Monty27 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Can you see from looking at mine and ambushbugs bcdedit that our bootmanager is listed on the drive D: whic in both are cases is Vista whereas on your it's listed as C. I think it looks like the bootmanager on yours is set to the wrong drive. Do you agree I'm getting confused sorry our drive D is the legacy OS not vista I'm thinking that something like bcdedit /set {bootmgr} device partition=D: will move the bootmanager to the drive with XP where it seems to reside in our working PC's Any thoughts Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587275336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewxp Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 thats exactly what I typed. Now bcdedit shows D: instead of C:, but it still does the same exact thing. IT's like nothing changed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587275341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty27 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I changed bootmgr's device to partition=D: instead of C: Rebooted, and same thing as before. I didn't notice any changes. Hmm.. And yeah. My Xp is on my D: when I'm in Vista. I click the D:, and thats my old Xp. I'm at a complete loss the message is the same. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587275350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalledChaos Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 you are missing the NTDLR file from your XP partition.. so Go to recovery console from cd rom now u'r in dos mode: whatever your cd rom drive letter is replace the x with your drive letter just type this: ****************************** once you get to the prompt.. if its not just C:\> then type cd and hit enter until it reads just C:\> then copy x:\i386\ntldr d:\ <<d:\ being the XP partition then enter exit You may or may not have to type cd.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587275357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewxp Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 Your Xp won't boot either? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587275358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty27 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Crewxp did you try the copy ntdlr earlier Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587275368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewxp Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 im rebooting now. wow... I did that earlier. And it must have not worked. Yall are geniuses It works now though!!! I select WindowsXp in the boot menu now and.. MY COMPUTER REBOOTS!!!.... YES THOUGH! WE'VE PROGRESSED!!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587275376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty27 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 im rebooting now. wow... I did that earlier. And it must have not worked. Yall are geniuses It works now though!!! I select WindowsXp in the boot menu now and.. MY COMPUTER REBOOTS!!!.... YES THOUGH! WE'VE PROGRESSED!!! Do you mean it still isn't working, though you now have the old bootloader back again after you choose legacy from the vista bootloader?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587275408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewxp Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 It booted to the legacy bootloader, I selected WindowsXp Professional (the one I added in bcdedit). Then my computer restarted. Sry, I had to eat dinner. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587275513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewxp Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 anyone have an idea on why it restarts when I select WindowsXp in the Vista bootloader? The vista bl works now. I think it's Xp's side now. hmm, thx, bump. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587278763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewxp Posted March 7, 2006 Author Share Posted March 7, 2006 bump, please!! I got killed today working.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587279263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjakubo86 Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 I am in the same place as crewxp right now, with the exact same setup. I can choose XP as an option when I boot up, but it will just reboot the machine. Any help would be much appreciated! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/439317-how-can-i-get-xp-booting-again/page/3/#findComment-587281947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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