Vista Bootloader gone?

LHC · Jul 16, 2007, 02:43 PM

I installed Vista on my machine yesterday, dual-booted with XP. I set everything up in Vista and all, used it for the day yesterday, yada yada yada (didn't make any serious changes though). I rebooted a lot yesterday, switching from vista to XP, and it was fine.

I turned my comp off last night, everything went fine, but when i went to turn it on this morning, the Vista bootloader didn't load, and instead just loaded XP (even though Vista was set to the default OS). It just jumps immediately to XP, neither of their bootloader shows (so it's using XP's bootloader, since there is no other entry).

The Vista partition is still there, all fine and dandy. What could have caused this? And would it be possibe to boot Vista by adding an entry in my boot.ini?

mkk · Jul 16, 2007, 02:46 PM

It seems somehow the XP bootloader replaced the Vista bootloader. Use www.vistabootpro.org to install the Vista bootloader again, or to repair it if was just damaged somehow.

LHC · Jul 16, 2007, 02:50 PM

Yea, problem is Vista boot pro won't recognize the Bcedit on another partition (I tried it already)

And from what I tried it seems it won't let me load BCdedit.exe in a command prompt either

Yesterday in Vista, however, I did back up the bcd.. I tried to restore it using vista boot pro just now but it was a no-go.. said it was successfully restored, I restarted, but still booted XP instantly.. and now whenever I load VistaBootPro on XP it recognizes the old BCD, the one that I restored..

LHC · Jul 16, 2007, 03:19 PM

*shrug* what it says in XP.. again, I'm wondering if the boot.ini of XP can be able to boot Vista if i put an entry in?

*EDIT*

Odd, it's working now

That was rather odd.. hope it won't be a daily ritual

Jul 16, 2007, 02:43 PM	#1
LHC Stingy and Stubborn Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,325 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Vista Bootloader gone? I installed Vista on my machine yesterday, dual-booted with XP. I set everything up in Vista and all, used it for the day yesterday, yada yada yada (didn't make any serious changes though). I rebooted a lot yesterday, switching from vista to XP, and it was fine. I turned my comp off last night, everything went fine, but when i went to turn it on this morning, the Vista bootloader didn't load, and instead just loaded XP (even though Vista was set to the default OS). It just jumps immediately to XP, neither of their bootloader shows (so it's using XP's bootloader, since there is no other entry). The Vista partition is still there, all fine and dandy. What could have caused this? And would it be possibe to boot Vista by adding an entry in my boot.ini? __________________

Jul 16, 2007, 02:50 PM	Thread Starter #3
LHC Stingy and Stubborn Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,325 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Yea, problem is Vista boot pro won't recognize the Bcedit on another partition (I tried it already) And from what I tried it seems it won't let me load BCdedit.exe in a command prompt either Yesterday in Vista, however, I did back up the bcd.. I tried to restore it using vista boot pro just now but it was a no-go.. said it was successfully restored, I restarted, but still booted XP instantly.. and now whenever I load VistaBootPro on XP it recognizes the old BCD, the one that I restored.. __________________ Last edited by LHC; Jul 16, 2007 at 03:14 PM.

Jul 16, 2007, 03:19 PM	Thread Starter #4
LHC Stingy and Stubborn Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,325 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	shrug what it says in XP.. again, I'm wondering if the boot.ini of XP can be able to boot Vista if i put an entry in? EDIT Odd, it's working now That was rather odd.. hope it won't be a daily ritual __________________ Last edited by LHC; Jul 16, 2007 at 04:05 PM.

Jul 16, 2007, 02:46 PM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,383 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	It seems somehow the XP bootloader replaced the Vista bootloader. Use www.vistabootpro.org to install the Vista bootloader again, or to repair it if was just damaged somehow.