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Vista Boot Pro
I guess part of the tests could be carried out on a recently bought dual-boot Linux/Vista machine, to establish some baselines, and compare performance on And no, XP was no option, because there simply aren't any XP drivers for this machine. Same lies as before. Exactly what make/model/hardware/component specs

VISTA (does not boot) get a BLUE SCREEN
There is BCDEDIT that is built into Vista but I would recommend EasyBCD. When you open this program, (which is FREE with No Trial period) You might have to Add In my case two things caused this one in the EasyBCD under boot the Manage Bootloader tab your Windows XP save to option is not the same location as the

Multiple Vista Boot Images -- How to delete
"Darrell Gorter[MSFT]" Darre...@online.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista security Hello, She first needs to logon on as administrator which is System restore doesn't change boot options. I can't edit registry = access denied, cmd.exe when trying to activate administrator account = system error 5.

Vista Boot Files
You information leads have opened up new vistas (no pun intended). Lot more reading to do before I proceed with the dual boot. 3) Re: alternative option to use Virtual PC (MS Tech told me it works with Home Premium) -- I've read that it requires a re-install of Vista? a) Before I go there, do you know if this

VL has ***no option for full media***--and is it bootable?
Plan personal cemetary plot (surviving windows is not an option). Signed, A Lifelong Windows User (still on Win98!) Why are you signing yourself "A No one says you have to stop using Windows all at once, but there's no reason to be using it for posting to COLA. Linux is awash with newsreaders, both CLI and GUI.

Dual Boot problem with Windows XP 64 and vista 32
John John audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca microsoft public windowsxp general microsoft public windows vista general The MBR *is* different but the articles that you quote .... But it turns out that "bootsect.exe" just restores the boot sector unless the option "/fixmbr" is added. There is no /fixmbr switch for bootsect.exe.

Vista boot options.
Like it said in the Dell ad: "Vista: Great for booting the OS, without any apps or games running." "Restart regularly" What is this, Windows 95? And no, XP was no option, because there simply aren't any XP drivers for this machine. I made an appointment with him for next week, and then I'll take a good look at

remove Vista and install xp pro
Hello I've two partition on my hard disk - C:\ has got Vista on it while on D:\ I just installed Windows 2000. On boot system goes straight to Windows 2000 without asking for boot options for both of the operating systems. Any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance for your help Kappa.

Install Startup Repair as a boot option?
As said, the key point is: they all load the boot sector of the active partition. So when you install xp after vista, the key point is to restore the boot sector. from that of XP (http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp): "The Windows XP bootloader gets installed to the MBR and Vista can no longer boot.

Windows Vista Boot Manager BCDedit
There is not msgina.dll in windows vista ( the shell draws the login screen) With XP it was called NTLDR with boot.ini file With Vista it's called bootmgr with than having it give me the option of which OS to boot to during bootup? That is no big deal for me, just wanted to make sure, it is working great as is.

Startup repair not working
Edit Windows boot options for: Microsoft Windows Vista Path: \windows\system32\winload. exe Partition: 2 Hard disk: b6959135 [ /noexecute=optin If neither of those options are workable, then no, the data won't be recoverable. A lot of us keep data files on a separate partition for just this eventuality.

Vista Dual Boot Installation Procedure
Installed Vista Bootloader using system bootloader tab, selected C drive, which is what my XP is installed, and still just boots directly into XP, no boot menu option to choose XP or Vista. I just can't seem to get this to work properly in that way. -- Don "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnho...@comcast.net> wrote in

Network adapter disappeared
A few days ago, I started getting a prompt by the Vista Boot manager, every time I restart the PC. "Please choose an operating system below" I only have one copy of Vista installed. There is no 30 second time limit and it will just stay there until I press enter to continue. There is only one option.

Vista 64 - strange boot up
I have tried booting in safe mode and jumping back to system save point. Neither work (as I still get the step 3 of 3 and then another reboot). I really don't want to have to reinstall vista. Help please! Christian Brockman "Tom Walker" wrote: My son (away at university) has just installed this week's Microsoft

can't re-boot
For that matter neither will your Win 98 disk because the original boot ini file has been overwritten. If you are pl;planning on dual booting Win 98 and Vista why use the BIOS. You can easily get a dual boot menu to allow you to choose which operating system to use. With this in mind the best option is to download

Vista/XP Dual Boot Problem
Paul "Digital Daydreams" wrote: If you do an F8 boot in Vista 64 one of the options is supppose to allow you use unsigned drivers. device? so i choose a device then keep hitting f8 then get to a screen that has 4 start up options for windows. safe mode start windows normal and so on, but no option that mentions

Remove dual boot options
No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. I wish to install vista 64 on my computer that has Windows XP Pro as dual boot. Drive C would have XP Pro Drive G Vista 64. But when you boot vista it calls changes drive G and

Vista MBR vs. XP MBR
My problem is that I have an extra entry in my Boot Manager list. Currently I have listed; 1. Windows Vista (TM) Home Edition 2. OpenSuse Installer The second option does not work and is left over from an installation crash of OpenSuse10.3. I have been trying via the BCDedit.exe program with absolutely no luck.

Windows Vista Boot problems while Printer is Pluggeg
There is no option for drive B: or for 5.25" disks. Ahem, What the bios supports is only important if your booting off the drive. No, the motherboard hardware simply doesn't allow more than one floppy drive no matter how the cable is twisted. Neither XP nor Vista will see more than the one 3.5" drive the mobo

Vista Dual Boot Installation Procedure
Download the Vista 355u ( 9mb) driver FIRST....!!! Download the 355 USB driver ( 1mb ).... Then ..open the "device manager"....and double click on the But no matter how many times during reboot that I press F8, no option of this is offered. 2. When booting up, without fail, Windows tells me it cannot find