oh yeah.... You probably have but, try messing around with the F6 button during boot. It can be tricky to hit it not too soon, not to late,...
Mike, before you give up and start over here are some risky radical things you could try... You could try using the recovery DD cd to create a...
I accidently found a way to remove OSS! I am sending report files to Acronis tech support and accidently ran >bcdEdit alone from the command...
Do you have Vista install DVDs? If yes, you can try to "repair"; I am not sure of details because I dont have Vista dvd (just a recovery...
I will be trying to do this to if I can ever get OSS to see Vista... What I plan to do is get a win98 partition set up with DD set it active...
I do not think this will work, but it is worth a try... Keep pressing F6 while you are booting, this will bypass the Acronis Loader, but it...
Did you try pressing F6 right before Acronis loader starts, This should bypass the loader and go on to boot XP. Then maybe you can fix DD...
Hi selkov, Not sure you tried this... Did you make a Recovery CD and try to set hide flags from OSS on the CD before windows boots?
Here's a good clue.... From windows DD I am checking >Properties of the partitions then >Special I get Reserved (boot record) = 8KB on the...
MudCrab, Before I had installed OSS from Recovery CD, now I will try after installing from windows DD program. Also, I am going to make all 4...
OK, I got DD and OSS reinstalled... I F6ed into Vista, then renamed the big main bootwiz dir (on 3ed Data partition)to bootwizX to hide it....
Re: Hidding non booted OS's Which 3 os do you have? I am surprised you have them if you did not properly hide them from each other when they...
JSS, Yes that can zap out some registry entries, but what if entries are made without using a reference name that you are aware of? Its those...
One of the great things about OSS is when it fails to detect any opSystems, it will not uninstall because it needs to assign which opsys to then...
MudCrab, I do not have a bootmgr directory on C:\. I guess OSS makes this and since it doesnt detect any os it hasnt been created. I was...
Rick, I cant believe OSS needs to find on drive c:\ ntld, boot.ini, and ntdetect.com in order to detect Vista! Those are XP files, where did...
Not only does 2160 fail to overwrite 2077 (without warning) so you go along assuming it did till you notice one day Help says 2077... 2077 did...
MudCrab, Thanks for info... How do I turn code back off? (I'll just use --------) This is what I was trying to use: [7M unAl][1G Fat16...
Rick, To check your bcd start a "command prompt" and type bcdedit /v then it should show the contents. Mine is 2 paragraphs about 30 lines, no...
Thanks for reply Mudcrab. Yes this structure boots and I have transfered small files between the logical drives to test the set-up; bootwiz and...
Hi Rick, I see we have basically the same problem, but I do not see a hidden partition like you have. Do you have a boot.ini file on your c:\...
I am just trying to get OSS to see Vista as a prelimanary step in dual booting. OSS can not see it with auto detect. I have not installed a second...
Thanks for the link, Mark. The _New Vista partitioning rules_ is very good to know. I was tempted to use the build-in Vista Disk Manager to do...
Sorry Cypher, I am also new to Acronis and have only been able to figure out win98\win31 dual boot on an old desktop using DD\OSS. I did learn...
Ron, is System Commander officially supporting Vista? I agree with you DD\OSS is very dangerous, if you don't use them exactly right and with...
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