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Dual boot issue - XP & Vista x64

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by Lorne, Oct 12, 2009.

  1. Lorne

    Lorne Guest

    yesterday I got fed up with the 30 second wait for windows to load the
    defaul OS on my dual boot system so from within Vista I went to a system
    menu and changed the dealy to 10 seconds. Today it failed to start (BCD
    file error) so I followed instructions to insert the OS disk and do a
    repair. Sure enought it said there was a problem with the boot file and
    corrected it.

    Problem now is that I can't access XP - it does not stop to offer me a
    choice of sytems to load and if I go to the system menu to look at the boot
    settings there is only one system (Vista) listed.

    I tried using bcdedit from the command prompt but I get access denied
    message.

    How can i edit the BCD file to show both systems?
     
    Lorne, Oct 12, 2009
    #1
  3. Lorne

    Lorne Guest

    "Lorne" <Lorne_Anderson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:OINLoPzSKHA.1908@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > yesterday I got fed up with the 30 second wait for windows to load the
    > defaul OS on my dual boot system so from within Vista I went to a system
    > menu and changed the dealy to 10 seconds. Today it failed to start (BCD
    > file error) so I followed instructions to insert the OS disk and do a
    > repair. Sure enought it said there was a problem with the boot file and
    > corrected it.
    >
    > Problem now is that I can't access XP - it does not stop to offer me a
    > choice of sytems to load and if I go to the system menu to look at the
    > boot settings there is only one system (Vista) listed.
    >
    > I tried using bcdedit from the command prompt but I get access denied
    > message.
    >
    > How can i edit the BCD file to show both systems?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    I jumped the gun here (after getting frustrated that bcdedit does not
    work) - I found a useful free utility called easyBCD that does it all,
    including making a backup which I guess I might need!
     
    Lorne, Oct 12, 2009
    #2
  4. andy

    andy Guest

    Open the command prompt window as administrator.

    On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:02:38 +0100, "Lorne"
    <Lorne_Anderson@hotmail.com> wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >yesterday I got fed up with the 30 second wait for windows to load the
    >defaul OS on my dual boot system so from within Vista I went to a system
    >menu and changed the dealy to 10 seconds. Today it failed to start (BCD
    >file error) so I followed instructions to insert the OS disk and do a
    >repair. Sure enought it said there was a problem with the boot file and
    >corrected it.
    >
    >Problem now is that I can't access XP - it does not stop to offer me a
    >choice of sytems to load and if I go to the system menu to look at the boot
    >settings there is only one system (Vista) listed.
    >
    >I tried using bcdedit from the command prompt but I get access denied
    >message.
    >
    >How can i edit the BCD file to show both systems?
    ><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    andy, Oct 12, 2009
    #3

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