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| So I installed 5308 on one of my partitions, on the other partition I have Xp Pro x64 running. After installing vista and I go to computer > advanced prop > startup settings, and I change the default OS to Legacy, nothing comes up or anything. How do I access the Boot.ini file?
AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86
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| Ok well I found out that in the later builds of Vista like 5308 they are doing w/ out the boot.ini and are using a utility called bcdEdit.exe to modify the boot loader. But when I run this it just flashes the command window and then closes.
AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86
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| Are you running it in the command prompt window?
If not just go to run, type in cmd and try bcdEdit.exe.
I think the command prompt window is also in the vista start panel in the vista builds, though I don't quite remember.
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| _Venom_ (3/3/2006)
Are you running it in the command prompt window?
If not just go to run, type in cmd and try bcdEdit.exe.
I think the command prompt window is also in the vista start panel in the vista builds, though I don't quite remember.
Ya I have tried running it from command prompt, I navigate to system 32 folder and type in bcdedit.exe, then it says that I dont have access so I type:
/runas user:administrator bcdedit.exe
and it says:
attempting to start bcdedit...
a screen flashes w/ some text on it (dos screen) but closes and I cant keep it open. So wahtever it is doing it. Can anyone else run bcdedit from vistA?
AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86
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