bcdedit problems

Hey William,

First off, thanks so much for writing this tutorial. I bought an hp pavilion with vista only because I knew I'd be able to dual boot from following your instructions.

I made it 3/4 of the way through your tutorial without a hitch, but now the bcdedit commands are throwing me for a loop.

I keep getting errors when trying to run the first bcdedit -set {ntldr} device partition=C: command

This is what i get, followed by my current bcdedit screen.


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit -set {ntldr} device partition=C:
An error occurred while attempting to reference the specified entry.
The system cannot find the file specified.

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {8c384824-6ff0-11db-8455-0016d303c84f}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae2-0007e994107d}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {8c384824-6ff0-11db-8455-0016d303c84f}
nx OptIn

C:\Windows\system32>


I know my vista partition is on the C drive, but it doesn't seem to recognize anything.

Any help will be greatly appreciated as I am ready to pull my hair out. Thanks.

- Pete