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missing bootlog?

by cruiser5 Jul 6, 2007 1:37AM PDT

i had a dual booting system with xp on one partion and vista on the other when i started my computer i had the option of starting vista or an earlier windows (xp) but not sure whats happened the comp would not start up and i tried various ways to get it booted without any luck .i eventually tried setting a new bootlog and now i can get booted straight into xp but can anyone tell me how i can get my original bootlog back so i can dual boot again ps i have no floppy on this comp so can i do something from cd or dvd.
thanks for any help

george

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by caktus Jul 6, 2007 2:29AM PDT

Go to Start > Run > type "msconfig" w/o the quotes > click OK. Select the Boot.ini tab > Bootlog > Apply > OK. Restart the computer.

Hope this helps.

Charlie

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by cruiser5 Jul 6, 2007 2:41AM PDT

thanks charlie but afraid that did not solve my problem it says if i want to change the vista bootlog to use bcdedit.exe any idea what that does or where to get it? clicking on what you told me the comp done a reboot but still booted straight into xp without givung me the option of xp or vista think i might have to re-install vista to get the new bootlog back have a feeling my old one will be deleted
thanks again for your help

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by caktus Jul 6, 2007 4:33AM PDT

Try going in to msconfig Boot.ini tab and increase the Timeout in seconds.

Not familiar with using vista, but there may be some options at http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/bootini.htm .
There is a para at the bottom of the page regarding Vista with a link to a tool that is supposed to make the edit easy.

If you have any important files in Vista, I would wait a bit longer to see if a solution can be found.

Charlie

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by cruiser5 Jul 6, 2007 9:00AM PDT

thanks again for your help charlie have got it sorted out once i done the msconfig my vista partition showed up when i tried to repair vista and i got my dual boot option back i saved what i could and have now re-installed vista..thanks very much for all your time in helping me

george

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(NT) Glad you got it worked out.
by caktus Jul 7, 2007 1:40AM PDT
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