VistaBootPro 3.3 released Carlos 5/31/2007 10:24:00 AM Pronetworks (http://www.vistabootpro.org/) has released VistaBootPro 3.3 It is supposed to correct many bugs present in v3.2 I have not been able to try it yet. D/L mirror 1: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2 D/L mirror 2: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=3 Carlos

Re: VistaBootPro 3.3 released "John Barnes" <jbarnes[ at ]email.net> 6/1/2007 3:54:11 PM Doesn't seem to have fixed any of my problems, including it saying that I don't appear to have Vista installed, even though it is launched from Vista and Vista is the only os on this machine. "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:28A62779-21E5-42D9-9AC6-DBBEEC387EC5[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Pronetworks (http://www.vistabootpro.org/) has released VistaBootPro 3.3 > It is supposed to correct many bugs present in v3.2 > I have not been able to try it yet. > D/L mirror 1: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2 > D/L mirror 2: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=3 > Carlos

Re: VistaBootPro 3.3 released Carlos 6/1/2007 6:46:00 PM John: I have just uninstalled VistaBootPro 3.3 for good! I will stick with EasyBCD from now on. Carlos "John Barnes" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Doesn't seem to have fixed any of my problems, including it saying that I > don't appear to have Vista installed, even though it is launched from Vista > and Vista is the only os on this machine. > > "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:28A62779-21E5-42D9-9AC6-DBBEEC387EC5[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Pronetworks (http://www.vistabootpro.org/) has released VistaBootPro 3.3 > > It is supposed to correct many bugs present in v3.2 > > I have not been able to try it yet. > > D/L mirror 1: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2 > > D/L mirror 2: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=3 > > Carlos > >

Re: VistaBootPro 3.3 released jabloomf1230 <jabloomf[ at ]nycap.rr.com> 6/1/2007 10:57:32 PM It's not inspiring much confidence, considering that it doodles with the innards of Vista. I thought it was a great piece of software during the Vista beta days. I have Vista x64 Ultimate in double boot with Win XP x64 and no amount of tinkering (or following the advice on the VBP message board) makes the boot process find the XP partition. I guess I'll have to wait until version 3.4. John Barnes wrote: [Quoted Text] > Doesn't seem to have fixed any of my problems, including it saying that > I don't appear to have Vista installed, even though it is launched from > Vista and Vista is the only os on this machine. > > "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:28A62779-21E5-42D9-9AC6-DBBEEC387EC5[ at ]microsoft.com... >> Pronetworks (http://www.vistabootpro.org/) has released VistaBootPro 3.3 >> It is supposed to correct many bugs present in v3.2 >> I have not been able to try it yet. >> D/L mirror 1: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2 >> D/L mirror 2: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=3 >> Carlos >

Re: VistaBootPro 3.3 released "John Barnes" <jbarnes[ at ]email.net> 6/2/2007 1:31:53 AM If you haven't added a legacy drive entry, do so and point to your XP drive as shown in Vista. If you get a boot error after trying to boot to the legacy entry, copy the ntldr ntdetect.com and boot.ini files onto the Vista drive and correct the boot.ini entries as necessary to point to your XP partition. It does work for this. I just used it this week to make some adjustments on my wife's computer when removing some drives. "jabloomf1230" <jabloomf[ at ]nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:eu2SVBKpHHA.4632[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > It's not inspiring much confidence, considering that it doodles with the > innards of Vista. I thought it was a great piece of software during the > Vista beta days. I have Vista x64 Ultimate in double boot with Win XP x64 > and no amount of tinkering (or following the advice on the VBP message > board) makes the boot process find the XP partition. I guess I'll have to > wait until version 3.4. > > John Barnes wrote: >> Doesn't seem to have fixed any of my problems, including it saying that I >> don't appear to have Vista installed, even though it is launched from >> Vista and Vista is the only os on this machine. >> >> "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:28A62779-21E5-42D9-9AC6-DBBEEC387EC5[ at ]microsoft.com... >>> Pronetworks (http://www.vistabootpro.org/) has released VistaBootPro 3.3 >>> It is supposed to correct many bugs present in v3.2 >>> I have not been able to try it yet. >>> D/L mirror 1: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2 >>> D/L mirror 2: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=3 >>> Carlos >>

