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How Can I Edit Boot.ini in Vista?

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rapster88   06-13-2007 at 08:35:21 PM

My friend have installed Win XP and Vista Ultimate on same pc but later he reinstall the Win XP and now pc directly boot to Win XP directly. I try to edit boot.ini of Vista?

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Zoron   06-14-2007 at 12:06:09 AM
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Vista doesn't use boot.ini anymore... it's boot-loader is completely different from XP's boot loader. The only way you're going to get it back is to do a repair from the Vista CD.

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coronaz   06-14-2007 at 10:27:30 AM
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use bcedit.exe in the command prompt.. alternatively download vistabootpro it's a gui version of bcedit allowing you to adjust your boot options with ease.

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Zoron   06-14-2007 at 04:14:41 PM
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Don't think that will help, as they have overwritten Vista's bootloader with XP's...

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septic   06-15-2007 at 04:59:15 AM
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Your friend will have to do a repair from the Vista disc to get vista booting again. as for dual booting, try a program called EasyBCD. This will help setup the boot options.

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rapster88   06-15-2007 at 05:24:11 AM
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Thanks mates!
I'll try it and will update if it can fix the problem or not.

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