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Originally Posted by DB7

Okay first things first is to recreate the Vista entry in the bootloader.

Boot from your Vista install disk, select the language setting you want and then on the next screen pick to repair your install, let it fix the install automatically. After the reboot do the exact same thing to see if your version of Vista is showing up in the repair screen., choose to repair the boot loader.

It wont actually repair the bootloader but when you are in Windows XP grab a copy of VistaBootPro VistaBootPRO - Go PRO with Microsoft Windows Vista Boot Manager there are other programs that can do the same thing but I am not familiar with them, so I will use this one.

Create the back-up if you want and then go to the Manage OS Entries screen, you should only see Vista on here (weird I know), so check the Add New OS Entry box, give the OS a name and then point it at the drive where XP is installed and pick Legacy as the OS type. Hit Apply Updates.

Then go to the System Bootloader screen, choose Windows Vista Bootloader and All Drives as the two options, then hit Install Bootloader.

Now when you reboot you should have the OS selection menu. This worked for me when I wanted to do the same thing.

Thanks. This helped me.

URGENT PROBLEM

I encountered another problem here. The same product key I used to activate Vista in the computer is no longer valid after I reformated. What should I do. Its the same computer which I activated it last time.

Originally Posted by sidd_deshpande

Here's a good site if u only want to switch to vista bcoz of looks. Download a bicropack. install it and the u go "vistaxp" here the link.
CrystalXP.net - Graphics & Windows Customization

Thanks for the link but I don't really need it

Originally Posted by DB7

That is one of the things I would never do because, as I've mentioned before, I hate the look of Vista.

I don't fault its performance but I hate the changes to its Explorer UI.

Mind telling me what is Explorer UI? :P