Vista not working after some time on windows 8?

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ok I have windows 8 and vista on dual boot
windows 8 is perfect but when I go to Vista I get the message seen in the attachment

in windows 8 I did a windows update, with new drivers, could this have caused this or do drivers stay with their os? either way should not make a difference should it?

I also increased the size of win8 partition by 10GB with easeus, obviously taking from vista, and their was 38GB free on vista.

What happened? What do I do?
I dont want to loose my data or PROGRAMS (especially their liscences!!!)
I have an upgrade disc that came with another laptop, in photo attachment, if its any good
I also have my hp recovery DVDs I made and a backup to my external HDD

And no, I dont have an image of the drive, was going to make soon with macrium, just finnished its 1.7GB download... perfect timing :(
 

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I also increased the size of win8 partition by 10GB with easeus, obviously taking from vista, and their was 38GB free on vista.

That's likely what did it in. Use your Windows 8 install media (USB or DVD) to follow the instructions on the screen.
 

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I also increased the size of win8 partition by 10GB with easeus, obviously taking from vista, and their was 38GB free on vista.

That's likely what did it in. Use your Windows 8 install media (USB or DVD) to follow the instructions on the screen.

win 8 install media? to repair my vista? sure?
what will this do? will vista go back to normal?
thanks
 

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From the screenshot, it seems your pc has an issue with the boot manager. The startup repair, using Windows 8 DVD/USB should hopefully fix that all up, and allow to Vista to boot well. You're welcome.

Here's a little more info: Startup Repair - Windows 7 Forums
 

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Hi there
after increasing the size of the partition did you set it to ACTIVE, PRIMARY.

Note also you might still have a 100 MB or so system boot partition -- this should also have been "Imaged" and restored.

If you DO have this partition on restorethis is the partition that needs to be set as ACTIVE. (set the other one to PRIMARY),

Cheers
jimbo
 

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not working!!!


went into win8 disc and repair didnt help. It led me to a menu with refresh, reset and advanced. went into advanced where there were options for system restore, system image recovery, automatic repair, command prompt and windows startup settings.
I went to auto repair and it couldnt find any problems

tried my hp recovery discs and cant find startup repairs

help!!!
 

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Hi there
after increasing the size of the partition did you set it to ACTIVE, PRIMARY.

Note also you might still have a 100 MB or so system boot partition -- this should also have been "Imaged" and restored.

If you DO have this partition on restorethis is the partition that needs to be set as ACTIVE. (set the other one to PRIMARY),

Cheers
jimbo

how do i set as primary, active

p.s. vista is on extended partition with boot and all that and win 8 in on the other
could easy bcd be of any helpnto me
 

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I was having the same problem with some Win8 installations. It corrupted the Win7 bootmgr that was within the Win7 C partition. I moved the bootmgr to a seperate partition and that fixed it.

But then I made another installation on a eSata drive. Not as dual boot but as a Win to go system. That corrupted all my other partitions. At boot, chkdsk fixed it, but it was a pain. I just scrapped it. Never found out what caused the problem.

Once you got Vista back up, I recommend to move the bootmgr to a seperate partition. You can follow this tutorial but you have to select the partition letter for the little partition you created. A 200MB active primary partition should be ample. Make sure you deactivate the Vista C partition first.
 

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Once you got Vista back up, I recommend to move the bootmgr to a seperate partition. You can follow this tutorial but you have to select the partition letter for the little partition you created. A 200MB active primary partition should be ample. Make sure you deactivate the Vista C partition first.
how do i get vista back up? is this what i do, vista is on d and win8 is on c, i create a new partition called k. I then go to easy bcd and copy boot to k and disable boot on d only. if i boot up now should i have a choice between vista and 8 and both should work?
 

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One thing that's worth trying, assuming you haven't done so already. Open the BIOS at boot and make sure ACPI is enabled. The location for this setting will vary from BIOS to BIOS, but a menu with access to power options may be a good place to start. It's also worth trying a repair by booting from your Vista DVD.
 

