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lost vista after xp install and I can't access vista dvd...
Potential Issues User receives an “Access Denied†error when running BCDEdit Issue I have working copy Windows XP on a different partition and the Windows Vista bootloader did not recognize it and add it as a boot option. I tried BCDEdit logged in as a user in the Administrators group, but it gives me an "Access

dual booting vist rc1 64 bit
The normal boot loader worked exactly as expected. So, upgraded the XP to vista, which seemed to go perfectly normal. Got everything the way I wanted it, Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, -- Jonathan Horne free...@dfwlp.com

Cannot Install
The > boot loader doesn't know > how to see the BSD partition on it, and apparently > can only see "raw" bios > drives. > > Another possible approach was to .... I've lost five of them...and the question is how to make bootable CDs by using cdrecord? I've already read "man cdrecord" but the question is not clearer.

Failure to boot from hard drive
RalfG itsno...@la-de-da.deda microsoft public windowsxp hardware Sounds like you didn't install XP in a dual boot configuration and damaged the Vista boot loader in the process. If you did have it set up as a dual boot configuration to begin with then changing the boot drive is an unneccessary step.

How to set up dual booting
Now I would like to install FreeBSD on it, and so that I can dual boot between the two. The machine did come with a rescue CD which has an image of Vista on it. I tried installing FreeBSD (Vista was already installed), but then got a problem with the boot loader I think. I could boot to FreeBSD fine, but couldnt to

freebsd-stable Digest, Vol 216, Issue 3
But it sounds like you have only one. Leave your existing SATA drive alone. You can make a dual-boot system so you can play with Vista and keep your ntldr file and brings up the dual-boot screen, then #3 will be a CD/DVD - you will not have a selection for your EIDE drive - don't worry - the boot loader steers

problem with dual boot
Vista Boot Pro worked flawlessly in establishing the boot loader. The o/s of choice for Vista(were Business and Ultimate), all XP were XP Pro. ..... If you had used a Vista DVD, you might be able to use the very helpful apps Rick suggested to get your bootloaders in order for the dual boot, but I'm skeptical you

Boot Configuration Data and Troubleshooting
In the end I followed some instructions on booting from the Vista DVD and repairing the bootloader and now I'm back to my original state of booting straight into Vista and not being able to see the partition. Ideally I'd like to get my dual boot configuration back again, but if that's not possible it would be good

If Your Down With VISTA
During BSD install I select don't touch MBR, but anyway FBSD MBR overwrite Vista MBR and I lost my Vista. Then I booted with Vista rescue CD and restore Vista MBR Boot Vista, then download and install the EasyBCD from http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 It is then trivial to add a stanza to Vista bootloader (!

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceeding 14-11-06
Is there a way to keep system restore enabled for the two permanent hard drives in my system, but prevent it from adding all new drives to the list of monitored drives? along with XP in a dual boot scenario using the Vista bootloader, after booting into XP all restore points/shadow copies will be lost in Vista.

Installing XP after Vista and Dual Boot Problem Solved ... :-)
I have dual booted in the past verison of windows vista beta 2, and i have not had any problems with he vista boot loadeder. that is until i went to dual boot xp pro and rc 1 x64, i dont get the boot loader for vista. I can install it on a clean hd and it works fine, but that mean i have to switch drives all the

Dual boot: FBSD-Vista & FDISK problem
When installation is finished, you will not be able to boot into FreeBSD, but fear not. Boot into Vista and install the free EasyBCD program: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 With this, you can add the choice for FreeBSD to your Vista bootloader (a new system called BCD) . It is trivially easy to setup and works

Dual boot: FBSD-Vista & FDISK problem
Re: boot loader anomaly (Steven Friedrich) 10. Re: OT: Downloading file by sending email (Rakhesh Sasidharan) 11. Re: Starting X - was Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot (Siraj Shaikh) 12. Re: OT: Downloading file by sending email (Wojciech Puchar) 13. Re: OT: Downloading file by sending email (Wojciech Puchar) 14.

boot from a modular bay hard drive
Typically in a case like yours the rdisk value will point to a disk other than 0, it should be something like like this: [boot loader] timeout=15 "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

So you really think Linux is better than Vista, do you?
You will need a Vista installation DVD in order to repair the Vista bootloader and then complete the dual boot section with the EasyBCD utility. Now Vista doesn't start but Xp only does. And I am not sure I can access Vista Dvd easily, I wasn't there when the computer came and I am not sure where the Dvd went.

Inactive XP Partition after Vista Install
Vista, in a dual boot setup, installs boot files on "C" in additon to files on "D". Removing XP will result in Vista being unbootable - however all may not be lost - download VistaBootPro - check the documentation on making the Vista partition bootable. "Marko" <Ma...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 192, Issue 27
System_Savy microsoft public windows vista general I had problem with this dual boot after buying this Vista machine... I installed Xp to run some application... then my Vista was lost and I didn't find the necessary drivers for XP in my new machine .... so I ve to go back to VISTA re installation, but I had my XP

Boot record got the boot; missing NTLDR;x64
I rebuilt the MBR and now both systems are bootable from the original OpenSUSE boot loader. Why does Kubuntu destroy the boot process of OpenSUSE? Grub will normally find existing OS and create a dual-boot menu w/o any problems - at least in my experience. I have read that Vista can be tricky but I have not

freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 171, Issue 18
A Linux distro with Beryl installed makes Vista’s Aero look lame. Again, I've not seen Vista, but Beryl is awesome. 20. Open Office can do 90% of what I use Microsoft Office 24. Setting up a Windows/Linux dual boot machine is simple. Never done it before. 25. The Linux bootloader is very versatile. Which one?

If Your Down With VISTA
If you intend to dual boot, linux distributions will install a bootloader independent of windows. Many linux installers make a backup copy of the previous boot But then, it starts slower and though you may install some software or change preferences, all will be lost after a restart unless you use a harddrive