Xp will not boot on dual boot with Win7

[WaltB32]

I have a problem with XP booting I have 3 hard drives 2 SADA and 1 IDE, I have the group controlled with
Easy B CD 2.2. The BCD shows the following information for the XP drive:

This boot.ini was automatically generated by NeoSmart Technologies' BootGrabber.exe
; Use EasyBCD from EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies to manage your bootloader
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on I:\" /fastdetect



Easy BCD 2.2
Entry #1
Name: Microsoft Windows XP
BCD ID: {67d58bb7-3575-11e1-8931-8294ee4440e8}
Drive: I:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\ntldr

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=E:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {67d58bb3-3575-11e1-8931-8294ee4440e8}
resumeobject {cec567ac-8098-11e2-bed1-806e6f6e6963}
displayorder {67d58bb7-3575-11e1-8931-8294ee4440e8}
{67d58ba2-3575-11e1-8931-8294ee4440e8}
{67d58bb3-3575-11e1-8931-8294ee4440e8}
{67d58baa-3575-11e1-8931-8294ee4440e8}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 30
displaybootmenu Yes
Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {67d58bb7-3575-11e1-8931-8294ee4440e8}
device partition=I:
path \NST\ntldr
description Microsoft Windows XP
locale en-US


Attached is the disk manager layout. The boot info is on Disk2 C and XP is on I partition.
All the SADA and IDE drives with Windows 7 boot, while XP posts \NST\easey1dr1 status OXC000000f

I've tried various ARC paths some look better than others but no boot on XP any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Walt

 

[gregrocker]

There's an OS on each HD all booted by the 101mb partition on Disk1 - is that a System Reserved partition you renamed?

Only a System partition should be marked Active signifying which partition is booting the OS's, so mark I and F Inactive now as it may be part of the problem> Partition - Mark as Inactive - Windows 7 Forums

Then if the problem persists after reboots, delete the XP listing in EasyBCD Edit menu and add it again. Save and reboot. Does it work now?

If that fails you can try to make XP bootable via the BIOS by returning its System flag to it and reactivating its boot files. To do this in Easybcd , click "Useful Utilities" then Power Console ( the black box like command window), type:

bootsect /nt52 i:

then press enter.

Mark XP partition Active. Restart and choose XP HD to boot from one-time BIOS Boot menu key.

If none of these work, unplug all other HD's to try running the command again from DVD or Repair CD System Recovery Options Command Prompt.

If that fails with all other HD's unplugged run an XP Repair Install, boot XP via BIOS.

 

[WaltB32]

To Gregcrocker,

Changed the active to Alpha Mini which is the first small partion on disk 2 followed by Windows 7 and XP
this did not work, I refreshed BCD XP position and tried again. Still no OS for XP, I than made XP active and went into bios and booted direct from disk 2 with XP as active I received a message NTLDR is missing yet BCD has NTLDR as the first sequence of the boot.

I also noticed that BCD identifies the drive letters differently from one drive to the next so I erased the BCD on the other 2 drives thinking that that may have a effect, it didn't

I made the Mini Alpha active again and tried to boot direct from disk 2 and was able to go to Windows 7
but not XP.

I'm going to disconnect the drives next but I think the issue is in the NTLDR what do you think?

 

[WaltB32]

Aslo I made the system active through the Windows disk management instead of the bootsect /nt52 i:command if that makes a difference.

 

[gregrocker]

Where did I say to move the Active flag to J? I said the Active flag should only be on the System partition, which is currently E. I also asked you if that was a System Reserved partition created by the Win7 installer, because if its not labeled that and holds a drive letter which it should not.

Did you follow any of the steps I gave you, or just make them up as you went along?

How many OS's do you have and where are they. Why do you need a bunch of Win7's? Are there licenses for each of these?

 

[WaltB32]

The System Reserved partition where renamed Mini Alpha and I assigned them a letter when I set up my disks. Yes I am licensed for multiple OS systems and I use multiple OS for back up and maintenance.
I have three Windows 7 and 1 XP OS. There is no multiple partition on E the mini Alpha is just
a reserved partition for Win 7. I'll try it with E now.

 

[WaltB32]

To Gregrocker,

I left E as active and J as non active and I receive the same results XP will not work, I've also isolated the disk and that doesn't work either.

