcdedit looks like ..
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
E:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
displayorder {ntldr}
{current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 10
Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {ntldr}
device partition=C:
path \ntldr
description Earlier Version of Windows
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=E:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=E:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {5052a7dd-fb13-11dd-801f-e97c5297d604}
nx OptIn
Any guides or help appreciated.Cheers !