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Just killed vista's boot file with windows 7

  • 27-01-2009 10:57am
    #1
    Kencollins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭


    Hi there, I hope someone here can help, cause im up s**t creek!

    Yesterday I installed Windows 7 on a new partition (O:) on my main HDD. All was well, and I was greeted with my three boot options on startup:

    Windows 7
    Windows Vista
    Ubuntu 8.10

    All was working no problem, until the missus decided she didnt like having to select windows vista to get at her files. i went into bcdedit, and did

    displayorder {current} {legacy} {ntdlr}

    Operation completed successfully, and did a restart. On restart, I was greeted with

    Ubuntu 8.10
    Windows 7
    Ubuntu 8.10

    Now I have a problem. I have no way of getting back into vista to correct the problem. I can boot into windows 7 no problem, and run bcdedit. However, this version isn't seeing the vista install, and is calling windows 7 the default, and only seeing ubuntu. I think this is because windows is automatically assigning my O: partition as C: in windows 7.

    I tried using the recovery disk to no avail, it just would not restore the boot file to allow me into vista again.

    Does anybody have any ideas?
    (I know, I should have backed up the original file....hindsight eh!)

    I only need to be able to boot back into vista, I can add the other os's back into bcdedit myself.

    Thanks,
    Ken.


Comments

  • #2
    Auvers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,987 ✭✭✭Auvers


    Try EasyBCD it should do the trick and fix the vista bootloader


  • #3
    Kencollins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Kencollins


    Hi, thanks for the reply.

    I tried that software from windows 7, but it could not see the original vista partition. Is there any way to run it from command?

    Ken


  • #4
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    If you go into Disk Management and change the W7 c:/ drive to something else will that allow you to see the vista install?


  • #5
    Bodan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 467 ✭✭Bodan


    I had a similar problem, though with xp. Download vista boot pro (VistaBootPRO_3.3.0.exe) and install it in Windows 7. With it you can manually add other Operatiing systems by just putting in the drive path. e.g. c:\ or d:\ etc.


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