Installed XP Over Vista, got a dual boot screen but XP does not load now !!

[raksrules]

I already had Vista pre installed on the laptop and now was trying to install windows XP professional on it on a different partition. Now i am encountering issues as i am not able to boot into windows XP although it shows up in the dual boot screen.

1. I already had a installation of Windows XP Pro on a DVD. I used nlite to create an ISO file with Windows XP SP3 slipstreamed it in and burned a bootable CD out of it

2. I used this bootable CD to install windows XP on a 6 GB partition available on the HDD.

3. Now as expected i was only able boot into windows XP.

4. I installed EasyBCD in XP and registered a new OS as "Windows XP Professional" and set its boot drive as E: (thats where XP is installed).

5. Then clicked on WRITE MBR.

6. Restarted the laptop to get a dual boot screen as expected. Now here i am able to boot into Vista but cannot do the same into XP (was able to boot into XP before this WRITE MBR thing happened)

Here's a picture of what the screen shows like when i select windows XP on the boot screen.




What is the problem and how to rectify it ?

[tuxybuzz]

what happens when you boot xp??

[iMav]

EasyBCD is a Vista app not a XP app. So the correct route to setup your dual boot would be to

install XP,
insert Vista boot disk and restore the boot menu,
go into Vista
install EasyBCD
Setup XP from the menu.

Please revert back if the method works, inorder to restore the boot menu using Vista:

boot using Vista DVD
start command prompt,
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixmbr

This will make Vista's boot loader the default boot menu, now change the entries using EasyBCD in Vista.

[raksrules]

I set the path of both Vista and XP as C: in Easy BCD and for some reason it worked. I got this suggestion from another forum.

[iMav]

Good, but you using EasyBCD on XP?

[Ishan]

Easy BCD works on XP.... there are some problems

some of its versions work on some PCs Some works on Others...Experience