I encountered a problem after I installed Windows Vista and Ubuntu Linux next to my Windows XP operating system. Ubuntu and XP were loading fine but Vista was showing an error that it could not load a file which made me think that the bootloader was trying to access Vista on the wrong partition. Vista unfortunately has a new location where the boot information are stored, it is called BCD Store.
I first tried editing the boot.ini but did not find an entry for Vista in there. After searching the internet for about half an hour I discovered many forum entries about the problem that I faced and finally a link to a program called Windows Vista Boot Pro, a freeware which displays the boot information in Windows XP and the option to edit the entries.
The first tab of the Vista Boot Pro displays the boot information that are stored in BCD Store. My previous assumption proved correct because there was no drive assigned to my Vista operating system which was strange. I switched to the Manage Os Entries and created a new entry for Vista with the correct drive letter. I also deleted the old non-working one.
After that I rebooted the machine and was able to load Vista without problems. I hope that everyone who encounters Vista boot problems will find this tool as well. As Borat would put it: It is nice..
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Great Find.. thanks
Another problem, reverting from vista boot loader to xp :
- put the Vista install DVD in your player (or mount it)
- Go to windows console : start menu > execute then “cmd” in the console
- Go to the boot folder on vista’s hd (ie d:\boot\)
- Enter the following command : bootsect.exe -NT52 All
You should revert to XP boot loader…
Hope it’s useful…
thank you very much for this…. it work perfectly and save me having to search for hours
Thank you very much. Saved me hours of… well no I looked around for hours, but this is much quicker!
I found EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1) and its user manual which do a better job.
Best instructions on repairing the Vista bootloader.
thankyou
this resolves my problem by using the force load
im glad i stumbled upon this
NOOB
its not free
Thanks you are saving my life