Vista & XP

[saeen]

good day all
I installed xp today , b4 i was having vista x64 already. Now when i start my pc it dont show dual boot menu. Anybody help me to get the voot manager back? pls

 

[Flavius]

Two methods:

1.Boot DVD Vista>>Choose language>>repair Computer>>Auto repair
2.Install on XP Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies (make sure you have Installed NET Framework 2.0 on XP) and by using this tool you can,edit and Vista boot manager

 

[saeen]

Thx bro for help.

 

[saeen]

but bro after doing this, will my both os work ok? Vista will work like before?

 

[Freelancer852]

but bro after doing this, will my both os work ok? Vista will work like before?

It will as long as you installed them to separate partitions (different "sections" of a single hard drive that appear as two drives) or hard drives. If you installed XP on the same drive that Vista used to be on without first partitioning it, your Windows Vista installation is now gone.

 

[saeen]

No i installed on seprate drives. Thx again bro. going to repair my drive..

 

[saeen]

bro did it now xp gone. no dual boot select option at start.

 

[mansrm81]

You need to add XP into the boot manager with EasyBCD

 

[saeen]

bro what is the command which opens boot manager dialog?

 

[saeen]

ok bro finally doing the EasyBCD thing.

 

[mansrm81]

Go to add remove entries then in the drop down box select your drive that XP is installed on, then select the second option in the type, then click on add entry and then click on save and then your boot menu should show.

 

[smarteyeball]

If running EasyBCD from XP, You need to copy the C:\Windows\Boot folder from Vista and place it in C:\Windows in XP.

But since your in Vista, do as amansrm81 suggested and add XP to the boot manager.

*EDIT*

I see bro has sorted it out