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Adding /3gb Switch in Vista
I am still a bit of a newbie with the BCDEDIT command. Can anyone tell from these below command what is wrong? C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /enum active Windows Put XP anywhere else, and the Vista installer will NOT create a dual-boot menu. So start over, and put XP on Disk 0, Partition 1. Then add Vista to a

deleting drive that vista dual boots off of
Vista can't load from XP's bootloader (ntldr). What you must do at this point is run a startup repair from the Vista disk. Once you can get into Vista, you can use bcdedit to add an entry for XP. You cannot use bcdedit from XP. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

freebsd-hackers Digest, Vol 222, Issue 4
Booting different versions of 'doze is straight forward as far as GRUB is concerned - just add extra menu item definitions as you would for different Linux grub in the MBR which I had already restored) and get it to be able to boot XP by using something called BCDEdit (Vista doesn't use boot.ini any more).

Please help me to recover from loss of MBR
For example, Description for earlier Windows version can be "Windows XP" or "Windows Server 2003". .. Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} device the same as XP, and the link for Safe Mode Boot options is labled XP by MSFT but they are the same for Vista (they haven't updated to add Vista to the title

Bug#455677: win32-loader: [INTL:dz] Dzongkha debconf template ...
I have a new Vista install on a RAID 5 drive C: while I also have a previously installed version of XP on another hdd alongside a "dead, deactivated" vista. I would like to add my XP boot record to my RAID 5 bootup. Do I need to transfer boot.ini and .. . from the XP partition? I believe this problem is more

BCDedit? help me find my xp install from withing Vista
Chad Harris fixvistabugsnow.net microsoft public windows vista general Yes--you could use bcdedit and you can look that up in this group or on MSFT's technet site. Whether you just want to add an entry to your old XP partition ..." Good luck, CH "jharvie" <jhar...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

Small technical question
These can be restored by Vista's BCDEdit.exe, which will also run in WinXP, or by a third-party program (such as EasyBCD from NeoSmart: Now I want to add an XP install and I consider different ways to do it: - Partition HD0 in two parts, install XP on the new logical drive - Install XP on HD1 and handle hd

Cannot re-enable DEP
Install a second OS or manage your boot configuration without directly editing the BCDEdit file. As you likely now realize, Windows Vista has made this task In that case select "Add New OS entry" Type the OS name (Vista) then select the type (Vista) and then the boot letter in your case it's E. The click apply

talking about vista
I found a way to add the WinXP recovery console (in case you installed it on your harddisk) as a genuine GUID to the Vista Boot Store. Follow the following instructions: 1) Create a new item in the vista boot store by copying ntldr item: bcdedit.exe /copy {ntldr} /d "Microsoft Windows XP Recovery Console" 2) make

GP 9 Service Packs
Or is it its own little app that runs prior to XP boot - so the mbr on the XP drive wasn't changed at all ? the reason I ask: Can I add now SBS to this system I'm going to teach you the correct way to use bcdedit. first press the windows key +R to get the "run" menu then type: " command" and press enter on the

uninstall dual boot with XP
Potential Issues User receives an “Access Denied†error when running BCDEdit Issue I have working copy Windows XP on a different partition and the Windows Vista bootloader did not recognize it and add it as a boot option. I tried BCDEdit logged in as a user in the Administrators group, but it gives me an "Access

windbg in Vista
I did what I used to do with XP: I resized the Windows partition with a liveCD and QTparted, Installed FreeBSD with booteasy.. and surprise. .... useful discussion of BCDedit on bsdforums.org: http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48405 It specifies Linux, but this is a tutorial for adding a non-Windows

Dual Booting XP and Vista and Vice Versa
Type BCDEdit/set pae ForceEnable 3. press enter The PAE parameter enables Physical adress extension (PAE). On 32-bit versions of Windows, PAE is disabled by default. My old box, XP 256 mb ram all that was avaliable and did not need dedicated system ram. Does anyone have a straight answer for this?

4 Gig or ram- Only showing 3 gig
XP doesn't have a config.sys file so I modified my config.nt file to add stacks=64512. This didn't work either. So here I am with a fairly new Toshiba laptop Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader]

Constantly Reboots After Install
john jvasq...@getntds.spam.com microsoft public win32 programmer kernel I got Windbg working between XP (host) and 2000 (host). On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:25:36 -0400, "Don Burn" <b...@stopspam.acm.org> wrote: On Vista there is a new boot model, use BCDEdit to add the equivalent of boot.ini.

Booting Vista/XP
图5 右击选择“以管理员身份运行”打开命令提示符窗口，切换到\windows\system32， 执行如下命令即可将Windows XP设置为默认的启动系统(见图6)： 图6(点击看大 图) *bcdedit.exe /default {ntldr} 这里需要说明的是，在“/default”的后面千万不能 输入“早期版本的Windows”，否则会提示“指定的命令未知”，关于“{ntldr}”的内容可以

Vista + XP = Problem
Richard Urban richardurbanREMOVET...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista general As everyone know if we install XP (even if it is in a different bootsect.exe -NT60 All (This command gives controll to Vista Boto Loader) - Bcdedit -create {ntldr} -d "Description for earlier Windows version" (Adding NTLDR

windbg in Vista
mikeyhsd mikey...@sport.rr.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup not true, have repaired xp boot and vista boot by using bcdedit. Select "Add new op system entry" Select "Windows Legacy" Enter a name (to show in the Vista boot mgr menu) Select drive letter E: Select Apply Reboot Select XP op

Problem with booting windows vista
We hope to add it back in the next client release of Windows. d Bill M. I'm not 100% convinced that the mechanism provided for boot start .kdfiles is reliable for I tried using bcdedit to turn on the boot debugger. Here is my output from WinDbg: Waiting to reconnect... BD: Boot Debugger Initialized Connected to

Installing XP after Vista
However, just in case anyone might have a similar problem I will add the 'OptIn' command so that user's can use either command. -- -- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows - Shell/User Web: 'John Barnett's Windows XP Help and Support' (http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org) Web: 'John Barnett's Windows Vista