Re: VistaBootPro 3.3 released jabloomf1230 <jabloomf[ at ]nycap.rr.com> 6/2/2007 9:21:37 PM John, Thanks, but I tried all that originally when I upgraded to VBP 3.2. Those are similar to the instructions on the VBP website. There must be something wrong with the boot.ini entry in terms of the drive descriptors. I've tried using different combinations of the drive numbers in boot.ini, but it still doesn't boot into Win XP. It says "Incorrect boot.ini entry", which is weird because everything was the same in boot.ini as when I was running the various Vista betas and RCs. I thought I would never have to remember how to use boot.ini again. ;-) J John Barnes wrote: [Quoted Text] > If you haven't added a legacy drive entry, do so and point to your XP > drive as shown in Vista. If you get a boot error after trying to boot > to the legacy entry, copy the ntldr ntdetect.com and boot.ini files onto > the Vista drive and correct the boot.ini entries as necessary to point > to your XP partition. It does work for this. I just used it this week > to make some adjustments on my wife's computer when removing some drives. > > "jabloomf1230" <jabloomf[ at ]nycap.rr.com> wrote in message > news:eu2SVBKpHHA.4632[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> It's not inspiring much confidence, considering that it doodles with >> the innards of Vista. I thought it was a great piece of software >> during the Vista beta days. I have Vista x64 Ultimate in double boot >> with Win XP x64 and no amount of tinkering (or following the advice on >> the VBP message board) makes the boot process find the XP partition. I >> guess I'll have to wait until version 3.4. >> >> John Barnes wrote: >>> Doesn't seem to have fixed any of my problems, including it saying >>> that I don't appear to have Vista installed, even though it is >>> launched from Vista and Vista is the only os on this machine. >>> >>> "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:28A62779-21E5-42D9-9AC6-DBBEEC387EC5[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>> Pronetworks (http://www.vistabootpro.org/) has released VistaBootPro >>>> 3.3 >>>> It is supposed to correct many bugs present in v3.2 >>>> I have not been able to try it yet. >>>> D/L mirror 1: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2 >>>> D/L mirror 2: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=3 >>>> Carlos >>> >

Re: VistaBootPro 3.3 released "John Barnes" <jbarnes[ at ]email.net> 6/3/2007 12:56:01 AM You don't say when you get the error, but you could try two options. Rename the boot.ini, so in effect you don't have one. If you are pointing to the correct drive in your BCD the ntldr will boot the current drive. You could use the Recovery console to rebuild the boot.ini with the correct enumeration in it. bootcfg /rebuild "jabloomf1230" <jabloomf[ at ]nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:u88jkwVpHHA.1776[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > John, > > Thanks, but I tried all that originally when I upgraded to VBP 3.2. Those > are similar to the instructions on the VBP website. There must be > something wrong with the boot.ini entry in terms of the drive descriptors. > I've tried using different combinations of the drive numbers in boot.ini, > but it still doesn't boot into Win XP. It says "Incorrect boot.ini entry", > which is weird because everything was the same in boot.ini as when I was > running the various Vista betas and RCs. I thought I would never have to > remember how to use boot.ini again. ;-) > > J > > John Barnes wrote: >> If you haven't added a legacy drive entry, do so and point to your XP >> drive as shown in Vista. If you get a boot error after trying to boot to >> the legacy entry, copy the ntldr ntdetect.com and boot.ini files onto the >> Vista drive and correct the boot.ini entries as necessary to point to >> your XP partition. It does work for this. I just used it this week to >> make some adjustments on my wife's computer when removing some drives. >> >> "jabloomf1230" <jabloomf[ at ]nycap.rr.com> wrote in message >> news:eu2SVBKpHHA.4632[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> It's not inspiring much confidence, considering that it doodles with the >>> innards of Vista. I thought it was a great piece of software during the >>> Vista beta days. I have Vista x64 Ultimate in double boot with Win XP >>> x64 and no amount of tinkering (or following the advice on the VBP >>> message board) makes the boot process find the XP partition. I guess >>> I'll have to wait until version 3.4. >>> >>> John Barnes wrote: >>>> Doesn't seem to have fixed any of my problems, including it saying that >>>> I don't appear to have Vista installed, even though it is launched from >>>> Vista and Vista is the only os on this machine. >>>> >>>> "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>> news:28A62779-21E5-42D9-9AC6-DBBEEC387EC5[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>>> Pronetworks (http://www.vistabootpro.org/) has released VistaBootPro >>>>> 3.3 >>>>> It is supposed to correct many bugs present in v3.2 >>>>> I have not been able to try it yet. >>>>> D/L mirror 1: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2 >>>>> D/L mirror 2: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=3 >>>>> Carlos >>>> >>

