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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Performance and Maintainance / July 2008Restoring XP Restore Point from Vista?
Thanks for being here to assist, and I hope this is the correct group. I've been running XP Pro for quie some time and recently installed Vista using Partition Magic and have also installed Vista BootPro. I planned a full migration of all of my data from XP today but cannot boot into XP for some reason. I was going to export or save vital data from XP, so this is quite a bummer. I cannot enter Safe Mode nor use Last Known Good Config options for XP. My box makes it up to the "Starting Windows" screen and hangs there. After exporting the data I require from XP and saving to disk I was going to manually install all of my progs into Vista (Quite a plan for the 4th, huh?) Is there a method to utilize an XP Restore Point from Vista to enable me to boot into XP? Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide! Ruwiten7 Let me get this straight, you still have your copy of XP on another partition on your hard drive? If this is the case, when you installed Vista Windows Vista overwrote the XP bootloader. XP is still there, its just that, at the moment, you can't see it. Use VistaBootPro (Manage OS Entries Tab) to add XP to the bootloader menu and then you should be able to boot into either XP or Vista.  Signature-- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > Thanks for being here to assist, and I hope this is the correct group. > I've [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide! > Ruwiten7 I've actually had both OS's installed for quite some time, I just wanted to do a full migration to Vista today. I've been able to boot into XP (Default) up until this AM, so it's not a bootloader issue. I just haven't explored Vista indepth. The rationale for the complete migration is I'm called apon to support some features of Vista and the best way, as it sounds like you know, to learn a proggy or OS is just to dive in and start using it. So, I'm "Vista Challenged" but wanted to start changing that today. I can still see my "C" Drive from Vista and can move some data via that method, but would really like to boot into XP to perform some Exports that I'm about two weeks behind for. Basically all I need to know is if there is a method to use the XP System Restore, or a viable alternative, from within Vista to see if that will cure my ills. Thanks for the prompt reply and I sincerely hope you have a solution for me :) Ruwiten7 > Let me get this straight, you still have your copy of XP on another > partition on your hard drive? If this is the case, when you installed Vista [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide! > > Ruwiten7 So if the problem started this morning what exactly are you experiencing? You switch on the computer and it loads the boot menu. You then select XP from the boot menu and then what happens? If XP doesn't appear on the boot menu then it is a bootloader issue. Any error messages? Signature-- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > I've actually had both OS's installed for quite some time, I just wanted > to [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] >> > Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide! >> > Ruwiten7 As I stated in the first post, I still see my old boot menu. XP loads up until the "Starting Windows" screen and hangs. Any ideas? > So if the problem started this morning what exactly are you experiencing? > You switch on the computer and it loads the boot menu. You then select XP [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > >> > Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide! > >> > Ruwiten7 There is a way of accessing system restore points, but this needs to be done using the recovery console, so hopefully you have a full copy of XP? I must stress, though, it is not something for the faint hearted. For more details see this link: http://searchwincomputing.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid68_gci1167895,00.html Signature-- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > As I stated in the first post, I still see my old boot menu. XP loads up > until the "Starting Windows" screen and hangs. Any ideas? [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] >> >> > Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide! >> >> > Ruwiten7 Thanks again for the responses. I was finally able to get into Safe Mode and perform a restore and all is fine now. Have a good Holiday... > There is a way of accessing system restore points, but this needs to be done > using the recovery console, so hopefully you have a full copy of XP? I must [quoted text clipped - 86 lines] > >> >> > Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide! > >> >> > Ruwiten7 I'm glad you managed to solve the problem. As I said gaining access to system restore points from the recovery console is not for the faint hearted. Signature-- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > Thanks again for the responses. I was finally able to get into Safe Mode > and [quoted text clipped - 109 lines] >> >> >> > Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide! >> >> >> > Ruwiten7 As an addendum to my last post I suggest you try to backup all the files you can from the XP partition (using Vista) just in case anything goes radically wrong when trying to recover a system restore point. Better safe than sorry. Signature-- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > Thanks for being here to assist, and I hope this is the correct group. > I've [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks in advance for any assistance you may provide! > Ruwiten7 Speaking of overly-large sigs!!! As it happens we are 'not' speaking of overly large sigs, we are talking about restore points! Signature-- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > Speaking of overly-large sigs!!! Speaking of overly-large sigs!!! |
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