I have a dual boot XP – Vista System. After installing EasyBCD 1.7 and using NeoGrub to create a dual boot that would hide the Vista partition when booting into XP.
Well hiding Vista and booting XP works fine but Vista just reboots even in safe mode.
My configuration:
1st hard drive has XP system on the first partition and an extended partition drive D:
2nd hard drive has Vista Ultimate on the first partition and an extended partition dir F:
Here is my debug mode settings display…
Here is my menu.lst file…
Any suggestions?
Lyle
:wtf:
Addendum:
Sorry but after reading my own post I thought it needs a little addendum!
Vista starts and acts like it is going to load but after a few seconds reboots.
There is not need to unhide the partition before booting into Vista is there?
Addendum:
I tried running Vista again from the Vista bootloader and I have found it fails to load stating "Autocheck program not found" then reboots? Huh?
Am I missing something... like a line to unhide the vista partition maybe?
So much for a quick 15 - 20 minute fix![Grinning :grinning: :grinning:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Addendum:
I changed the menu.lst file to unhide "vista" partition and working again.
Of course with any restore points...
Okay what did I do wrong? Help!!!
Well hiding Vista and booting XP works fine but Vista just reboots even in safe mode.
My configuration:
1st hard drive has XP system on the first partition and an extended partition drive D:
2nd hard drive has Vista Ultimate on the first partition and an extended partition dir F:
Here is my debug mode settings display…
Code:
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {ff8569a6-825b-11dc-b001-ec83df32f45f}
displayorder {ff8569a6-825b-11dc-b001-ec83df32f45f}
{08bb1723-6704-11dc-83d9-def628db3576}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 6
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {ff8569a6-825b-11dc-b001-ec83df32f45f}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Vista Ultimate
locale en-US
inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
osdevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {ff8569a7-825b-11dc-b001-ec83df32f45f}
nx OptIn
Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {08bb1723-6704-11dc-83d9-def628db3576}
device boot
path \NST\NeoGrub.mbr
description Windows XP Pro
Here is my menu.lst file…
Code:
# NeoSmart NeoGrub Bootloader Configuration File
#
# This is the NeoGrub menu.lst file, and should be located at C:\\menu.lst
# Please see the EasyBCD Documentation for information on how to create/modify entries
# [URL="http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD"]EasyBCD Documentation Home - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki[/URL]
default 0
timeout 0
title Boot XP - Hide Vista
hide (hd1,0) # SET THIS TO THE VISTA DRIVE
# Optionally repeat the above entry for all the Vista drives
chainloader (hd0,0)/ntldr # SET THIS TO THE BOOT PARTITION
boot
Any suggestions?
Lyle
:wtf:
Addendum:
Sorry but after reading my own post I thought it needs a little addendum!
Vista starts and acts like it is going to load but after a few seconds reboots.
There is not need to unhide the partition before booting into Vista is there?
Addendum:
I tried running Vista again from the Vista bootloader and I have found it fails to load stating "Autocheck program not found" then reboots? Huh?
Am I missing something... like a line to unhide the vista partition maybe?
So much for a quick 15 - 20 minute fix
Addendum:
I changed the menu.lst file to unhide "vista" partition and working again.
Of course with any restore points...
Okay what did I do wrong? Help!!!
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