MBR

> Posted this on the Microsoft Windows XP Newsgroups website and a guy by
> the name of Rock put a link up and it took me here so this is my question:
>
> Link here :
> (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...d-4c5fd6ebc475)
>
>
> I have 3 HDD's
>
> 1 Windows XP Pro - 120GB - currently drive letter C
>
> 2 Windows Vista Ultimate (beta 5384) - 200GB - currently drive letter D.
> (have d/loaded RC1 and plan to install it on this HDD)
>
> 3 Windows XP Pro - 200GB - currently drive letter E
>
> I just did a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on drive C and when the PC
> loads up there is no option to boot into the other two drives. Boots
> straight
> into drive C.
>
> What gives and how can I get this resolved / fix?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> God Bless
>
> DBOY
>

> You have the XP drive as your system drive and when you installed XP you
> caused 2 problems
> 1. You overwrote the Vista MBR with the XP MBR
> 2. You overwrote the Vista boot files on the system drive (C)
>
> You also seem to have a boot.ini with only the one system in it. You can
> add another record to your boot.ini to access the other XP system.
> Can't help with restoring your Vista boot file short of reinstalling
> Vista. Hopefully someone else can help. If the boot file were there, you
> could use VistaBootPro to repair the MBR, but I don't think you can create
> a boot file with it.
>
> "Daniel" <parrot33@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
> news:em4h9x%232GHA.4108@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Posted this on the Microsoft Windows XP Newsgroups website and a guy by
>> the name of Rock put a link up and it took me here so this is my
>> question:
>>
>> Link here :
>> (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...d-4c5fd6ebc475)
>>
>>
>> I have 3 HDD's
>>
>> 1 Windows XP Pro - 120GB - currently drive letter C
>>
>> 2 Windows Vista Ultimate (beta 5384) - 200GB - currently drive letter D.
>> (have d/loaded RC1 and plan to install it on this HDD)
>>
>> 3 Windows XP Pro - 200GB - currently drive letter E
>>
>> I just did a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on drive C and when the PC
>> loads up there is no option to boot into the other two drives. Boots
>> straight
>> into drive C.
>>
>> What gives and how can I get this resolved / fix?
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> God Bless
>>
>> DBOY
>>

>
>

> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windo ws XP Professional No 2"
> /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

> Thanks for your help John, much appreciated.
> This is the boot.ini file that shows under My Computer / Advanced /
> Settings - Start up and Recovery / System Startup - edit
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP
> Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
> So how do I add another boot.ini file to get into drive E?
> I don't care too much about Vista as I have d/loaded RC1 and plan to
> install it sometime.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> God Bless
>
> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
> news:e1BmAJ$2GHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> You have the XP drive as your system drive and when you installed XP you
>> caused 2 problems
>> 1. You overwrote the Vista MBR with the XP MBR
>> 2. You overwrote the Vista boot files on the system drive (C)
>>
>> You also seem to have a boot.ini with only the one system in it. You can
>> add another record to your boot.ini to access the other XP system.
>> Can't help with restoring your Vista boot file short of reinstalling
>> Vista. Hopefully someone else can help. If the boot file were there, you
>> could use VistaBootPro to repair the MBR, but I don't think you can
>> create a boot file with it.
>>
>> "Daniel" <parrot33@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:em4h9x%232GHA.4108@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Posted this on the Microsoft Windows XP Newsgroups website and a guy by
>>> the name of Rock put a link up and it took me here so this is my
>>> question:
>>>
>>> Link here :
>>> (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...d-4c5fd6ebc475)
>>>
>>>
>>> I have 3 HDD's
>>>
>>> 1 Windows XP Pro - 120GB - currently drive letter C
>>>
>>> 2 Windows Vista Ultimate (beta 5384) - 200GB - currently drive letter D.
>>> (have d/loaded RC1 and plan to install it on this HDD)
>>>
>>> 3 Windows XP Pro - 200GB - currently drive letter E
>>>
>>> I just did a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on drive C and when the PC
>>> loads up there is no option to boot into the other two drives. Boots
>>> straight
>>> into drive C.
>>>
>>> What gives and how can I get this resolved / fix?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help
>>>
>>> God Bless
>>>
>>> DBOY
>>>

>>
>>

>
>

> Posted this on the Microsoft Windows XP Newsgroups website and a guy by the
> name of Rock put a link up and it took me here so this is my question:
>
> Link here :
> (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...d-4c5fd6ebc475)
>
>
> I have 3 HDD's
>
> 1 Windows XP Pro - 120GB - currently drive letter C
>
> 2 Windows Vista Ultimate (beta 5384) - 200GB - currently drive letter D.
> (have d/loaded RC1 and plan to install it on this HDD)
>
> 3 Windows XP Pro - 200GB - currently drive letter E
>
> I just did a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on drive C and when the PC
> loads up there is no option to boot into the other two drives. Boots
> straight
> into drive C.
>
> What gives and how can I get this resolved / fix?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> God Bless
>
> DBOY
>
>
>

> duplicate this part of your entry and change the description between the "
> " so you will recognise it. Then change the rdisk from 0 to 2 as I have
> done in the example. If this doesn't work try 1 as the risc order doesn't
> always match computer management.
>

>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windo ws XP Professional No
>> 2" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

>
>
> "Daniel" <parrot33@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
> news:euYcaU$2GHA.1068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Thanks for your help John, much appreciated.
>> This is the boot.ini file that shows under My Computer / Advanced /
>> Settings - Start up and Recovery / System Startup - edit
>>
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=30
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
>> [operating systems]
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP
>> Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>>
>> So how do I add another boot.ini file to get into drive E?
>> I don't care too much about Vista as I have d/loaded RC1 and plan to
>> install it sometime.
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> God Bless
>>
>> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
>> news:e1BmAJ$2GHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> You have the XP drive as your system drive and when you installed XP you
>>> caused 2 problems
>>> 1. You overwrote the Vista MBR with the XP MBR
>>> 2. You overwrote the Vista boot files on the system drive (C)
>>>
>>> You also seem to have a boot.ini with only the one system in it. You
>>> can add another record to your boot.ini to access the other XP system.
>>> Can't help with restoring your Vista boot file short of reinstalling
>>> Vista. Hopefully someone else can help. If the boot file were there,
>>> you could use VistaBootPro to repair the MBR, but I don't think you can
>>> create a boot file with it.
>>>
>>> "Daniel" <parrot33@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:em4h9x%232GHA.4108@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Posted this on the Microsoft Windows XP Newsgroups website and a guy by
>>>> the name of Rock put a link up and it took me here so this is my
>>>> question:
>>>>
>>>> Link here :
>>>> (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...d-4c5fd6ebc475)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have 3 HDD's
>>>>
>>>> 1 Windows XP Pro - 120GB - currently drive letter C
>>>>
>>>> 2 Windows Vista Ultimate (beta 5384) - 200GB - currently drive letter
>>>> D. (have d/loaded RC1 and plan to install it on this HDD)
>>>>
>>>> 3 Windows XP Pro - 200GB - currently drive letter E
>>>>
>>>> I just did a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on drive C and when the PC
>>>> loads up there is no option to boot into the other two drives. Boots
>>>> straight
>>>> into drive C.
>>>>
>>>> What gives and how can I get this resolved / fix?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help
>>>>
>>>> God Bless
>>>>
>>>> DBOY
>>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

>
>

> the " " so you will recognise it. Then change the rdisk from 0 to 2
> as I have done in the example. If this doesn't work try 1 as the risc
> order doesn't always match computer management.
>

>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windo ws XP Professional
>> No 2" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>>

>>>>