kyleryner
June 10th, 2009, 07:15 AM
Help! I had a dual boot system for Vista and XP. I used Vistapro as the boot manager. I also used wubi to install Ubuntu 8.10 so in effect i had a triple boot system wherein the boot menu used to look like this:
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Ubuntu
When i found out the latest Ubuntu ver 9.04 was available I used it as an opportunity to upgrade to the latest ver, as well as to install it to a real partition instead of wubi in windows, so i deleted the old wubi install.
Ran the Live CD and installed from there.
Install detected I had Vista and XP and informed me that it can install Ubuntu alongside them and offer me the choice at boot.. which was exactly what i was hoping for.
I installed successfully, GRUB is now showing me
3 ubuntu options
Other OS:
Windows Vista loader
Windows NT/2000/XP
Windows NT/2000/XP loader
Now i cant access either Vista or XP.
(Im also having problem with Ubuntu after a successful install and a few boot ups, but thats a matter for a different thread.. :-)
If I choose Windows Vista - loader, I get the original Windows Boot Manager
Windows Vista
Windows XP
When i click on Vista, I get "windows failed to start" error. File \Windows\System32\winload.exe is missing or corrupt.
When I click on XP, I get \NTLDR is missing or corrupt.
If I choose Windows NT/2000/XP (from GRUB menu), I get "Invalid Boot.ini"
If I choose Windows NT/2000/XP Loader (from GRUB menu), I get
starting up...
BootMgr is missing
press any key to restart
Reboot and select proper boot device
GRUB loading stage1.5
then freezes
So in a nutshell, all 3 options with suboptions 1.1 and 1.2 are invalid for me...
I tried to google for solutions but can't find an easy way to restore my Windows Vista/XP boot options. I'll probably remove Ubuntu install and just make a wubi install later when i get back my Windows boot options.. any ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
I went back to check on the boot choices in GRUB by pressing E..
here they are for reference:
Windows Vista loader
rootverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
Windows NT/2000/XP
rootverify (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
Windows NT/2000/XP loader
rootverify (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
map (hd0)(hd1)
map (hd1)(hd0)
chainloader +1
I have 2 physical hard disks, so i guess thats hd0 and hd1.
All the OS are in hd0, hd1 are just for data.
Vista and Xp are on separate partitions on hd0 so afaik hd0,0 and hd0,1 are correct. i tried changing the values a bit but no luck, altho i didnt do all combinations. my Ubuntu install btw is on hd0,5.
I checked that the Vista drive and the XP drive still have their ntldr files in them (i remember that was the issue last time i had a problem with dual boot)
I used GParted from the LiveCD and drives shown in my st hard disk are
dev/sda1/Vista ntfs boot -- thats my C or Vista drive
sda2/XP ntfs --- thats my D or XP drive
sda3/extended lba
Im not sure why the last option Windows NT/2000/XP loader, have hd1 values in it.. as i said, the hd1 drive as i understand it only contains my data files.. (unless it detected some remnants of old OS or ntldr or something.. not sure)
Thats all the info i think i can give now.. hopefully someone can pls help.. can i still recover my windows boot? thanks a lot for reading....
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Ubuntu
When i found out the latest Ubuntu ver 9.04 was available I used it as an opportunity to upgrade to the latest ver, as well as to install it to a real partition instead of wubi in windows, so i deleted the old wubi install.
Ran the Live CD and installed from there.
Install detected I had Vista and XP and informed me that it can install Ubuntu alongside them and offer me the choice at boot.. which was exactly what i was hoping for.
I installed successfully, GRUB is now showing me
3 ubuntu options
Other OS:
Windows Vista loader
Windows NT/2000/XP
Windows NT/2000/XP loader
Now i cant access either Vista or XP.
(Im also having problem with Ubuntu after a successful install and a few boot ups, but thats a matter for a different thread.. :-)
If I choose Windows Vista - loader, I get the original Windows Boot Manager
Windows Vista
Windows XP
When i click on Vista, I get "windows failed to start" error. File \Windows\System32\winload.exe is missing or corrupt.
When I click on XP, I get \NTLDR is missing or corrupt.
If I choose Windows NT/2000/XP (from GRUB menu), I get "Invalid Boot.ini"
If I choose Windows NT/2000/XP Loader (from GRUB menu), I get
starting up...
BootMgr is missing
press any key to restart
Reboot and select proper boot device
GRUB loading stage1.5
then freezes
So in a nutshell, all 3 options with suboptions 1.1 and 1.2 are invalid for me...
I tried to google for solutions but can't find an easy way to restore my Windows Vista/XP boot options. I'll probably remove Ubuntu install and just make a wubi install later when i get back my Windows boot options.. any ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
I went back to check on the boot choices in GRUB by pressing E..
here they are for reference:
Windows Vista loader
rootverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
Windows NT/2000/XP
rootverify (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
Windows NT/2000/XP loader
rootverify (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
map (hd0)(hd1)
map (hd1)(hd0)
chainloader +1
I have 2 physical hard disks, so i guess thats hd0 and hd1.
All the OS are in hd0, hd1 are just for data.
Vista and Xp are on separate partitions on hd0 so afaik hd0,0 and hd0,1 are correct. i tried changing the values a bit but no luck, altho i didnt do all combinations. my Ubuntu install btw is on hd0,5.
I checked that the Vista drive and the XP drive still have their ntldr files in them (i remember that was the issue last time i had a problem with dual boot)
I used GParted from the LiveCD and drives shown in my st hard disk are
dev/sda1/Vista ntfs boot -- thats my C or Vista drive
sda2/XP ntfs --- thats my D or XP drive
sda3/extended lba
Im not sure why the last option Windows NT/2000/XP loader, have hd1 values in it.. as i said, the hd1 drive as i understand it only contains my data files.. (unless it detected some remnants of old OS or ntldr or something.. not sure)
Thats all the info i think i can give now.. hopefully someone can pls help.. can i still recover my windows boot? thanks a lot for reading....