Hello CG,
im trying to get the following set up to work using easybcd, i was hoping you could give a little guidance.
SATA drives
drive (0) 160GB w/XP Pro x32
drive (1) 250GB w/XP Pro x64, Vista build 5600 x64
both drives are bootable, (two MBRs) i have set drive(0) as default in BIOS (my wife uses that drive and doesnt want to see any more options than she needs--keeps us both happier
) so what im trying to do is use easyBCD inside vista (drive(1)) to create an entry for drive(0) and boot XP. i keep get an error -- ....missing ntoskrnl.exe --- i know its not missing because the drive is bootable.
i read this from another post here:
"The second drive isn't supposed to have an MBR.
But this is good news:
*if* now when you have both drives enable and drive C: is set as first boot Vista loads immediately, you're on the right track.
Now, from Vista, add a Windows XP Entry (Legacy) with C: as the drive letter (not C:\!)
It *should* work.
Don't change any of the config, it's all perfect now!"
so what i understand from that is that my drive(1) should be default in BIOS and from there use Vista to choose ALL OS's, right?
i have not seen or been able to fing in easyBCD how to make my XP enrty (drive(0)) legacy. i noticed that the entry for XPx64 was set as such but thats about it.
also i cant make a manual entry in BCD with BCDEDIT.exe even if i select run as admin. my account is admin and i made a new account also as admin just in case. but still tells me i dont have permission. cant see how to change that either.
thanks for any help or guidance you can provide.
im trying to get the following set up to work using easybcd, i was hoping you could give a little guidance.
SATA drives
drive (0) 160GB w/XP Pro x32
drive (1) 250GB w/XP Pro x64, Vista build 5600 x64
both drives are bootable, (two MBRs) i have set drive(0) as default in BIOS (my wife uses that drive and doesnt want to see any more options than she needs--keeps us both happier
i read this from another post here:
"The second drive isn't supposed to have an MBR.
But this is good news:
*if* now when you have both drives enable and drive C: is set as first boot Vista loads immediately, you're on the right track.
Now, from Vista, add a Windows XP Entry (Legacy) with C: as the drive letter (not C:\!)
It *should* work.
Don't change any of the config, it's all perfect now!"
so what i understand from that is that my drive(1) should be default in BIOS and from there use Vista to choose ALL OS's, right?
i have not seen or been able to fing in easyBCD how to make my XP enrty (drive(0)) legacy. i noticed that the entry for XPx64 was set as such but thats about it.
also i cant make a manual entry in BCD with BCDEDIT.exe even if i select run as admin. my account is admin and i made a new account also as admin just in case. but still tells me i dont have permission. cant see how to change that either.
thanks for any help or guidance you can provide.