Hello again. I have attempted to install Vista RC1 onto a second hard drive (which has two partitions) to dual boot with XP. The installation went fine, but now when I boot up - I get a selection screen and the default is currently Vista - but Vista won't load.

I get this error:

"\windows\system32\winload.exe

Status: 0xc0000001

Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt. "

It suggests I use the DVD's repair feature, which I have done twice, but without success.

I installed by booting up into the RC1 DVD, not by running the DVD from within Windows XP. Could it be that I should install a dual boot configuration from within Windows XP?

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

thanks,

-travis

"Could it be that I should install a dual boot configuration from within Windows XP?"

That's how it's generally done. Boot into XP, pop in the Vista DVD, select 'advanced', then choose which partiton you want it to install to.

"That's how it's generally done. Boot into XP, pop in the Vista DVD, select 'advanced', then choose which partiton you want it to install to."

This is what I figured. Except it turns out I downloaded the 64-bit DVD because I have an Athlon 64 processor. However, I found out that you cannot install the 64 bit version from within a 32-bit version of XP.

Maybe it's not possible to dual boot 64-bit vista with 32-bit XP, no matter how it is installed? They might have been my problem...

Downloading the 32-bit DVD now. Hopefully that will work.

-travis

"I found out that you cannot install the 64 bit version from within a 32-bit version of XP."

But you could boot from the 64-bit Vista DVD and install it that way & that would not have interfered with the 32-bit XP.

Here is something you can try at this time. Assuming your XP installation is on C: and the Vista installation is on X:

Copy the X:\Windows\System32\winload.exe (Vista Installation) to
C:\Windows\System32 (XP Installation)

Then edit XP's boot.ini file as follows:

Original boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSOFF
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista"
/NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSOFF /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER

New Boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSOFF /USENEWLOADER
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista"
/NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSOFF /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER

As you can see (from above), the /USENEWLOADER switch was added to the XP Installation.

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Well, I seem to have run into some sort of obstacle. After installing the 32-bit Vista from within XP, I get the same error message about not being able to find Winload.

My Windows XP installation is on a drive with the designation I: (something that happened last time I reinstalled Windows...) Could this be causing a problem.

And Sabretooth, when I open my boot.ini I see this message:

";Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options."

And there is no Vista section in the file that looks like this:

"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista"
/NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSOFF /FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER"

Any idea what I've done wrong? I also now have three "Windows.old" folders on the drive I'm using for Vista - which are just replaced installations of Vista.

Hrmph.

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