Steps to recover Windows Vista after making the dual boot

When Windows Vista was launched everybody thought to switch to it for better performance and better graphic experience. However, people realized that it is unable to match the robust and support for hardware that Windows XP provides. Because of these features, we opt for dual-boot systems.

It has been observed so many times that when a user makes dual ( Windows Vista and Windows XP) boot system, he is not able to access Windows Vista. In such cases, he should use appropriate measures to resolve the issue. If he is not able to resolve the situation then he may should consider a third party Windows data recovery software to resolve the issue.

What is the reason?

The cause of erroneous situation is that the prior version of Windows that is Vista are incompatible with new Windows Vista startup . A new Boot Configuration Database(BCD) store is used to boot the operating system in Windows Vista and its later version.

How to solve it?

To resolve the problem, perform the following steps:

• Restore the Windows Vista MBR as well as the boot code that transfer control to the Windows Boot Manager program use the Bootsect.exe

prompt:Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All

• Create an entry in the BCE Boot.ini file for Windows XP use the Bcdedit.exe.Use the following commands:-

1. Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d “Description for earlier Windows version”

2. Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=x:

3. Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr

4. Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast

• Restart the computer.

The method should be able to resolve the issue. If the problem is still not resolved then third party windows data recovery software to recover windows files.

Data Loss in Windows XP Due to Third-Party Driver Installation

Microsoft Windows does not contains device drivers for all the hardware resources, specially additional devices like printer, scanning, sound card and web camera. To get these devices running, you need to install third-party device drivers.

But in some situations, the NTFS file system volumes of your Windows computer that has third-party drivers installed, can not be accessed and you come across data loss situations. In such cases, you are required to opt for hard drive recovery solutions to get your mission-critical data back.

In a practical scenario, when you try to open NTFS file system volume on Microsoft Windows XP computer that has third-party drivers installed, you may come across below symptoms:

• You system reboots automatically.

• You encounter below error message after you log into your system:
  
  “Microsoft Windows
  The system has recovered from a serious error.
  A log of this error has been created.
  Please tell Microsoft about this problem.
  We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Microsoft Windows. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.
  To see what data this error report contains, click here.”

At the same time, you may also encounter below “Stop” error:

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