Booting Vista from XP using boot.ini or boot manager 1

[gavm99]

Hi all,

First of all this is my machine setup:

1 Hard Disk
3 Partitions - Windows XP (primary), Vista (logical), Windows 2003 Server (logical)

When I had just XP and Vista I used the boot manager to choose either Vista or Earlier Versions (as in XP).

Since I installed Windows 2003 Server on my 3rd partition though I no longer get that choice. I get the entries specified in the boot.ini file from the XP install. The choices here are XP and 2003. They both work fine. I then added an entry for which was exactly the same as the 2003 entry but I changed the partition number to 2. If I choose this though Vista does not boot, I just get a black screen and no disk activity.

How to do I boot Vista or get the boot manager back??

Thanks.

 

[linney]

This is a handy program to use when having Boot problems in Vista dual booting with XP. It can be run from XP or Vista and may correct the booting problem.

VistaBootPRO

http://www.vistabootpro.org/

 

[gavm99]

Linney,

Top advice, this resolved my issue. I have to reinstall the BDE component using the software you recommened.

Thanks.