If Vista is missing, as an option, in a Multi-Boot Computer.

How To Recover Vista after XP Installation

If you have installed, say, XP, on a Vista machine, in the Boot Menu, you may no longer be able to see Vista as an option. This occurs because when a different version of Windows is installed, it rewrites the MBR to call its own boot loader.

So if you install Vista on a PC where XP is already installed, the Vista boot menu incorporates the options from the older OS's boot menu. But, on the other hand, if you install XP on Vista, it will overwrite the MBR with one that does not recognize the newer Vista's Boot Loader.
To resolve this issue, open cmd in XP.

Run <D>:\Boot\ Bootsect.exe –NT60 All

Where <D> is the Drive letter.
Reboot. You will now be able to see the Vista menu option/s.

Now To restore the entry for XP, open an elevated command prompt and enter this:

Bcdedit –create {ntldr} –d “Put Description of Menu here”

Restart Computer.

WinVistaClub.

good information...

Sir Anand, Title should have been Recover Vista after XP Installation

!!! thats what people will search

Wow. This can be a life saver. Two simple steps to get it done. I was really searching for something like this. Thanks

i posted the full tutorial in this ... a long time back..

well some problesm do occur with these steps.. there is some more you got to follow.. but now its easybcd for everything.. nothing gets corrupted and you can do anything.

link to the tutorial :
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52686

^^^ nice piece of info anand. much appreciated

Well All these tricks didn't worked for me.I Hav installed XP on vista machine.
After that i restart it but vista boot option not found.I done this on my laptop
which hav preloaded vista.Company didn't given me vista DVD but the recovery Disks.which don't hav the option of boot repair.
Can anyone help me?

insert your vista dvd in the drive and use the repair option.. after that your Vista will boot up , but you wont fnd xp.. now download Easybcd and use it to easily edit the bcd file of vista and begin the Dual boot menu with Xp listed,,

very simple..

shantanu:hadnt noticed yr thread

choto : do you really think i shud change the title to - Recover Vista after XP Installation ? is that how guys will search for ? its imp bcoz its the change then i will make in my site to. titles have to b such aftr all... actualli i really thought hard as to how would a common layman vista user would search for, if he was facing such a problem. so do let me know

^^^ yes anand do that. it seems more relevant.

Hey thanks for info

this happend to me last night, installed ubuntu n bang my vista option was gone, as a newbie linux user, i didn't know what to do, lastly friend came to rescue did something and now its back.

anandk said:
choto : do you really think i shud change the title to - Recover Vista after XP Installation ? is that how guys will search for ? its imp bcoz its the change then i will make in my site to. titles have to b such aftr all... actualli i really thought hard as to how would a common layman vista user would search for, if he was facing such a problem. so do let me know

hmm... what you thought as a Technocrat

not as one normal computer user... How many post do we actually see in forums asking with your Title ??? as help : "restore Vista Multi Boot BCD Menu" or such ??

MAX of the time its How to Repair vista after Windows XP, How to Install Windows XP after Windows Vista / or How to Repair Vista ... those tyoe of thread and these type of Keyword which gets in to Google Search...

So chance of Google giving your Site as result with this title is very low... !!!

unfortunatelly to make the mass understand we have to use the language of the mass, even if it technically sound a little odd...

Choto Cheeta said:
.....unfortunatelly to make the mass understand we have to use the language of the mass, even if it technically sound a little odd...

thats very true saurav.....

ok point taken guys !!! will make the change in site

insert your vista dvd in the drive and use the repair option.. after that your Vista will boot up

Dude main prob is that

Company didn't given me vista DVD but the recovery Disks.which don't hav the option of boot repair.

So i Can't able to boot the vista.
Once it boot vista then there is no prob.

press F8 at startup and use the recovery console there.. !

Nice tut

But you can recover Vista easily by installing Vista Boot Pro in XP.