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DaGunnySgt
I currently have WinXP Pro (SP2) installed on a WD 160GB SATA HD and WinVista (Sp1) installed on a Max 120GB SATA HD. After reading some topics on said matter, I installed "VistaBootPro" and now the computer wont boot from either drives. I have to go into the computer and pull the plug on 1 drive in order for the computer to boot. Or, If I am lucky sometimes XP boots and I go into the BIOS and change start up to Vista. Now I know before VistaBootPro came out people have infact loaded up to 6 drives with no problems.
Now here are some of the problems I having , in the BIOS it see's my WD drive as "c" and my Max drive as "d". The problem is that my DVD-RW is "d" and my CD-Rom is "E". And In VistaBootPro, it reflects my WD drive as "C" and my Max Drive as "F"
It get very old fast of opening the computer in order to get the computer to boot, any assistance in this matter, is greatly appreciated. Below is my system spects:

1) CPU: AMD Athlon 6400X Dual 3.2Gh
2) Mobo: EVGA 590i/SLi
3) VGA: EVGA 8800GTS 512MB
4) Mem: 4GB RAM
5) WD 160GB and Max 120GB both are SATA Drives Installed in slot 1 is the WD and Slot 2 The Max HD on the Motherboard.

Again, if there is anyone with the solution to this problem your assistance will be greatly appreciated.



DaGunnySgt
Dino
QUOTE(DaGunnySgt @ Jun 30 2008, 09:50 AM) *
After reading some topics on said matter, I installed "VistaBootPro" and now the computer wont boot from either drives.
Uninstall "VistaBootPro" and see what happens.
kennethr
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Sorry, no help here. Good luck.
DaGunnySgt
QUOTE(Dino @ Jun 30 2008, 08:18 PM) *

Uninstall "VistaBootPro" and see what happens.


I did, the XP said missing Ntldr, and the Vista said "Insert Disk push Lanuage, then push repair.
Dino
It looks like the two operating systems need repair; start with Vista’s installation disk to try and repair it, and then fix the missing NTLDR on XP. This article might help you a bit on NTLDR error:
http://www.tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm
There is a possibility that the above may not work properly; so if you have anything important on this machine, then you need to back it up before doing that as you may need to do a clean install later.
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