SoaDMTGguy

I have Vista installed on my computer, but I want to dual-boot with XP. However, I cant. I followed this guide, but when I select the boot option for Windows XP, it says that it can not be loaded. I gives the problem file as "\ntldr" and says "The application can not be loaded because it is missing or corrupt". What can I do?

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d3mig0d

Did you make seperate partitions for each OS?

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grkgus

Do you have vista already installed and trying to install xp or can you start fresh?

SoaDMTGguy

Yes, I have them installed on seperate partitions, and yes I have Vista already installed, and no, I can not start fresh.

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grkgus

RESOLUTION
To resolve these issues, follow these steps.

Note You can run the commands in the following procedure by using the command prompt. If you run these commands in Windows Vista, run them at a command prompt that has elevated user rights. To do this, click Start, click Accessories, right-click the command-prompt shortcut, and then click Run as Administrator.
1. Use Bootsect.exe to restore the Windows Vista MBR and the boot code that transfers control to the Windows Boot Manager program. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt: Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All

In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows Vista installation media is located.

Note The boot folder for this step is on the DVD drive.
2. Use Bcdedit.exe to manually create an entry in the BCD Boot.ini file for the earlier version of the Windows operating system. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt.

Note In these commands, Drive is the drive where Windows Vista is installed.
• Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /create {ntldr} –d "Description for earlier Windows version"

Note In this command, Description for earlier Windows version can be any text that you want. For example, Description for earlier Windows version can be "Windows XP" or "Windows Server 2003".
• Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=x:

Note In this command, x: is the drive letter for the active partition.
• Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr
• Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} –addlast
3. Restart the computer.


This is from microsoft. Here is the direct link. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529

Hope it helps.



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ramairmustang

Just redo the XP Partion seeing that you cant get into it right now anyway. It's saying that one of the files is corrupt. The only other thing is try to repair it.

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SoaDMTGguy

Thanks! I got it fixed slightly differently (but doing the same thing in the end). I copied ntldr back from the XP disk, then discovered that EasyBCD thought Windows XP was installed on something called "deletedpartition/"... I changed that to the correct drive, saved the settings, and it booted up fine

Only Microsoft would write their software to be incompatible with other Microsoft software...

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grkgus

It has nothing to do with the installation. The vista boot loader cannot read the boot.ini file in xp and older windows installations.

Thats why its recommended to install xp and then vista.