Vista 1st then XP

KYCDH

New Member
On my new HP Pavilion dv7-12856dx I tried to dual boot XP only to get the blue screen of "..shut down to protect your computer" etc.
I sought out your blogs and arrived the EasyBCD 1.7.2 screen showing Vista bootloader removal and reinstall.

If I uninstall the Vista bootloader, install XP (presuming I can) and then reinstall the Vista Bootloader, do I now have a viable system or have I destroyed some essential part of the Vista system that will now need reinstalling?
I ask because I dutifully " system backed up" as HP demanded and I "files backed up" using Vista Backup but: Nowhere does the backup system tell me that my executibles (*.exe, *.com etc) are backed up anywhere?! (HP says the executibles are ommitted from a normal backup)

Easy BCD is not too informative about what can (does) happen during the described actions.

I would appreciate any help in this regard.

Thank you.
 

JustinW

Super Moderator
Staff member
Hello KYCDH, welcome to NST

If you were successful with XP and was able to boot it before re-installing the Vista bootloader you should be in good shape. In Vista, install the latest build of EasyBCD 2.0 Beta, available here. Go to Add/Remove entries and add a new XP entry and let it auto-configure boot.ini for you.
 
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