Ohhhh my god...nt again!!!

i earlier had Window XP in my C: ...later i installed Win Vista on D: ...both of them worked fin.
But recently i reinstalled XP on my C: .... and now i was not able to see vista in my boot menu.... now that i hv solved that problem by repairin of Vista through Vista DVD....but when i select option to load XP...i get error that "windows\system32\ntoskernel.exe is missing or corrupt" so i cant load XP now...but Vista is workin fine.Although ntoskernel.exe is there in its place....plzzz help!!!

very simple boot from xp cd enter the recovery console

then at ur cd drive prompt do this
(assuming e:\ is ur cd drive)

e:\

e:\ cd i386

copy e:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ c:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe

ur r done

press ctrl + alt + del

This post may help
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47508

CYBORG IS RIGHT !!!

nice answer dude

Well guys.....now another error comes instead of previous one...
it is.."windows\system32\winload.exe is missing or corrupt"...
what to do now....

crystalboi said:
Well guys.....now another error comes instead of previous one...
it is.."windows\system32\winload.exe is missing or corrupt"...
what to do now....

firstly i would recommend the above idea but if it not works

install fresh windows

tell me what happens then

next time also post the content in ur boot.ini file which is in c:\ drive usually

R u sure its winload.exe and not winlogon.exe

ya its winload.exe...
see if i remove bootloader of Vista then my Xp boots...n works properly but not Vista that time....
n if i reinstall bootloader of Vista using DVD then Xp dont boot n shows error for winload.exe

OK NOW THIS WINLOAD.exe is VISTA installation file which is stored inc:\windows\system32 with boot loader so try geeting this file from vista DVD

OMG.....nw that i hv copied winload.exe in system32 of XP...the previous error continues i.e. of "ntoskrnl.exe"....so hw to get rid of this vicious circle...
so if we leave all these errors can u just tell me the simplest way for dual booting Vista and XP..

first installl XP and then VISTA QUITE SIMPLE

and then dont start anything for which the system files go wild and you have these problems , so just reinstall both.

First Xp and then VISTA buT keep in mind that Vista is not on that path like XP so many problems still exist in it, why dont you use XP only.

its ur wish so if you want to install both then XP then VISTA

I TOO HAD VISTA ULTIMATE x64 before but removed it and now i am happy with Xp only.

dude if i was interested in reinstalling both again then i wont have wasted 2hrs here rather i would have completed my job....i have that much of brain too....my main moto was just that they both boot simultaneuosly coz if in future if i again hv to reinstall XP then i dont hv to reinstall Vista too as u r sayin....well i will keep the search goin on n thnx fr ur help!!!
As far as using Vista is concerned then its far better than XP...its luks , sound quality, picture quality ...all are far better n one can only get satisfied with XP if he dont have enough resources to support Vista....otherwise Vista Roxxx!!!!

its ok but i am not saying that vista is bad !! its very GOOD and it rocks !!
thats truth but DONT TALK OF RESOURCES !!!

and if you want your problem to be sorted out and you dont want to reinstall then, copy both the files again and then boot with vista cd and just go to repair section and then reinstall boot loader. IF IT WORKS
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and PLEASE DUDE DOnt Be So Rude

try out some universal boot loaders.
google "universal bootloader"

off topic: @crystalboi....dude i was under the impression that my avatar was unique

well mine was unique...bt i forgot to copyright it...

The problem is with the Vista Boot manager. either it has pointed the option to a non OS drive or the startup line for that OS is BAD

Please post the output of 'bcdedit' on command prompt

example:

Code:

C:\Users\Rollercoaster>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=I:
description            Windows Boot Manager
locale                   en-US
inherit                  {globalsettings}
default                 {ntldr}
resumeobject         {50c73d4d-e6b3-11da-bc73-d30cdb1ce216}
displayorder           {ntldr}
                           {current}
toolsdisplayorder     {memdiag}
timeout                 30

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier              {ntldr}
device                  partition=I:
path                    \ntldr
description             Earlier version of Windows

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Microsoft Windows
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {50c73d4d-e6b3-11da-bc73-d30cdb1ce216}
nx                      OptIn

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crystalboi said:
Well guys.....now another error comes instead of previous one...
it is.."windows\system32\winload.exe is missing or corrupt"...
what to do now....

winload is the vista complement of winlogon of XP