Boot with your Vista DVD. There is a 'Startup Repair' option that will
rebuild the Vista boot files. Can't remember offhand how many screens one
has to go through to get to it though.
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"marc.nutty" <marcnutty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> A week ago I had XP and Vista on seperate HDDs (using a dual-boot setup).
> This weekend I decided to format XP HDD and install clean XP again.
> (needed
> doing). However, now when I boot up my machine, it automatically loads XP
> with no options. Vista still exists on the seperate HDD. I've also
> arranged
> boot-up preferences > CD/DVD then > HDD etc... (in same order as before).
>
> Any help?
>
> Cheers,