vista is installed now XP "hanhare" <hanhare[ at ]gmail.com> 6/20/2007 5:17:19 PM My computer has two SATA harddrives. At the one harddrive Vista is installed, the other harddrive is empty but formatted NFTTS.. Now I try to install XP at the second drive. But whatever I try, every time I get the message at startup: "BOOTMGR is missing, press CTR ALT DEL to restart". Even if I remove the harddrive on which Vista is installed! Is something changed in the BIOS?

Re: vista is installed now XP "UnswoleLilDude" <webmaster[ at ]maximumpcguides.com> 6/20/2007 6:30:17 PM Install XP first, then install Vista. -- MAXIMUMpcguides.com Helping you get the MOST out of your Vista PC. -- "hanhare" <hanhare[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:46796133$0$25496$9a622dc7[ at ]news.kpnplanet.nl... [Quoted Text] > My computer has two SATA harddrives. At the one harddrive Vista is > installed, the other harddrive is empty but formatted NFTTS.. > > Now I try to install XP at the second drive. But whatever I try, every > time I get the message at startup: "BOOTMGR is missing, press CTR ALT DEL > to restart". Even if I remove the harddrive on which Vista is installed! > > Is something changed in the BIOS? >

Re: vista is installed now XP "Peter" <ex_brit[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 6/20/2007 6:42:52 PM One should always install the systems in ascending order, i.e. oldest system first. However there are ways of getting around it. See: http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=607987 and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529 also http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/558994-how-install-xp-after-vista.html -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate Triple Boot P4 HT [ at ] 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD Soundblaster Audigy 4 PCI Sound ATI Radeon X1650 Pro AGP Graphics "hanhare" <hanhare[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:46796133$0$25496$9a622dc7[ at ]news.kpnplanet.nl... [Quoted Text] > My computer has two SATA harddrives. At the one harddrive Vista is > installed, the other harddrive is empty but formatted NFTTS.. > > Now I try to install XP at the second drive. But whatever I try, every > time I get the message at startup: "BOOTMGR is missing, press CTR ALT DEL > to restart". Even if I remove the harddrive on which Vista is installed! > > Is something changed in the BIOS? >

Re: vista is installed now XP andy <bogusaddress[ at ]bogusaddress.123> 6/20/2007 10:03:13 PM On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:17:19 +0200, "hanhare" <hanhare[ at ]gmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >My computer has two SATA harddrives. At the one harddrive Vista is >installed, the other harddrive is empty but formatted NFTTS.. > >Now I try to install XP at the second drive. But whatever I try, every time >I get the message at startup: "BOOTMGR is missing, press CTR ALT DEL to >restart". Even if I remove the harddrive on which Vista is installed! Sounds like you're booting from the hard drive, which has the Vista boot sector that's looking for bootmgr. > >Is something changed in the BIOS? >

Re: vista is installed now XP WBurchnall <WBurchnall.2sirch[ at ]no-mx.forums.net> 6/21/2007 8:21:57 AM It sounds like you need to adjust your boot order so your dvd-rom/cd-rom is first device it boots off of so you reach the Windows XP Setup. You may need to press the 'any' key to get into Windows XP Setup. Just install windows xp. It won't matter if Vista is already installed. Once the install is finished, put in your Vista DVD. Enter setup. Choose Repair My Computer. Choose Command Prompt. Type: bootrec /nt60 /f all Ta da, your Vista wil now boot again. Once in Vista. You just need to open an administrative command prompt (running cmd as administrator) and type the following three lines: bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d "WindowsXPMyFavoriteBaby" (Note in quotes you can enter any description you want to show on your boot loader) bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=X:\ Note x is the drive letter where your xp install partition show as within Vista. bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr Edit your windows xp drive's boot.ini to say x:\ where x is the letter of your xp drive installatino as it shows in vista instead of disc(0)drive(0)parition(0)etc. Tada, dual boot setup. Finished in probably 8 minutes if your decent with computers. 5 minutes if your fast. No 60 minute reinstalls of both os's required. -- WBurchnall