installed new HDD lost Duel Boot option

RaidenGB · 18 Jul 2009 at 16:27

As title installed a 3th HDD then Cloned the 2nd HDD to me new one
useing this thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18015450

that worked Fine but i lost the Option to Duel Boot any ways of fixing this ??

thanks for any help

Edit Both Vista and XP are installed on the one HDD my first

Ninja Please! · 18 Jul 2009 at 16:38

So what boots? XP or Vista?

RaidenGB · 18 Jul 2009 at 17:31

Sorry Vista Boots

Ninja Please! · 18 Jul 2009 at 17:37

Have you tried msconfig-bootmanager to see whats going on there?

You should be able to see the other 2 boots I would think. One Vista, the other Xp

start/(type)msconfig(hit enter)/boot/ ....what do you see there?

flying grouse · 18 Jul 2009 at 19:54

you will have to use BCDedit.exe to change the boot config store.

Operating systems have a GUID, so you will need to take a note of any GUIDs you want to change before running commands. and remember to put the GUID inside a set of braces {GUID}

Try And pipe the contents of the database into a text file by using the bcdedit /enum all >bcd.txt To see your GUIDs.

You can obtain command-line help for the entire set of bcdedit.exe "functions" by using the command-line bcdedit /?

You use "cmd" and run as Administrator and use BCDedit.exe

samuria · 19 Jul 2009 at 00:07

If you cloned disk 2 to disk 3 and want to use disk 3 as the boot it will have to become disk 2 and disk 2 can then become disk 3 if that makes sense.
The boot files basically say boot xp or vista from disk 2 partition 2. So if you put the drive in as drive 3 its not there. So you can swop the drive or use the above to change the boot files