A much easier way is to use VistaBootPro, which can be installed on Vista
and/or XP, and allows for easy editing of the BCD. You can obtain it from:
[url]http://www.vistabootpro.org/[/url]

Mike Bernstein

"Holiday" <holiday******.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the info Jamie.
> Interesting info
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> 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]
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> Holiday
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> 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]
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