Vista - Procedure Entry Point error after restoring Vista partition

Hello all,
I have a dual boot machine with XP and Vista. I attempt to use Ghost to
backup the two partitions individually. When I restore them, Selecting the
Vista partition from BootMgr starts Vista, but when I log in, I get the
following error:

Title Bar: Rundll32.exe Entry Point Not Found
Dialog: The procedure entry point SdbGetAppCompatDataSize could not be
located in the dynamic link library apphelp.dll.

This is soon followed by other errors and a "Your user profile was not
loaded correctly"...

I used BCDedit to look at the BCD tables - they appear as they should. I've
tried the Vista boot disk to repair startup prolems, no help. I've banged my
head on the wall for awhile and not made any progress....

The XP partition (Drive C is where the BCD info resides. Vista is drive
D:. Normally, when Vista boots, it switches these two drive letters making
Vista C: and XP D:. I'm wondering if that drive letter switching is not
happening after the Vista partition restore anymore or ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi,

First, are you using the right version of Ghost? Older ones are not
compatible with Vista and will destroy the image.

Second, as to the error message, it means that either a) the library file
(apphelp.dll) cannot be found where it is expected to be, b) the file is not
the correct version and the subroutine that rundll32 is trying to load does
not exist or is not at the correct line in the file or c) the file is
damaged and the routine cannot be accessed. The problem has nothing to do
with the boot configuration, it has everything to do with a routine used
during the user logon. It could be a system routine, or one added by the
installation of a program or service to the system.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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"MrMoose2" <MrMoose2@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I had the same problem and I think my solution will fix it.

****PROBLEM****
===============

First off, I have a dual boot of XP and Vista. I first installed XP on
drive C: then installed Vista on drive D:. I then imaged my whole hard
drive with Acronis True Image Home V11. When I restored the image and
try to load Vista, I get the following problem in a dialog.

Title Bar: Rundll32.exe Entry Point Not Found
Dialog: The procedure entry point SdbGetAppCompatDataSize could not be
located in the dynamic link library apphelp.dll.

****SOLUTION****
================

- After re-imaging, Log into Vista, and avoid any dialogs that say
restart the system.
- Open "regedit".
- Go to "KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices".
- Then rename "\DosDevices\D:" to "\DosDevices\CTemp:".
- Then rename "\DosDevices\C:" to "\DosDevices\D:".
- Then rename "\DosDevices\CTemp:" to "\DosDevices\C:".
- Restart system and log back into Vista, it should work now.
- I found the solution from the following website.
(Vista 64 dual boot changing drive letter)

Basically, what's happening was when you originally had the dual boot
system working, both the window systems renamed the primary drive. When
you log into XP or Vista, they say their primary is C:, even though
Vista's primary physical drive is in D:. Also, if you look into the
drive C: when you're in XP or Vista, the system files are related to the
loaded OS. However, when you re-image the hard drive with the dual
boot, Vista will now say the primary drive is still C:, but if you
actually look into C:, it has the XP OS system files, not the Vista's OS
system files. So the solution above will correct this problem.


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