Re: Restoring XP Restore Point from Vista?
- From: "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:00:00 +0100
So if the problem started this morning what exactly are you experiencing? You switch on the computer and it loads the boot menu. You then select XP from the boot menu and then what happens? If XP doesn't appear on the boot menu then it is a bootloader issue.
Any error messages?
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"Ruwiten7" <Ruwiten7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9F7205B5-1553-466F-B47F-7EEB10CC79E3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've actually had both OS's installed for quite some time, I just wanted to.
do a full migration to Vista today. I've been able to boot into XP (Default)
up until this AM, so it's not a bootloader issue. I just haven't explored
Vista indepth. The rationale for the complete migration is I'm called apon to
support some features of Vista and the best way, as it sounds like you know,
to learn a proggy or OS is just to dive in and start using it. So, I'm "Vista
Challenged" but wanted to start changing that today. I can still see my "C"
Drive from Vista and can move some data via that method, but would really
like to boot into XP to perform some Exports that I'm about two weeks behind
for. Basically all I need to know is if there is a method to use the XP
System Restore, or a viable alternative, from within Vista to see if that
will cure my ills.
Thanks for the prompt reply and I sincerely hope you have a solution for me :)
Ruwiten7
"John Barnett MVP" wrote:
Let me get this straight, you still have your copy of XP on another
partition on your hard drive? If this is the case, when you installed Vista
Windows Vista overwrote the XP bootloader. XP is still there, its just that,
at the moment, you can't see it. Use VistaBootPro (Manage OS Entries Tab) to
add XP to the bootloader menu and then you should be able to boot into
either XP or Vista.
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Windows Desktop Experience
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"Ruwiten7" <Ruwiten7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3DEC82FA-BCAA-4330-A767-D76BDA38276F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for being here to assist, and I hope this is the correct group.
> I've
> been running XP Pro for quie some time and recently installed Vista > using
> Partition Magic and have also installed Vista BootPro. I planned a full
> migration of all of my data from XP today but cannot boot into XP for > some
> reason. I was going to export or save vital data from XP, so this is > quite
> a
> bummer. I cannot enter Safe Mode nor use Last Known Good Config options
> for
> XP. My box makes it up to the "Starting Windows" screen and hangs > there.
> After exporting the data I require from XP and saving to disk I was > going
> to
> manually install all of my progs into Vista (Quite a plan for the 4th,
> huh?)
> Is there a method to utilize an XP Restore Point from Vista to enable > me
> to
> boot into XP?
> Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide!
> Ruwiten7
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