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    Another X205 Dual Boot Question

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by MooMetal, Nov 12, 2008.

  1. MooMetal

    MooMetal Notebook Guru

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    I recently had my Vista crash on me, my XP was still working but when i reinstalled Vista it got rid of my XP and that isn't meant to happen.

    Now i don't even see the boot manager, i go straight into Vista.

    Can someone please help?
     
    MooMetal, Nov 12, 2008
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    daljeet Notebook Evangelist

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    daljeet, Nov 12, 2008
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  3. MooMetal

    MooMetal Notebook Guru

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    I've read those guides and i still can't get it to work, the problem is. I was meant to have "Microsoft Windows Vista" and "Earlier Version of Windows" but i don't have that. i'm booted straight into Vista.

    Please Help
     
    MooMetal, Nov 13, 2008
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  4. gammite

    gammite Notebook Geek

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    you need vista boot pro. it will find your missing boot.ini.

    http://www.vistabootpro.org/

    but seriously, why are you dual booting? i was in the dual boot camp to until i put another gig of ram in my sli1. now i rarely use the xp boot. my games run much better with the extra ram. i would look in to the extra ram if i were you.

    the only reason to boot xp at this point is if you have software that will only boot on xp. other than that just don't waste your time.
     
    gammite, Nov 13, 2008
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  5. MooMetal

    MooMetal Notebook Guru

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    I already tried Vista Boot Pro with no success.
    I have 4GB of ram in this S9349, the reason i stick with XP is so that when Vista screws up again like it did last week, I'll have XP to fall back on like i did.
    I even tried EasyBCD and i got a entry for XP created but the problem is when i boot up in it, it says that NTOSKRNL is missing or currupt and i heard that this is due to a missing boot.ini. So confused.....

    here is what my BCD looks like:
    [​IMG]
     
    MooMetal, Nov 14, 2008
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