Install Windows XP on your Pre-Installed Windows Vista Gil80 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/25/2008 10:33:17 AM Hi there. I'm encountering a dual-boot issue and I hope I got into the right forum. First I'll start to describe what I have done and then where I am standing at the moment. I installed Vista 32 on my comp. and later on I have read the article in 'this link' (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/install-windows-xp-on-your-pre-installed-windows-vista-computer/) how to make a dual-boot with Vista and XP. A week ago I have formatted my HD and installed Vista 64. Of course the boot sectors were wiped out but I still have my XP installed on the other HD. So I have installed Vista Boot Pro and I now have the option to dual-boot again, however I get the error message that the '*ntldr*' is not found. This issue is addressed in the article. I have copied the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* to the root drive of my XP HD as it stated to do, however I still get the same error. My question is: Do you think I should copy these files to the root drive of my Vista HD? Since these files refer to a 32 bit operation system, I'm afraid they might screwup the Vista 64 boot and I'll have to reinstall. Thanks in advance. Gil -- Gil80

Re: Install Windows XP on your Pre-Installed Windows Vista "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 10/25/2008 11:24:38 AM Hi, They'd have no affect on the 64-bit system and if the bootloader is looking for them on the Vista drive then that's where you should put them. So yes, copy them there as well. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "Gil80" <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:e7b47428463ad260cfb010d9b3ae1efe[ at ]nntp-gateway.com... [Quoted Text] > > Hi there. > I'm encountering a dual-boot issue and I hope I got into the right > forum. > > First I'll start to describe what I have done and then where I am > standing at the moment. > > I installed Vista 32 on my comp. and later on I have read the article > in 'this link' > (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/install-windows-xp-on-your-pre-installed-windows-vista-computer/) > how to make a dual-boot with Vista and XP. > > A week ago I have formatted my HD and installed Vista 64. Of course the > boot sectors were wiped out but I still have my XP installed on the > other HD. So I have installed Vista Boot Pro and I now have the option > to dual-boot again, however I get the error message that the '*ntldr*' > is not found. This issue is addressed in the article. > > I have copied the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* to the root drive of > my XP HD as it stated to do, however I still get the same error. > > My question is: Do you think I should copy these files to the root > drive of my Vista HD? > Since these files refer to a 32 bit operation system, I'm afraid they > might screwup the Vista 64 boot and I'll have to reinstall. > > Thanks in advance. > > Gil > > > -- > Gil80

Re: Install Windows XP on your Pre-Installed Windows Vista Gil80 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/26/2008 2:47:01 PM :bump: -- Gil80

Re: Install Windows XP on your Pre-Installed Windows Vista pooch <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/29/2008 5:34:15 PM Gil80;870294 Wrote: > Hi there. > I'm encountering a dual-boot issue and I hope I got into the right > forum. > > First I'll start to describe what I have done and then where I am > standing at the moment. > > I installed Vista 32 on my comp. and later on I have read the article > in 'this link' > (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/install-windows-xp-on-your-pre-installed-windows-vista-computer/) > how to make a dual-boot with Vista and XP. > > A week ago I have formatted my HD and installed Vista 64. Of course the > boot sectors were wiped out but I still have my XP installed on the > other HD. So I have installed Vista Boot Pro and I now have the option > to dual-boot again, however I get the error message that the '*ntldr*' > is not found. This issue is addressed in the article. > > I have copied the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* to the root drive of > my XP HD as it stated to do, however I still get the same error. > > My question is: Do you think I should copy these files to the root > drive of my Vista HD? > Since these files refer to a 32 bit operation system, I'm afraid they > might screwup the Vista 64 boot and I'll have to reinstall. > > Thanks in advance. > > Gil Hey Gil, I would suggest installing xp again over the old one so as not to lose anything and then settining up dual boot again just as you did the first time. -- pooch

Re: Install Windows XP on your Pre-Installed Windows Vista Gil80 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/30/2008 12:02:48 PM pooch;873889 Wrote: > > Gil80;870294 Wrote: > > Hi there. > > I'm encountering a dual-boot issue and I hope I got into the right > > forum. > > > > First I'll start to describe what I have done and then where I am > > standing at the moment. > > > > I installed Vista 32 on my comp. and later on I have read the article > > in 'this link' > > (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/install-windows-xp-on-your-pre-installed-windows-vista-computer/) > > how to make a dual-boot with Vista and XP. > > > > A week ago I have formatted my HD and installed Vista 64. Of course the > > boot sectors were wiped out but I still have my XP installed on the > > other HD. So I have installed Vista Boot Pro and I now have the option > > to dual-boot again, however I get the error message that the '*ntldr*' > > is not found. This issue is addressed in the article. > > > > I have copied the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* to the root drive of > > my XP HD as it stated to do, however I still get the same error. > > > > My question is: Do you think I should copy these files to the root > > drive of my Vista HD? > > Since these files refer to a 32 bit operation system, I'm afraid they > > might screwup the Vista 64 boot and I'll have to reinstall. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Gil> > > > Hey Gil, > I would suggest installing xp again over the old one so as not to > lose anything and then settining up dual boot again just as you did > the first time. Should I boot the XP installation and choose repair? Won't it screw up the boot for Vista? -- Gil80

Re: Install Windows XP on your Pre-Installed Windows Vista vchant <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 12/1/2008 2:04:01 AM use nero to copy -the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* from windows vista to the root drive of my XP - -- vchant