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MFT Corrupt - File or Directory unreadable
AlexB al...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista general "How to make XP / Vista dual-boot Independently, Here's a guide using grldr the almighty" There are also issues with XP wiping out Vista's System Restore points if you don't use a third-party bootloader to hide the operating systems from each other.

Dual boot - remove one OS.
The issue is obviously (at least to me) in my router. Since I can connect to and surf the Internet to my heart's content and the only issue I have is with My system is a dual-boot running Windows XP Home Edition SP2 and Windows Vista Home Premium. I'm running Office 2007 Enterprise Edition and my router is a

Hiding Vista volumes from XP (volsnap.sys issue revisited)
The issue of dual booting XP and Vista has been discussed thoroughly many times. -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell] This one has the added twist of the Extended partition for XP, It turns over control to ntldr which then boots XP. That's why there are two boot menus in a Vista / XP dual boot configuration, right?

Dual-boot XP-Vista
Yah, I can highly recommend avoiding the Vista/XP dual boot if you can... Or use a utility (like Acronis Disk Director) that will handle the dual boot system for you, instead of relying on MS to do And in the meantime, 2 of my colleagues and a friend have all fallen prey to the dreaded "Vista ate my MBR" issue.

Dual boot - remove one OS.
John: I just used Disk Probe via XP Pro and regedit in Vista SP1 on my dual boot computer to confirm the data value and its location in the MBR and in Vista's My previous test (and post): David: I did some testing to see if Vista does change the MBR. On a Vista/Win XP dual boot computer, I ran fdisk /mbr from a

How to safely delete XP partition
These methods are outlined in A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP/and Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/ Frequently Asked the prompt: Bootsect.exe is available from the \Boot\folder of the Windows Vista DVD and can be run from within System Recovery or Windows XP on a dual boot.

Hiding Vista volumes from XP (volsnap.sys issue revisited)
The solution is to use a 3ed party boot manager such as BootIt NG to hide partitions. The following link will provide information on how to perform this. Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html Thanks very much Bert! I have a couple more questions (if you don't mind).

XP SP3 has been released
When you reboot you should have your dual boot menu back with both XP and Vista options available. If you need to set a XP as the default operating system you can do this by reopening VistaBootpro, going to 'manage OD entries', clicking on the operating system you want as default on the boot menu and then selecting

Reinstall Windows
This is my problem: I have installed Vista on my C:\ disk. After that I installed XP on D:\ disk. Now I can't boot Vista anymore. I tried with boot.ini [boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows

Can WinXP be installed on a pre-loaded Vista PC?
(1) Does Microsoft have a way to rebuild the MFT of XP, using repair ? At present my company has customers that are requesting this dual boot functionality and we ship aceesisiblity hardware & software. At present this issue is stopping me progressing recommeding XP & Vista on dual boot.

Best Way to partition for dual boot XP
See these links to get you started: Install Windows XP in a Dual Boot with Pre-installed Windows Vista http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/about88231.html Install Windows Vista http://vistasupport.mvps.org/install_windows_xp_on_machine_running_vista.htm Know that there is an issue when dual booting Vista and XP.

Error message on boot up
I like a pretty face sometimes so I quite like Vista. once my accounting program gets working (updated properly) to work with Vista I may never boot XP. Good luck, install FSX on Vista, and try Full Screen to see if you get the red rain storm I get. I can fly in a window of any size no problem but Full Screen under

Dual Boot Vista and XP
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. When booting from Disk1, what specific error message do you get? Disk2 in its current state is not bootable, since dual boot has boot files for both XP and Vista on Disk1.

Dual Boot & Vistaboot Pro
I have had XP Pro installed for a while. I used DISKPART, LIST VOLUME and SHRINK in the Vista Home Premium install process to create a Vista partition and keep XP Pro in a dual boot system. The Vista installation went fine and re-booted a couple of times, giving me the boot option screen foe Vista or an older OS.

ActiveSync ruined my dual-boot - how to restore Vista boot order?
Don d.burne...@clothes.hotmail.com alt comp software financial quicken I don't use billminder, so should not be an issue there. Hey gang, I run Quicken 2008 Deluxe, on XP Pro 32 bit. Last weekend, I installed Vista 64 bit Ultimate, on it's own hard drive, to dual boot with XP Pro. Mainly to just play around

windows vista XP dual boot
griffin gry...@NOSPAM.shaw.ca wpg computers help I don't know how to fix your problem but I'm curious to know why you'd want both?! <nriz...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:798299c3-5575-4f07-8683-

General comments re Vista
In my PC I have a partition for XP and another for Vista with the dual boot. Now the PC came with preinstalled Vista and then I created the XP partition due to the many unnecessary differences at user level and other well known problems of Vista. Unfortunately I'm obliged to reinstall all the programs also in the

Quicken 2008 Deluxe Vista 64 bit - Couple of questions
I do use a 2GB flash drive for ReadyBoost and see some performance gains with that, but even without it, Vista runs just fine on this older hardware. It was originally set up as a dual boot with XP and Vista because of driver issue with an older printer, but I worked that out, so now I almost never boot into XP,

vista xp dual boot tip
If you intend to keep the Vista/XP dual boot you should be aware that there is an issue with Vista Restore points and recovery features. "Erik" wrote: Where is the proper forum to address a dual boot issue between XP and Vista? Ever since I installed Vista, I lost access to my XP installation on the other

Buying New PC - XP or Vista?
Well a lot of my software doesnt work with Vista, Im still using DOS programs. Anyway my old computer has XP on it. Can I stick the hard drive from it into the new machine and create a dual boot system?? It's a simple question but not a simple answer. The problem is that your XP was installed on completely