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| | ActiveSync ruined my dual-boot - how to restore Vista boot order? My configuration was this - Disk1 contained XP Pro, Disk2 contained Vista 64 Ultimate. I had it dual-booting, where BIOS booted off Disk1. I am not sure if this was the way things were meant to be because I had to install XP first before I installed Vista, or what. So whatever it was doing, the boot file on the XP disk was what caused it to ask me each startup whether or not I wanted to boot Vista or XP, with Vista being the default if I chose nothing after 30 seconds. So, last night I finally got my new smartphone, and when I found out ActiveSync doesn't like Vista, I figured - hey, why not, I'll go install it on XP and run it from there. Big mistake, as apparently ActiveSync messes with the boot file on XP. Why? I don't know. I just know that when I restarted, I got a nice, big fat boot failure error. This happens whether or not I attempt to boot from Disk1 or Disk2. So alright, I figure, I'll take my handy Installation disk and repair the boot file. If I load Windows Vista on the CDROM with my normal configuration - that is, with BIOS booting from Disk1 - while I can see my Vista installation from the repair window, it does not detect any errors with the boot file. If I load it with BIOS attempting to boot from Disk2, which has the Vista installation on it, it does not detect ANY Vista installation at all. Now, I am really not that bothered about losing my XP installation - I thought I would run into more problems when I originally set this configuration up, but insofar, I've enjoyed Vista, and the deal with ActiveSync is the first time I've needed to even load XP since I first set everything up. So at this point, if I could repair Vista to load on it's own, that'd be grand. But I really do NOT want to lose my Vista installation unless it is last case scenario. The problem is, though, as I said - I can't detect the installation when I attempt to repair, or if it does detect, then it says it doesn't need to be repaired. This is a big lie! ![]() SO, my question at this point is - can I repair the boot file when I have my Vista installation slaved up to a working computer (by simply replacing files on the disk)? If so, what do I need to do? |
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| | Re: ActiveSync ruined my dual-boot - how to restore Vista boot order? On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:41:02 -0800, lawless314 <lawless314@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >My configuration was this - >Disk1 contained XP Pro, Disk2 contained Vista 64 Ultimate. I had it >dual-booting, where BIOS booted off Disk1. I am not sure if this was the way >things were meant to be because I had to install XP first before I installed >Vista, or what. So whatever it was doing, the boot file on the XP disk was >what caused it to ask me each startup whether or not I wanted to boot Vista >or XP, with Vista being the default if I chose nothing after 30 seconds. > >So, last night I finally got my new smartphone, and when I found out >ActiveSync doesn't like Vista, I figured - hey, why not, I'll go install it >on XP and run it from there. Big mistake, as apparently ActiveSync messes >with the boot file on XP. Why? I don't know. I just know that when I >restarted, I got a nice, big fat boot failure error. This happens whether or >not I attempt to boot from Disk1 or Disk2. Disk2 in its current state is not bootable, since dual boot has boot files for both XP and Vista on Disk1. Quote: > >So alright, I figure, I'll take my handy Installation disk and repair the >boot file. If I load Windows Vista on the CDROM with my normal configuration >- that is, with BIOS booting from Disk1 - while I can see my Vista >installation from the repair window, it does not detect any errors with the >boot file. If I load it with BIOS attempting to boot from Disk2, which has >the Vista installation on it, it does not detect ANY Vista installation at >all. > >Now, I am really not that bothered about losing my XP installation - I >thought I would run into more problems when I originally set this >configuration up, but insofar, I've enjoyed Vista, and the deal with >ActiveSync is the first time I've needed to even load XP since I first set >everything up. So at this point, if I could repair Vista to load on it's >own, that'd be grand. But I really do NOT want to lose my Vista installation >unless it is last case scenario. > >The problem is, though, as I said - I can't detect the installation when I >attempt to repair, or if it does detect, then it says it doesn't need to be >repaired. This is a big lie! ![]() > >SO, my question at this point is - can I repair the boot file when I have my >Vista installation slaved up to a working computer (by simply replacing files >on the disk)? If so, what do I need to do? just recreate the Vista BCD by running bootrec from the Vista DVD (see <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;927392>). Run the commands bootrec /rebuildbcd, followed by bootrec /fixboot. |
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