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| Guest | Re: Dual Boot: boot.ini queston - also Vista swaps drive letter on partitions Hey Holiday, not directly my area, but I can give you some quick answers... Vista uses a new database called "BCD" to contain boot configuration data and a whole new architecture for booting using a brand new boot component called "BOOTMGR". It never tries to understand "boot.ini" or how to boot an earlier version of windows. When you select the "Earlier Version" option, it runs NTLDR, and uses that to boot the earlier version of Windows. Regards BCDEDIT, it's a command line editor. You should use this in an "elevated" command prompt (right-click on the "Command" icon and click "Run as Administrator"). If you type "BCDEDIT /?" it lists all the options, and how to get more information on it's use. Regards drive letters, there have been lots of problems in the past where applications expect "C:" to be the volume that contains the OS. Vista shuffles drive letters around to help such older programs work. It's bit me on occasion, until I got used to it. One thing that helps is to utilize the ability to label volumes. -- Jamie Hunter [MS] "Holiday" <holiday@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:akdui2l4e5v4cjebb5h8kdeu16s8ihcujb@4ax.com... >I setup a dual boot on a SATA 160GIG hard drive. > Loaded XP and had it set up a 60GIG partition. > (left the rest unpartition for now.) > Got all drivers loaded and running smoothly. > > Then boot up on Vista CD and had it > partition the remaining 100GIG. > Got is setup and running. > > Reboot, boot manager comes up just like it's suppose > too. One thing though. The selections are: > > 1. Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate > 2. An Earlier Version of Windows > > An earlier version of windows?? Can it not tell > which one it is by looking in boot.ini ? > Anyway I figured I'd edit the boot.ini and change this myself. > Vista wouldn't even let me access it even though I am an > administrator. So I reboot to XP and tried to edit boot.ini , > but apparently Vista no longer uses boot.ini > I saw this in the boot.ini: > > Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. > Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. > > So I now need to find some documentation on BCEDIT. > Is BCEDIT just a text editor? Which file is it editing? > Any resources on the net to explain all this? > > ------------------- > Secondly: > Now get this. I was confused when trying to copy files from > one drive letter to another in XP. Booted to Vista and the > folder was not there. ????? > > Come to find out that when Vista boots, It swaps the second > partition's drive letter to C and XP's to D > That can be a mind F**k if your not careful. > > Holiday > > > > |
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| Guest | Re: Dual Boot: boot.ini queston - also Vista swaps drive letter on partitions Thanks for the info Jamie. Interesting info I also now just found this on the subject if anyone else is interested. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...19d4af778.mspx Holiday On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:55:45 -0700, "Jamie Hunter [MS]" <jamiehun@nospam.microsoft.com> wrote: >Hey Holiday, not directly my area, but I can give you some quick answers... > >Vista uses a new database called "BCD" to contain boot configuration data >and a whole new architecture for booting using a brand new boot component >called "BOOTMGR". It never tries to understand "boot.ini" or how to boot an >earlier version of windows. When you select the "Earlier Version" option, it >runs NTLDR, and uses that to boot the earlier version of Windows. > >Regards BCDEDIT, it's a command line editor. You should use this in an >"elevated" command prompt (right-click on the "Command" icon and click "Run >as Administrator"). If you type "BCDEDIT /?" it lists all the options, and >how to get more information on it's use. > >Regards drive letters, there have been lots of problems in the past where >applications expect "C:" to be the volume that contains the OS. Vista >shuffles drive letters around to help such older programs work. It's bit me >on occasion, until I got used to it. One thing that helps is to utilize the >ability to label volumes. |
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| Guest | Re: Dual Boot: boot.ini queston - also Vista swaps drive letter on partitions A much easier way is to use VistaBootPro, which can be installed on Vista and/or XP, and allows for easy editing of the BCD. You can obtain it from: http://www.vistabootpro.org/ Mike Bernstein "Holiday" <holiday@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4n7ti29pkjdh2hmjqv67i2le2tptos4n6h@4ax.com... > Thanks for the info Jamie. > Interesting info > > I also now just found this on the subject if anyone else is > interested. > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...19d4af778.mspx > > > > Holiday > > > > On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:55:45 -0700, "Jamie Hunter [MS]" > <jamiehun@nospam.microsoft.com> wrote: > >>Hey Holiday, not directly my area, but I can give you some quick >>answers... >> >>Vista uses a new database called "BCD" to contain boot configuration data >>and a whole new architecture for booting using a brand new boot component >>called "BOOTMGR". It never tries to understand "boot.ini" or how to boot >>an >>earlier version of windows. When you select the "Earlier Version" option, >>it >>runs NTLDR, and uses that to boot the earlier version of Windows. >> >>Regards BCDEDIT, it's a command line editor. You should use this in an >>"elevated" command prompt (right-click on the "Command" icon and click >>"Run >>as Administrator"). If you type "BCDEDIT /?" it lists all the options, and >>how to get more information on it's use. >> >>Regards drive letters, there have been lots of problems in the past where >>applications expect "C:" to be the volume that contains the OS. Vista >>shuffles drive letters around to help such older programs work. It's bit >>me >>on occasion, until I got used to it. One thing that helps is to utilize >>the >>ability to label volumes. > |
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| Guest | Re: Dual Boot: boot.ini queston - also Vista swaps drive letter on partitions "Holiday" <holiday@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4n7ti29pkjdh2hmjqv67i2le2tptos4n6h@4ax.com... > Thanks for the info Jamie. > Interesting info > > I also now just found this on the subject if anyone else is > interested. > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...19d4af778.mspx > If you need to get rid of Vista quickly (for an update, for example) you can use the Windows Xp Recovery console and fixBoot to restore the old boot.ini system. [I was unable to install Vista RC1 and RC2 until I did this, since I had a boot from Beta 2 there... ] Word of caution: Should you have your main OS on the partition flagged as Bootable Vista might do some 'fun' with it, at least that is what happened with my XP64bit. Safest thing is to use your BIOS to select 2 Boot Drives and alternate between them depending on what you want to run, that way you avoid the hassle altogether. [Thats what I am going to do next update... As well as backup up.. often..] -- --- ///Terje Alexander Barth \\\/// |
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| Guest | Dual Boot: boot.ini queston - also Vista swaps drive letter on partitions I setup a dual boot on a SATA 160GIG hard drive. Loaded XP and had it set up a 60GIG partition. (left the rest unpartition for now.) Got all drivers loaded and running smoothly. Then boot up on Vista CD and had it partition the remaining 100GIG. Got is setup and running. Reboot, boot manager comes up just like it's suppose too. One thing though. The selections are: 1. Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 2. An Earlier Version of Windows An earlier version of windows?? Can it not tell which one it is by looking in boot.ini ? Anyway I figured I'd edit the boot.ini and change this myself. Vista wouldn't even let me access it even though I am an administrator. So I reboot to XP and tried to edit boot.ini , but apparently Vista no longer uses boot.ini I saw this in the boot.ini: Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. So I now need to find some documentation on BCEDIT. Is BCEDIT just a text editor? Which file is it editing? Any resources on the net to explain all this? ------------------- Secondly: Now get this. I was confused when trying to copy files from one drive letter to another in XP. Booted to Vista and the folder was not there. ????? Come to find out that when Vista boots, It swaps the second partition's drive letter to C and XP's to D That can be a mind F**k if your not careful. Holiday |
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| Guest | Re: Dual Boot: boot.ini queston - also Vista swaps drive letter on partitions WOW just noticed my time is wrong... That's the second time I've had to correct it. (or going to) On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:28:44 -0700, Holiday <holiday@yahoo.com> wrote: >I setup a dual boot on a SATA 160GIG hard drive. >Loaded XP and had it set up a 60GIG partition. >(left the rest unpartition for now.) >Got all drivers loaded and running smoothly. > >Then boot up on Vista CD and had it >partition the remaining 100GIG. >Got is setup and running. > >Reboot, boot manager comes up just like it's suppose >too. One thing though. The selections are: > >1. Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate >2. An Earlier Version of Windows > >An earlier version of windows?? Can it not tell >which one it is by looking in boot.ini ? >Anyway I figured I'd edit the boot.ini and change this myself. >Vista wouldn't even let me access it even though I am an >administrator. So I reboot to XP and tried to edit boot.ini , > but apparently Vista no longer uses boot.ini > I saw this in the boot.ini: > >Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. >Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. > >So I now need to find some documentation on BCEDIT. >Is BCEDIT just a text editor? Which file is it editing? >Any resources on the net to explain all this? > >------------------- >Secondly: >Now get this. I was confused when trying to copy files from >one drive letter to another in XP. Booted to Vista and the >folder was not there. ????? > >Come to find out that when Vista boots, It swaps the second >partition's drive letter to C and XP's to D >That can be a mind F**k if your not careful. > >Holiday > > > |
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