Vista - Recover Vista after XP installation

Hi!

I have my HDD with Vista configured like this:

C: - Primary Partition (Vista)
D: - Extended Partition
E: - Extended Partition


Then I had a unallocated free space in my HDD and installed XP on it.
Now I can't see Windows Vista, because as I read XP overwrites the MBR and Vista isn't recognized to boot.

I've tried all the ways I found on forums to resolve this but Vista won't but no matter what I do.

In D: and E: extended partitions I have critical information and I want to know if anyone know a way to save that data and even if I can restore Vista to boot the data would be available?

Thanks in advance to any help...

Hi,
The easiest method to achive a working vista and XP is to insert the Vista DVD and boot the machine.

When presented with the install menu select repair my computer and perform a stsrtup repair (this will normally be the default action anyway ).

The repair option should then generate a startup boot menu with both operating systems listed.

This may be edited with MSconfig.exe from within Vista to adjust the wording

Hope this helps

I've tried that with Vista DVD but can't get anywhere and as I'm only able to get to XP already tried this method (How To Recover Vista After XP Installation | PC Tips) but with no sucess.

after the first promp i get the following message:

C: (\\?\Volume{62688536-5760-11de-9faa-806d6172696f})

Updated NTFS filesystem bootcode. The upadte may be unreliable since the volume could not be locked during the update:
Access denied

G: (\\?\Volume{62688530-5760-11de-9faa-806d6172696f})

Could not open the root directory:
Incorrect parameter

Bootcode was successfully updated on at least one volume.