Thanks for the info Jamie.
Interesting info

I also now just found this on the subject if anyone else is
interested.
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/85cd5efe-c349-427c-b035-c2719d4af778.mspx[/url]



Holiday



On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:55:45 -0700, "Jamie Hunter [MS]"
<jamiehun@nospam.microsoft.com> wrote:
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>Hey Holiday, not directly my area, but I can give you some quick answers...
>
>Vista uses a new database called "BCD" to contain boot configuration data
>and a whole new architecture for booting using a brand new boot component
>called "BOOTMGR". It never tries to understand "boot.ini" or how to boot an
>earlier version of windows. When you select the "Earlier Version" option, it
>runs NTLDR, and uses that to boot the earlier version of Windows.
>
>Regards BCDEDIT, it's a command line editor. You should use this in an
>"elevated" command prompt (right-click on the "Command" icon and click "Run
>as Administrator"). If you type "BCDEDIT /?" it lists all the options, and
>how to get more information on it's use.
>
>Regards drive letters, there have been lots of problems in the past where
>applications expect "C:" to be the volume that contains the OS. Vista
>shuffles drive letters around to help such older programs work. It's bit me
>on occasion, until I got used to it. One thing that helps is to utilize the
>ability to label volumes.[/color]