Missing O/s from boot list

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i have 2 partitions on my laptop. c: ( had winxp home ) and f: ( had vista).
i decided to update my winxp home to pro..ran the upgrade ..everything was fine.but now i dont get any boot menu to choose oses...it directly opens up winxp pro..i cant get into vista.before i could choose either winxp home or vista.
my vista partition is all fine and all the files are there...i looked at the boot.ini file and it seems that the line which tells that vista is installed is missing.can anyone look at the attached boot.ini file and tell me what to add to get back vista on the list. btw its vista home premium

thanx
 
Try this -

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Vista" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin
 
Actually.. this is because XP Pro has overwritten the Vista MBR.

Open cmd in XP.

Run X:\Boot\ Bootsect.exe –NT60 All

Where X is the XP boot partition, drive letter.

Reboot.

You should now see the Vista menu options, but without XP... so....

To restore the entry for XP, open an elevated command prompt and enter...

Bcdedit –create {ntldr} –d “Put a description of menu here”

Restart Computer.
 
Ooops a typo..

Change this

Run X:\Boot\ Bootsect.exe –NT60 All
Where X is the XP boot partition, drive letter.
Reboot.
Click to expand...

To this
Run X:\Boot\ Bootsect.exe –NT60 All

Where X is the Vista boot partition, drive letter.

Reboot.
 
Vista & XP both uses different boot loaders and the above explained method will solve your problem.......

As u were trying to use a lower OS boot loader to load a higher OS which won't work anytime.........
 
or else u can boot from ur vista dvd... choose the repair option .. it will thn install the vista bootloader (dual boot)...
 
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