Vista - Legacy OS missing from boot menu

I have Windows MCE installed on C drive.
I tried to launch the installer for Vista 64bit edition (beta 2 build 5384)
from MCE but received a message saying it was not a valid 32 bit app so I
booted from the DVD.

I installed Vista to the D drive. I did not see any indication that it saw
the isntall of MCE at all.

After the installation was complete, I cannot get to the install of MCE,
there is no boot menu displayed on startup. How do I get the new boot manager
to give me the option to boot to the legacy OS?

It should have at least detected the existing install of Windows and leave
it alone. Have you checked under Earlier Version of Windows entry on the
boot manager? Select that uses the up arrow on your keyboard, press enter,
and you should see XP MCE 2005
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"MMears" <MMears@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have Windows MCE installed on C drive.
> I tried to launch the installer for Vista 64bit edition (beta 2 build
> 5384)
> from MCE but received a message saying it was not a valid 32 bit app so I
> booted from the DVD.
>
> I installed Vista to the D drive. I did not see any indication that it saw
> the isntall of MCE at all.
>
> After the installation was complete, I cannot get to the install of MCE,
> there is no boot menu displayed on startup. How do I get the new boot
> manager
> to give me the option to boot to the legacy OS?

Same thing has happened to me. I installed Vista on a separate disk, to XP,
but boot manager only sees Vista.


"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> It should have at least detected the existing install of Windows and leave
> it alone. Have you checked under Earlier Version of Windows entry on the
> boot manager? Select that uses the up arrow on your keyboard, press enter,
> and you should see XP MCE 2005
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "MMears" <MMears@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:19436ED0-5832-4001-921B-50D5587F35CB@microsoft.com...
> >I have Windows MCE installed on C drive.
> > I tried to launch the installer for Vista 64bit edition (beta 2 build
> > 5384)
> > from MCE but received a message saying it was not a valid 32 bit app so
I
> > booted from the DVD.
> >
> > I installed Vista to the D drive. I did not see any indication that it
saw
> > the isntall of MCE at all.
> >
> > After the installation was complete, I cannot get to the install of MCE,
> > there is no boot menu displayed on startup. How do I get the new boot
> > manager
> > to give me the option to boot to the legacy OS?
>
>

Would this help you guys? It works extremely well apparently.

http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
2 x XP Pro SP2 (1 everyday, 1 for testing)
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
"Neil" <neil@funkcity.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Same thing has happened to me. I installed Vista on a separate disk, to
> XP,
> but boot manager only sees Vista.
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23xwQt2BgGHA.1320@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> It should have at least detected the existing install of Windows and
>> leave
>> it alone. Have you checked under Earlier Version of Windows entry on the
>> boot manager? Select that uses the up arrow on your keyboard, press
>> enter,
>> and you should see XP MCE 2005
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "MMears" <MMears@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:19436ED0-5832-4001-921B-50D5587F35CB@microsoft.com...
>> >I have Windows MCE installed on C drive.
>> > I tried to launch the installer for Vista 64bit edition (beta 2 build
>> > 5384)
>> > from MCE but received a message saying it was not a valid 32 bit app so
> I
>> > booted from the DVD.
>> >
>> > I installed Vista to the D drive. I did not see any indication that it
> saw
>> > the isntall of MCE at all.
>> >
>> > After the installation was complete, I cannot get to the install of
>> > MCE,
>> > there is no boot menu displayed on startup. How do I get the new boot
>> > manager
>> > to give me the option to boot to the legacy OS?
>>
>>
>
>

Cheers Peter, I'll give it a go

"Peter" <peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uUCqdnLgGHA.3456@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Would this help you guys? It works extremely well apparently.
>
> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> 2 x XP Pro SP2 (1 everyday, 1 for testing)
> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
> "Neil" <neil@funkcity.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:eUUUOSLgGHA.2032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Same thing has happened to me. I installed Vista on a separate disk, to
> > XP,
> > but boot manager only sees Vista.
> >
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23xwQt2BgGHA.1320@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> It should have at least detected the existing install of Windows and
> >> leave
> >> it alone. Have you checked under Earlier Version of Windows entry on
the
> >> boot manager? Select that uses the up arrow on your keyboard, press
> >> enter,
> >> and you should see XP MCE 2005
> >> --
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >>
> >> "MMears" <MMears@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:19436ED0-5832-4001-921B-50D5587F35CB@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have Windows MCE installed on C drive.
> >> > I tried to launch the installer for Vista 64bit edition (beta 2 build
> >> > 5384)
> >> > from MCE but received a message saying it was not a valid 32 bit app
so
> > I
> >> > booted from the DVD.
> >> >
> >> > I installed Vista to the D drive. I did not see any indication that
it
> > saw
> >> > the isntall of MCE at all.
> >> >
> >> > After the installation was complete, I cannot get to the install of
> >> > MCE,
> >> > there is no boot menu displayed on startup. How do I get the new boot
> >> > manager
> >> > to give me the option to boot to the legacy OS?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Their Forum is great for any problems with Vista...or anything else for that
matter.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
2 x XP Pro SP2 (1 everyday, 1 for testing)
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
"Neil" <neil@funkcity.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Cheers Peter, I'll give it a go
>
> "Peter" <peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uUCqdnLgGHA.3456@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Would this help you guys? It works extremely well apparently.
>>
>> http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> 2 x XP Pro SP2 (1 everyday, 1 for testing)
>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
>> "Neil" <neil@funkcity.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:eUUUOSLgGHA.2032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> > Same thing has happened to me. I installed Vista on a separate disk,
>> > to
>> > XP,
>> > but boot manager only sees Vista.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:%23xwQt2BgGHA.1320@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> It should have at least detected the existing install of Windows and
>> >> leave
>> >> it alone. Have you checked under Earlier Version of Windows entry on
> the
>> >> boot manager? Select that uses the up arrow on your keyboard, press
>> >> enter,
>> >> and you should see XP MCE 2005
>> >> --
>> >> --
>> >> Andre
>> >> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> >>
>> >> "MMears" <MMears@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:19436ED0-5832-4001-921B-50D5587F35CB@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I have Windows MCE installed on C drive.
>> >> > I tried to launch the installer for Vista 64bit edition (beta 2
>> >> > build
>> >> > 5384)
>> >> > from MCE but received a message saying it was not a valid 32 bit app
> so
>> > I
>> >> > booted from the DVD.
>> >> >
>> >> > I installed Vista to the D drive. I did not see any indication that
> it
>> > saw
>> >> > the isntall of MCE at all.
>> >> >
>> >> > After the installation was complete, I cannot get to the install of
>> >> > MCE,
>> >> > there is no boot menu displayed on startup. How do I get the new
>> >> > boot
>> >> > manager
>> >> > to give me the option to boot to the legacy OS?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>