Boot Question

MikGriff

MikGriff

MikGriff

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I had Windows 7 on a partition on my Main HDD, I went over this with XP Pro yesterday as I had a program that wouldn't work in Vista x64.

Now when I booted XP I no longer got the Vista Boot Manger so I couldnt boot vista, I fixed this with EasyBCD, So Now I have the Vista Boot Manager, But it still shows Windows 7 on the list and not XP Pro, Any ideas how I can remedy this?
 
You should be able to fix it with EasyBCD. In the "Add/Remove Entries" section, if you remove the Windows 7 entry under "Manage Existing Entries" and then add Windows XP if it isn't already on the list.

Unless I have completely misunderstood your post.
 
Fire Wizard said:
You should be able to fix it with EasyBCD. In the "Add/Remove Entries" section, if you remove the Windows 7 entry under "Manage Existing Entries" and then add Windows XP if it isn't already on the list.

Unless I have completely misunderstood your post.
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Cheers, I've edited that and will report back on next reboot.
 
One thing I didn't mention was, if you go to the "Change Settings" tab, under "Entry-Based Settings" and after you have selected Windows XP, make sure the correct drive is selected. When I was just playing about with EasyBCD, I found that after I had added an entry in the "Add/Remove Entries" tab and selected the appropriate drive, when it came to the "Change Settings" tab and then under "Entry-Based Settings", the selected drives for both operating systems was "C". So, I had to change it accordingly.

Also, remember to save the settings.

I do apologies for not mentioning in my first post.
 
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Fire Wizard said:
One thing I didn't mention was, if you go to the "Change Settings" tab, under "Entry-Based Settings" and after you have selected Windows XP, make sure the correct drive is selected. When I was just playing about with EasyBCD, I found that after I had added an entry in the "Add/Remove Entries" tab and selected the appropriate drive, when it came to the "Change Settings" tab and then under "Entry-Based Settings", the selected drives for both operating systems was "C". So, I had to change it accordingly.

Also, remember to save the settings.

I do apologies for not mentioning in my first post.
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Done :), Still not rebooted mind, playing WoW!

Will do it soon, honest :p
 
Right, When I try to select the Windows XP install from the Vista Boot Menu, I get an error telling me that NTLDR is missing, I have a feeling restoring this will mess my vista boot menu up again :p
 
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