Thanks

 

[gregrocker]

Then complete the rest of the steps. I gave you 3-4 things to try there.

You were to mark Inactive any other Active partitions besides E.

System Reserved should also not have a drive letter for other reasons, but you can remove it later: Drive Letter - Add, Change, or Remove in Windows 7 - Windows 7 Forums

 

[WaltB32]

I tried to run the repair disk and it will not load, receive a message missing ntldr.

 

[gregrocker]

Then the disk is not booting as it's trying to boot into XP instead if you're getting that error.

How to Boot A Computer from CD or DVD - YouTube

Are you getting the prompt to "Press any key to boot disk?"

 

[WaltB32]

No prompt at all, just missing ntldr the CD is not booting I'll try Youtube.

 

[gregrocker]

Then there's a prob with the disk. What CD are you booting? XP to do the Repair Install? Or WIn7 Repair?

What about the other steps I gave you to delete XP in EasyBCD Edit menu and add it back again? This often works to get it booting.

I gave you a series of steps which you pretend to not even see. Please go back and work through each of them in order. This is how we work here. You must be thorough and not miss any steps in these matters.

 

[WaltB32]

The CD is the repair CD for XP, and I didn't skip any of your steps if you look back I did delete XP from BCD and then did a automatic reload. Look back 11 hours ago where I deleted and refreshed XP.

 

[gregrocker]

Did you even use EasyBCD? The step given is to delete the XP listing on EasyBCD Edit menu, and then add it back on Add OS Entry menu. I don't know what "automatic reload" is but it wasn't a step given.

It seems you changed every step I gave you, ignoring the bootsect command to make the XP drive bootable after marking it Active. Did you unplug the other drives? That needs to be done in any effort to make XP bootable on its own, or run its Repair Install.

The last resort is to run the XP Repair Install which requires being able to boot the XP CD for the exact same version you have installed, not an XP Repair disk - I don't even know what that is.

If you want to start at the top of the steps I gave you again I will help walk you through each of them. We don't give up, but do need to stick with what has worked in the past and not have it modified on the fly. These are the steps that have worked in the past in countless similar cases here.

 

[WaltB32]

I tried both methods now yours and automatic and neither worked on BCD 2.2. I also ran the repair and install from the CD as the primary boot and that doesn't work.

 

[gregrocker]

Please report back the exact failure point and error text on each of the steps I gave you?

You still have not replied with results of the step to run bootsect command from EasyBCD command line on XP partition which has been marked Active, then set its HD first to boot, reboot to see if it will boot or attempt to boot.

What happens when you try the XP Repair Install?

 

[WaltB32]

From the repair disk. I'm getting to the Windows select screen now and I've tried start windows normally and last known configuration, as I select these I get a blue screen which says to go into the bios and deselect shadowing a stop number of 0x0000007E appears. The old black screen message of NTLDR missing is gone.

 

[AddRAM]

Just stepping in for a second, what is this xp repair disc ? Do you have a good XP install disc ? Did you use that for the install ?

 

[WaltB32]

This is working around the repair disk.

 

[gregrocker]

You'll need to run the commands I gave you in my steps earlier from EasyBCD in Win7, or the Win7 DVD or Repair CD Command Line:

There's an OS on each HD all booted by the 101mb partition on Disk1 - is that a System Reserved partition you renamed?

Only a System partition should be marked Active signifying which partition is booting the OS's, so mark I and F Inactive now as it may be part of the problem> Partition - Mark as Inactive - Windows 7 Forums

Then if the problem persists after reboots, delete the XP listing in EasyBCD Edit menu and add it again. Save and reboot. Does it work now?

If that fails you can try to make XP bootable via the BIOS by returning its System flag to it and reactivating its boot files. To do this in Easybcd , click "Useful Utilities" then Power Console ( the black box like command window), type:

bootsect /nt52 i:

then press enter.

Mark XP partition Active. Restart and choose XP HD to boot from one-time BIOS Boot menu key.

If none of these work, unplug all other HD's to try running the command again from DVD or Repair CD System Recovery Options Command Prompt.

If that fails with all other HD's unplugged run an XP Repair Install, boot XP via BIOS.