Re: VistaBootPro 3.3 released jabloomf1230 <jabloomf[ at ]nycap.rr.com> 6/3/2007 4:39:31 PM It occurs after the Vista boot loader screen. When I select Win XP x64, I can get a variety of errors, depending on the numbers that I plug into the two lines in boot.ini that define the Win XP boot partition: [boot loader] timeout=10 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64 Edition" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /USEPMTIMER I'm afraid to change boot.ini too much, since I CAN boot the OS from the BIOS boot loader that comes with ASUS motherboards. You can do this by hitting F8 during the POST, which gives you a choice of booting from any hard drive that has a bootable partition. This process bypasses the Vista boot loader altogether. Since the Win XP x64 system will boot this way, boot.ini must be correct. Something else is conflicting with the Vista boot loader. I'm guessing that it has something to do with the hard drive order, since I have 3 HDs and two of them have bootable OS partitions. Thanks for the help, but I've given up on this, since I hardly use Win XP x64 anymore anyway and I still can get it to boot via the F8 route. John Barnes wrote: [Quoted Text] > You don't say when you get the error, but you could try two options. > Rename the boot.ini, so in effect you don't have one. If you are > pointing to the correct drive in your BCD the ntldr will boot the > current drive. You could use the Recovery console to rebuild the > boot.ini with the correct enumeration in it. bootcfg /rebuild > > "jabloomf1230" <jabloomf[ at ]nycap.rr.com> wrote in message > news:u88jkwVpHHA.1776[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> John, >> >> Thanks, but I tried all that originally when I upgraded to VBP 3.2. >> Those are similar to the instructions on the VBP website. There must >> be something wrong with the boot.ini entry in terms of the drive >> descriptors. I've tried using different combinations of the drive >> numbers in boot.ini, but it still doesn't boot into Win XP. It says >> "Incorrect boot.ini entry", which is weird because everything was the >> same in boot.ini as when I was running the various Vista betas and >> RCs. I thought I would never have to remember how to use boot.ini >> again. ;-) >> >> J >> >> John Barnes wrote: >>> If you haven't added a legacy drive entry, do so and point to your XP >>> drive as shown in Vista. If you get a boot error after trying to >>> boot to the legacy entry, copy the ntldr ntdetect.com and boot.ini >>> files onto the Vista drive and correct the boot.ini entries as >>> necessary to point to your XP partition. It does work for this. I >>> just used it this week to make some adjustments on my wife's computer >>> when removing some drives. >>> >>> "jabloomf1230" <jabloomf[ at ]nycap.rr.com> wrote in message >>> news:eu2SVBKpHHA.4632[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> It's not inspiring much confidence, considering that it doodles with >>>> the innards of Vista. I thought it was a great piece of software >>>> during the Vista beta days. I have Vista x64 Ultimate in double boot >>>> with Win XP x64 and no amount of tinkering (or following the advice >>>> on the VBP message board) makes the boot process find the XP >>>> partition. I guess I'll have to wait until version 3.4. >>>> >>>> John Barnes wrote: >>>>> Doesn't seem to have fixed any of my problems, including it saying >>>>> that I don't appear to have Vista installed, even though it is >>>>> launched from Vista and Vista is the only os on this machine. >>>>> >>>>> "Carlos" <Carlos[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:28A62779-21E5-42D9-9AC6-DBBEEC387EC5[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>>>> Pronetworks (http://www.vistabootpro.org/) has released >>>>>> VistaBootPro 3.3 >>>>>> It is supposed to correct many bugs present in v3.2 >>>>>> I have not been able to try it yet. >>>>>> D/L mirror 1: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=2 >>>>>> D/L mirror 2: http://www.vistabootpro.org/track/click.php?id=3 >>>>>> Carlos >>>>> >>> >