Installing XP after VISTA in DUAL BOOT

[shantanu]

NOTE : EasyBCD is now available to do this JOB.. thanks

Hello To all ,

i was just thinking that many users are trying to install XP after they installed Vista,but both OS dont detect each other in dual boot,

so here is a Tutorial to do so,

Conditions: you have installed Vista and now you want Xp in the second boot, and when you do so , your Vista isnt detected anymore, so now you either format your Drives and install again, or you repair Vista and thats ok,

But you can run both in Dual boot without formatting,

As vista is installed, you install Windows Xp in X:> (X is the drive of your Choice) (may be D: , E: etc)

now your comp. restarts in XP without showing Vista, dont worry just restart your COmp. and boot from VIsta CD/DVD whatever you have, repair your installation and now your VISTA boots up, without Showing Xp, but nothing to worry,

Just Place your Vista DVD/CD int he drive in VISTA and now go to start menu, all programs , accessories , right click on command prompt

and click on run as administrator

now type these commands :

Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Windows Vista MBR and the boot code that transfers control to the Windows Boot Manager program. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt:
Drive:\boot\ Bootsect.exe –NT60 All

In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows Vista installation media is located.
Use Bcdedit.exe to manually create an entry in the BCD Boot.ini file for the earlier version of the Windows operating system. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt.

Note In these commands, Drive is the drive where Windows Vista is installed.

Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit –create {ntldr} –d “Description for earlier Windows version”

Note In this command, Description for earlier Windows version can be any text that you want. For example, Description for earlier Windows version can be "Windows XP” or “Windows Server 2003." Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit –set {ntldr} device partition=x:

Note In this command, x: is the drive letter for the active partition.
Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit –set {ntldr} path \ntldrDrive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit –displayorder {ntldr} –addlast

Restart the computer.


and you are done...

source : Technet forums

[iMav]

how different is your tut from this method

[Pathik]

very different.. Btw shantanu s method is shorter.. Nice..

[blackpearl]

Page saved. Will come handy sometime.

[shantanu]

@MAV3 i cant understand why you asked that, your link is not in digit forum itself, cant understand your question, do you want to say that i should not have posted here .... coz on that site the method exists, .... i think that site is not a part of thinkdigit forum ,

[the.kaushik]

nice one.. keep giVing

[iMav]

Originally Posted by shantanu_webmaster

@MAV3 i cant understand why you asked that, your link is not in digit forum itself, cant understand your question, do you want to say that i should not have posted here .... coz on that site the method exists, .... i think that site is not a part of thinkdigit forum

i was asking coz i have been wanting to install vista but havent had the time ... i searched for the ways and i came the link i posted some days back .... and then u posted ur tut so i wanted to ask which is less complicated and or which is more stable .... thats alll ... y r u worried that i wanted to sabotage u or ur method

[shantanu]

sorry !! buddy if you got hurt by that, but have seen many members do so, thats why !!! but you can try this method, it works for me,

[almighty]

Originally Posted by shantanu

Hello To all ,

i was just thinking that many users are trying to install XP after they installed Vista,but both OS dont detect each other in dual boot,

so here is a Tutorial to do so,

Conditions: you have installed Vista and now you want Xp in the second boot, and when you do so , your Vista isnt detected anymore, so now you either format your Drives and install again, or you repair Vista and thats ok,

But you can run both in Dual boot without formatting,

As vista is installed, you install Windows Xp in X:> (X is the drive of your Choice) (may be D: , E: etc)

now your comp. restarts in XP without showing Vista, dont worry just restart your COmp. and boot from VIsta CD/DVD whatever you have, repair your installation and now your VISTA boots up, without Showing Xp, but nothing to worry,

Just Place your Vista DVD/CD int he drive in VISTA and now go to start menu, all programs , accessories , right click on command prompt

and click on run as administrator

now type these commands :

Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Windows Vista MBR and the boot code that transfers control to the Windows Boot Manager program. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt:
Drive:\boot\ Bootsect.exe –NT60 All

In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows Vista installation media is located.
Use Bcdedit.exe to manually create an entry in the BCD Boot.ini file for the earlier version of the Windows operating system. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt.

Note In these commands, Drive is the drive where Windows Vista is installed.

Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit –create {ntldr} –d “Description for earlier Windows version”

Note In this command, Description for earlier Windows version can be any text that you want. For example, Description for earlier Windows version can be "Windows XP” or “Windows Server 2003." Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit –set {ntldr} device partition=x:

Note In this command, x: is the drive letter for the active partition.
Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit –set {ntldr} path \ntldrDrive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit –displayorder {ntldr} –addlast

Restart the computer.


and you are done...

source : Technet forums

hi
can u plz tell what is X here
what is active partion
i am having xp on c and vista on d
what to do next?

[shantanu]

@almighty

x is the drive in which your windows XP is installed, so you will put x=c: ;

[saurabh kakkar]

nice one ...............kaash mere sys main vista run kar sakta

[koolbluez]

tryin

[soham]

Hey Shantanu, do you really have a rig as mention in your signature. Must be one helluva monster.

[Chirag]

@Shantanu - From which city you are?? Coz my frnd's frnd got a similar rig as urs..

[iMav]

mvp bana hai ghar wale thoda toh kgarcha karenge

[chillnow]

I got windows vista pre installed in my hp v6000 laptop, i dont have the dvd.. is there anyway i can have both winxp and vista?

[narangz]

^^create recovery discs for your laptop first

[shantanu]

yeah narang is right.. and for your system HP must have provided a recovery DVD.. you can use that..

[beanstalk_230]

have a look at this

they helped me out to dual boot successfully (Vista hom pre. n XP)on my HP Pav. Dv 9339us laptop

http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88231

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

gud one...thx...but its a bit old now...

[shantanu]

^^ now use easyBCD this was when Vista was just launched

[sourav123]

Hi,

I tried to install XP after creating a separate partition on my Vista installation. When starting with the installer, it shows a message that cannot find hard disk for install. I have a HP Pavilion DV6226 notebook with SATA drive. Please suggest what can be the issue.

[speedyguy]

i guess ur file format is ntsc n not fat32 tats y u facing such issues...

Enjoy~!

[iMav]

i think its not coz of ntsc coz xp installs fine on ntsc its possibly ocz of sata drivers

refer this link: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...os=228&lang=en

[shantanu]

just format the partition manually by help of a disk manager... and then it will install like anything... and guys i guess it is NTFS

[QwertyManiac]

Originally Posted by iMav

i think its not coz of ntsc coz xp installs fine on ntsc its possibly ocz of sata drivers

What's NTSC got to do with XP?

[narangz]

Hehe... They mean NTFS

[iMav]

wtf

i knew there was something wrong with the term ntsc

[User Name]

i tried this method and got prob.

F:\boot>bootsect.exe -NT60 All
Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:
Access is denied.

now i use easybcd & created a new entry for win XP and give drive path where it is installed.
after restarting laptop it shows both option win vista and XP for booting when i select XP
it says boot file missing or currupt.

Help me?

[User Name]