Please help me to recover from loss of MBR

Posted: 02-19-2007, 05:36 PM
Hi, In the beginning I had WinXP Pro SP2.

I next added Vista Home Premium in dual boot configuration.

Everything worked fine.

Using Norton Ghost I overwrote the Win XP Pro partition, with a cleaner
version.

When I rebooted I had lost the possibility to boot into Vista. Win XP Pro
booted up automatically.

I then placed the Vista DVD into the drive and repaired the installation.
When I rebooted Vista appeared automatically. I had lost the possibility to
boot into Win XP.

Please tell me what I have to do to be able to choose either XP or Vista to
boot into.

Many thanks

Roy Mayo.
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Correct me if Im wrong, but hasnt the fine line between sanity and madness
gotten finer?
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Re: Please help me to recover from loss of MBR
Posted: 02-19-2007, 06:25 PM
Hi Roy,

You can add it using bcdedit, but most find it easier to simply use
VistaBootPro:
http://www.vistabootpro.org/

For bcdedit, see:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791568.aspx

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Roy Mayo" <RoyMayo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B952C00F-19F8-453A-A83A-C7E3F3B062ED@microsoft.com...
> Hi, In the beginning I had WinXP Pro SP2.
>
> I next added Vista Home Premium in dual boot configuration.
>
> Everything worked fine.
>
> Using Norton Ghost I overwrote the Win XP Pro partition, with a cleaner
> version.
>
> When I rebooted I had lost the possibility to boot into Vista. Win XP Pro
> booted up automatically.
>
> I then placed the Vista DVD into the drive and repaired the installation.
> When I rebooted Vista appeared automatically. I had lost the possibility
> to
> boot into Win XP.
>
> Please tell me what I have to do to be able to choose either XP or Vista
> to
> boot into.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Roy Mayo.
> --
> Correct me if Im wrong, but hasnt the fine line between sanity and madness
> gotten finer?
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Roy Mayo
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Re: Please help me to recover from loss of MBR
Posted: 02-20-2007, 05:43 PM
Rick Rogers, thank you very much. VistaBootPro worked very well.
--
Correct me if Im wrong, but hasnt the fine line between sanity and madness
gotten finer?


"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi Roy,
>
> You can add it using bcdedit, but most find it easier to simply use
> VistaBootPro:
> http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>
> For bcdedit, see:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791568.aspx
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Roy Mayo" <RoyMayo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B952C00F-19F8-453A-A83A-C7E3F3B062ED@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, In the beginning I had WinXP Pro SP2.
> >
> > I next added Vista Home Premium in dual boot configuration.
> >
> > Everything worked fine.
> >
> > Using Norton Ghost I overwrote the Win XP Pro partition, with a cleaner
> > version.
> >
> > When I rebooted I had lost the possibility to boot into Vista. Win XP Pro
> > booted up automatically.
> >
> > I then placed the Vista DVD into the drive and repaired the installation.
> > When I rebooted Vista appeared automatically. I had lost the possibility
> > to
> > boot into Win XP.
> >
> > Please tell me what I have to do to be able to choose either XP or Vista
> > to
> > boot into.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Roy Mayo.
> > --
> > Correct me if Im wrong, but hasnt the fine line between sanity and madness
> > gotten finer?
>
>
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