XP & Vista Dual Boot Fails - Abera

Couldn't have done it without you and all of the sudden XP and Vista are both doing what they are suppose to. EasyBCD is even working on the XP side. Wasn't doing that before. Don't ask me how.
Thanks again! :joy:
 
It's because you reset the bcd data, that was the original problem.

Anyway, what matters is its working now :smile:
 
Please tell me how I did that, so I don't do it again. I know that had done a lot of wrong things through out this whole process. Sorry...
Thanks again!
 
I really can't.. It's your machine, you did things in a specific order in a certain way. I have no idea what exactly went wrong.
 
The Fix :smile:

HEY GUYS UR BOUND TO RUN INTO THIS, ESPECIALLY IF TRYING TO DUAL BOOT.
SOME DVD VERSIONS FAIL TO FIX VISTA LOADER OR MBR SO DO THIS.
WORKED FOR VISTA ULTIMATE, SAME FOR ALL VERSIONS THOUGH, as well as 32 & 64 Bits
EVENTUALLY FOUND FROM MICROSOFT SITE.

BOOT VISTA DVD
RUN REPAIR.
OPEN CMD PROMPT
TYPE:

Code: 
BCDEDIT / EXPORT C:|BCD_BACKUP
C:
CD\
CD BOOT
attrib -r -a -s -h
ren c:\boot\bcd.old
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /mbr
exit

DONE, just reboot now
 
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Hi sirrell,

I took the liberty of re-formatting your post, it was a littel too hard on the eyes :wink:

I don't think that command would work, for multiple reasons, maybe they are typos?

  • C:|BCD_Backup ---> C:\BCD_Backup
  • CD\ ---> CD \
  • ren xxxxxxxx ---> The ren command takes two parameters - you're missing the second?

I can see what you are trying to reset the permissions on the BCD storage, exporting a backup of the BCD registry, doing something in the middle, then telling Vista to repair the BCD and MBR.

Maybe you can clear up the missing bits?

oh, and welcome to NeoSmart Technologies :smile:
 
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