I have a dual-boot config with XP and Vista RC2. My hd
is partitioned into three drives, c: (primary), d: and e: (both
logical drives within an extended partition). I installed Vista
to e: and since Vista's setup was started from within XP, Vis-
ta sees itself also on e:.

I need to reinstall XP from scratch. I understand that
Vista has written files to the c:-drive (the folder "Boot"
for example) and it has installed a bootloader.

Question: is it possible to save - and put back on c: -
the bootloader and the other files necessary, to be able
to go back to the state that I am at right now and keep
my dual-boot config?

VistaBootPro is installed and I think it can save the boot-
loader. Would I do just that, put the "Boot"- folder back
on c: and then have VBP reinstall the bootloader?

Regards,

Kai-Uwe

Hi,

Reinstall XP, then, once it is complete and loaded, restart with the Vista
disk and use the advanced options to repair the Vista startup.

--
Best of Luck,

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

"Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe********.com> wrote in message
news:ehgog6$ni2$00$1@news.t-online.com...[color=blue]
>I have a dual-boot config with XP and Vista RC2. My hd
> is partitioned into three drives, c: (primary), d: and e: (both
> logical drives within an extended partition). I installed Vista
> to e: and since Vista's setup was started from within XP, Vis-
> ta sees itself also on e:.
>
> I need to reinstall XP from scratch. I understand that
> Vista has written files to the c:-drive (the folder "Boot"
> for example) and it has installed a bootloader.
>
> Question: is it possible to save - and put back on c: -
> the bootloader and the other files necessary, to be able
> to go back to the state that I am at right now and keep
> my dual-boot config?
>
> VistaBootPro is installed and I think it can save the boot-
> loader. Would I do just that, put the "Boot"- folder back
> on c: and then have VBP reinstall the bootloader?
>
> Regards,
>
> Kai-Uwe
>[/color]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Regards,

Kai-Uwe

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:eWYvXfi9GHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Reinstall XP, then, once it is complete and loaded, restart with the Vista
> disk and use the advanced options to repair the Vista startup.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>
> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe********.com> wrote in message
> news:ehgog6$ni2$00$1@news.t-online.com...[color=green]
>>I have a dual-boot config with XP and Vista RC2. My hd
>> is partitioned into three drives, c: (primary), d: and e: (both
>> logical drives within an extended partition). I installed Vista
>> to e: and since Vista's setup was started from within XP, Vis-
>> ta sees itself also on e:.
>>
>> I need to reinstall XP from scratch. I understand that
>> Vista has written files to the c:-drive (the folder "Boot"
>> for example) and it has installed a bootloader.
>>
>> Question: is it possible to save - and put back on c: -
>> the bootloader and the other files necessary, to be able
>> to go back to the state that I am at right now and keep
>> my dual-boot config?
>>
>> VistaBootPro is installed and I think it can save the boot-
>> loader. Would I do just that, put the "Boot"- folder back
>> on c: and then have VBP reinstall the bootloader?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kai-Uwe
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]

Just for the record: it didn't work. Would have been to easy
anyway. I had to put the original "Boot" folder back on c:,
then, after booting from the Vista DVD, the repair function
finally worked.

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:eWYvXfi9GHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Reinstall XP, then, once it is complete and loaded, restart with the Vista
> disk and use the advanced options to repair the Vista startup.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>
> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe********.com> wrote in message
> news:ehgog6$ni2$00$1@news.t-online.com...[color=green]
>>I have a dual-boot config with XP and Vista RC2. My hd
>> is partitioned into three drives, c: (primary), d: and e: (both
>> logical drives within an extended partition). I installed Vista
>> to e: and since Vista's setup was started from within XP, Vis-
>> ta sees itself also on e:.
>>
>> I need to reinstall XP from scratch. I understand that
>> Vista has written files to the c:-drive (the folder "Boot"
>> for example) and it has installed a bootloader.
>>
>> Question: is it possible to save - and put back on c: -
>> the bootloader and the other files necessary, to be able
>> to go back to the state that I am at right now and keep
>> my dual-boot config?
>>
>> VistaBootPro is installed and I think it can save the boot-
>> loader. Would I do just that, put the "Boot"- folder back
>> on c: and then have VBP reinstall the bootloader?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kai-Uwe
>>[/color]
>[/color]