I would install VistaBootPro from VistaBootPro.org and configure it that way.
For the XP installations the Ntldr, Ntdetect.com and boot.ini must be in the
root directory of the legacy OS HD. In my case none were in the root
directory so I had to copy them there before I could multi-boot.
"\\/\\/arren /\\/\\iller" wrote:
> Earlier versions of the OS used Ntldr, Ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to start
> the OS. Vista has an extensible pre-operating system boot environment that
> can be customized for various firmware interfaces. The Windows Boot Loader
> accesses the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store.
>
> Try Start > type msconfig.exe in the search box. > Press Enter. See the boot
> tab?
>
> You could also try opening a command prompt and run as administrator. Then
> type bcdedit and hit enter. This last one will open the BCD store directly.
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> "amenx" <amenx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A257CF2-D611-4029-8675-C595DC6AA3D2@microsoft.com...
> > Prior to installing Vista, I was dual booting XP and XP. So I installed it
> > as
> > a 3rd OS in a tri-boot system. It didnt even recognize my installed XPs
> > there
> > and went thru the installation as if no other OS existed, so no bootloader
> > or
> > option to choose the OS to boot from. This I could not accept, so I
> > proceeded
> > to removed Vista by rebooting with the DVD and go thru restoring my PC to
> > its
> > earlier state. When I got the 'repair' option, there was only the Vista
> > partition to choose from, no XP to go back to. So I inserted my XP cd to
> > repair the boot process from the recovery console which it supposedly did,
> > but when booting into XP I got the NTLDR missing error.
> >
> > I'll fix it sooner or later, but I why did Vista not detect the other XP
> > installations? I've installed Vista on another PC also in a dual boot
> > config
> > and it worked fine. I suspect its something to do with the drive numbering
> > in
> > the BIOS, I added a 3rd HD recently to install Vista on, but it seems ro
> > have
> > been numbered before the other drives with the XP installations. So did
> > Vista
> > just assume that since its on drive 1, then nothing else matters or exists
> > on
> > drives 2 and 3?
> >
> > Another thing, Vista scrambles the drive letters and makes things more
> > confusing and insists on being in C, but when you go into the recovery
> > console it may be somethign else.
>
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