Hi there.
I'm encountering a dual-boot issue and I hope I got into the right
forum.

First I'll start to describe what I have done and then where I am
standing at the moment.

I installed Vista 32 on my comp. and later on I have read the article
in 'this link'
(http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ista-computer/)
how to make a dual-boot with Vista and XP.

A week ago I have formatted my HD and installed Vista 64. Of course the
boot sectors were wiped out but I still have my XP installed on the
other HD. So I have installed Vista Boot Pro and I now have the option
to dual-boot again, however I get the error message that the '*ntldr*'
is not found. This issue is addressed in the article.

I have copied the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* to the root drive of
my XP HD as it stated to do, however I still get the same error.

My question is: Do you think I should copy these files to the root
drive of my Vista HD?
Since these files refer to a 32 bit operation system, I'm afraid they
might screwup the Vista 64 boot and I'll have to reinstall.

Thanks in advance.

Gil


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Gil80

Hi,

They'd have no affect on the 64-bit system and if the bootloader is looking
for them on the Vista drive then that's where you should put them. So yes,
copy them there as well.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Gil80" wrote in message
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Hi there.
I'm encountering a dual-boot issue and I hope I got into the right
forum.

First I'll start to describe what I have done and then where I am
standing at the moment.

I installed Vista 32 on my comp. and later on I have read the article
in 'this link'
(http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ista-computer/)
how to make a dual-boot with Vista and XP.

A week ago I have formatted my HD and installed Vista 64. Of course the
boot sectors were wiped out but I still have my XP installed on the
other HD. So I have installed Vista Boot Pro and I now have the option
to dual-boot again, however I get the error message that the '*ntldr*'
is not found. This issue is addressed in the article.

I have copied the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* to the root drive of
my XP HD as it stated to do, however I still get the same error.

My question is: Do you think I should copy these files to the root
drive of my Vista HD?
Since these files refer to a 32 bit operation system, I'm afraid they
might screwup the Vista 64 boot and I'll have to reinstall.

Thanks in advance.

Gil


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Gil80

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Gil80

Gil80;870294 Wrote:
Hi there.
I'm encountering a dual-boot issue and I hope I got into the right
forum.

First I'll start to describe what I have done and then where I am
standing at the moment.

I installed Vista 32 on my comp. and later on I have read the article
in 'this link'
(http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ista-computer/)
how to make a dual-boot with Vista and XP.

A week ago I have formatted my HD and installed Vista 64. Of course the
boot sectors were wiped out but I still have my XP installed on the
other HD. So I have installed Vista Boot Pro and I now have the option
to dual-boot again, however I get the error message that the '*ntldr*'
is not found. This issue is addressed in the article.

I have copied the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* to the root drive of
my XP HD as it stated to do, however I still get the same error.

My question is: Do you think I should copy these files to the root
drive of my Vista HD?
Since these files refer to a 32 bit operation system, I'm afraid they
might screwup the Vista 64 boot and I'll have to reinstall.

Thanks in advance.

Gil

Hey Gil,
I would suggest installing xp again over the old one so as not to lose
anything and then settining up dual boot again just as you did the first
time.


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pooch

pooch;873889 Wrote:
Gil80;870294 Wrote:
Hi there.
I'm encountering a dual-boot issue and I hope I got into the right
forum.

First I'll start to describe what I have done and then where I am
standing at the moment.

I installed Vista 32 on my comp. and later on I have read the article
in 'this link'
(http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ista-computer/)
how to make a dual-boot with Vista and XP.

A week ago I have formatted my HD and installed Vista 64. Of course the
boot sectors were wiped out but I still have my XP installed on the
other HD. So I have installed Vista Boot Pro and I now have the option
to dual-boot again, however I get the error message that the '*ntldr*'
is not found. This issue is addressed in the article.

I have copied the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* to the root drive of
my XP HD as it stated to do, however I still get the same error.

My question is: Do you think I should copy these files to the root
drive of my Vista HD?
Since these files refer to a 32 bit operation system, I'm afraid they
might screwup the Vista 64 boot and I'll have to reinstall.

Thanks in advance.

Gil

Hey Gil,
I would suggest installing xp again over the old one so as not to
lose anything and then settining up dual boot again just as you did
the first time.


Should I boot the XP installation and choose repair? Won't it screw up
the boot for Vista?


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Gil80

use nero to copy -the *ntldr* and the *ntdetect.com* from windows vista
to the root drive of my XP -


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vchant