Dual Boot problem

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I have had XP Pro installed for a while. I used DISKPART, LIST VOLUME and
SHRINK in the Vista Home Premium install process to create a Vista partition
and keep XP Pro in a dual boot system.

The Vista installation went fine and re-booted a couple of times, giving me
the boot option screen foe Vista or an older OS. I selected Vista and
eventually got to the point where Vista got 48 updates.

After getting the updates (except for 1 that failed) it said it had to
re-boot and I clicked OK. The system re-booted and after POST (I think) sat
for a long time at a blank screen with a flashing cursor at the top left.

Since it didn't seem to be responding, I manually re-started it and it did
not go to the boot selection screen. It went directly to XP Pro and has ever
since. Also, I see an addidional drive ("D") in XP's My Computer, presumably
Vista.

What do I need to do to get Vista back and dual boot? Any help is greatly
appreciated.
 
I have had XP Pro installed for a while. I used DISKPART, LIST VOLUME and
SHRINK in the Vista Home Premium install process to create a Vista partition
and keep XP Pro in a dual boot system.

The Vista installation went fine and re-booted a couple of times, giving me
the boot option screen foe Vista or an older OS. I selected Vista and
eventually got to the point where Vista got 48 updates.

After getting the updates (except for 1 that failed) it said it had to
re-boot and I clicked OK. The system re-booted and after POST (I think) sat
for a long time at a blank screen with a flashing cursor at the top left.

Since it didn't seem to be responding, I manually re-started it and it did
not go to the boot selection screen. It went directly to XP Pro and has ever
since. Also, I see an addidional drive ("D") in XP's My Computer, presumably
Vista.

What do I need to do to get Vista back and dual boot? Any help is greatly
appreciated.
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You can repair the boot-options with the free program VistaBootPRO.
 
Check to see which partition has the Vista boot process on it and make it
the active partition. Vista start-up repair, VistaBootPro or EasyBCD can
also be used to restore your boot process.
 
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