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Dual Boot Xp and Vista

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skiabox:
I told u guys!Look what happened!

I had windows xp in one partition of my hdd and I decided to install vista in another partition of the same drive.Vista didn't gave me a 2nd option after installing them and I run EasyBCD to inform Windows Boot Manager that there is an xp operating system in drive d: (vista are in drive c:).
Indeed I was presented with a second boot option but that 2nd option doesnt work.I get the message :

Windows Boot Manager

Windows Failed to start

A recent hardware or software change might be the cause

...blah blah blah


I'll post here the EasyBCD 'View Settings' Display Mode (detailed) :

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
displayorder {current}
{300b322f-d8d4-11db-b85e-0016d345f6f8}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {b1a0260f-d911-11db-9360-9c421061684e}
nx OptIn

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier {300b322f-d8d4-11db-b85e-0016d345f6f8}
device partition=D:
path \ntldr
description Microsoft Windows



 :-[
Any ideas how to access my windows xp again?Thnx!

patio:
Is there a reason for putting XP on D: and Vista on C: ? ?

This may be where it is getting wonked.

All Win flavors including Vista need to write certain files to the root of C:  which is where the oldest version should reside.

My testbench machine is set up this way ( plus Win2K ) and it had no problem at all recognising all 3 OS's...

I'm given a choice at bootup towhich OS i want to run...

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