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Once you got Vista back up, I recommend to move the bootmgr to a seperate partition. You can follow this tutorial but you have to select the partition letter for the little partition you created. A 200MB active primary partition should be ample. Make sure you deactivate the Vista C partition first.
how do i get vista back up? is this what i do, vista is on d and win8 is on c, i create a new partition called k. I then go to easy bcd and copy boot to k and disable boot on d only. if i boot up now should i have a choice between vista and 8 and both should work?
You got the idea. I assume your Vista is the active partition. But first you may have to repair your Vista BCD (e.g. with 3 startup repairs) because I understand that your Vista BCD got corrupted.
 

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One thing that's worth trying, assuming you haven't done so already. Open the BIOS at boot and make sure ACPI is enabled. The location for this setting will vary from BIOS to BIOS, but a menu with access to power options may be a good place to start. It's also worth trying a repair by booting from your Vista DVD.

None of these worked :(
I will try whs's idea
thanks
 

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Once you got Vista back up, I recommend to move the bootmgr to a seperate partition. You can follow this tutorial but you have to select the partition letter for the little partition you created. A 200MB active primary partition should be ample. Make sure you deactivate the Vista C partition first.
how do i get vista back up? is this what i do, vista is on d and win8 is on c, i create a new partition called k. I then go to easy bcd and copy boot to k and disable boot on d only. if i boot up now should i have a choice between vista and 8 and both should work?
You got the idea. I assume your Vista is the active partition. But first you may have to repair your Vista BCD (e.g. with 3 startup repairs) because I understand that your Vista BCD got corrupted.

But first you may have to repair your Vista BCD... How?
I did the startup several times tried vista install dvd to repair
when i enter vista i see the microsoft loading bar followed by a quick flash of a blue screen with white writing?
I attached a screenshot of my partitions, I think some things are mixed up there? not sure?
 

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That Disk Managenet looks normal. The Win8 BCD is in the Vista bootmgr which is normal with this kind of double boot. But that does not say anything about the condition of the bootmgr or the BCDs.

If your Vista does not boot, then the BCD is most likely corrupted. before you fix that, I would uninstall Win8. Here is how: Dual Boot - Delete a OS - Windows 7 Forums Then try again if Vista boots. If no, we need to fix the bootmgr. There are several ways to do that.
 

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from windows 8, open an elevated command*, and type

bcdboot d:\windows /s d:

This should add the Vista installation to the boot menu and add the path to the system to the boot configuration database.

It should report that the command was successful.

restart and hopefully there will be two entries in the boot menu.

Because Windows 8 wants to fastboot, rather than shut down, if you plan to reopen Vista, make sure that Windows 8 is shut down properly before restarting.

*Right-click bottom left (Start) corner, select Command Prompt (Admin)
 
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That Disk Managenet looks normal. The Win8 BCD is in the Vista bootmgr which is normal with this kind of double boot. But that does not say anything about the condition of the bootmgr or the BCDs.

If your Vista does not boot, then the BCD is most likely corrupted. before you fix that, I would uninstall Win8. Here is how: Dual Boot - Delete a OS - Windows 7 Forums Then try again if Vista boots. If no, we need to fix the bootmgr. There are several ways to do that.

uninstall win8?
any other way?
 

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Well, you can try to keep it. But it may get into your way. You can, of course, make an image of it before you uninstall. Make sure you copy the BCD too.
 

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from windows 8, open an elevated command*, and type

bcdboot d:\windows /s d:

This should add the Vista installation to the boot menu and add the path to the system to the boot configuration database.

It should report that the command was successful.

restart and hopefully there will be two entries in the boot menu.

Because Windows 8 wants to fastboot, rather than shut down, if you plan to reopen Vista, make sure that Windows 8 is shut down properly before restarting.

*Right-click bottom left (Start) corner, select Command Prompt (Admin)

tried this and I ended up with no os choice on startup, went straight to win8
used easybcd to bring it back
i then went to boot up vista and got this screen, (attachment) i tried safe mode and start normally... still get that flash of a blue screen
?????????????????????
 

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Are you saying you're getting a bsod when booting Vista? If so, boot to Windows 8. Copy the files out of Vista Windows\Minidump to any other folder. Zip them then attach here. I'll have a look at it.
 

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Well, you can try to keep it. But it may get into your way. You can, of course, make an image of it before you uninstall. Make sure you copy the BCD too.

ok so what exactly should i do, i havent tried moving bootmgr to a seperate partition yet, should i still try?
 

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