Dual boot: Vista and Win Server 2003
Software Development November 19th, 2007
Wow! It was a long long long installation weekend. My Laptop’s hard disk died a week ago, and I got new one which means installations!
I need both Vista and Server 2003 with Dual boot configuration on my laptop. Vista is my work and development machine, server 2003 hosted Team Foundation Server – my presentations machine.
It seems that this is not so easy to configure dual boot with Vista…after 2 formats and re-installation I finally succeeded!
Why does it so complicated? earlier versions of the Windows are incompatible with the new Windows Vista startup method. Windows Vista uses a new Boot Configuration Database (BCD) store. This store contains a boot menu and all the information about operating systems that are installed on the computer. Therefore, a Boot.ini file that is from an earlier version of the Windows operating system cannot be used to start Windows Vista.
How did I solve it? I found this useful KB and a great tool: EasyBCD.
Next time I’ll be smarter…
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thanks, this info is very useful to me.
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Wow! It was a long long long installation weekend. My Laptop's hard disk died a week ago, and I got new one which means installations! I need both Vista and Server 2003 with Dual boot configuration on my laptop. Vista is my work and development machine
This comment originally written by:Curt Briscar
After running Easy BCD and rebuilding my MBR I was once again able to boot into Vista. I then used Easy BCD to add the info for my server install. I have 2 hard drives. C is vista and D is 2003.
Upon rebooting I am given a choice of which os but I get an error when trying to boot to 2003. What am I missing?
This comment originally written by:zxevil164
FJiF1P Cool, bro!