vista BOOTMGR only runs when bootable cd in drive

[mxpxrulzz]

is this crazy or what?

I have xp on sata drive 1
installed vista on sata drive 2

now if i boot my computer up WITHOUT a bootable cd in the drive, I get "BOOTMGR not found"

but if I have a bootable cd in the drive (and don't hit any keys to run it) then the BOOTMGR runs correctly

I have tried reinstalling the bootmgr from easybcd from my xp drive with no luck and this is driving me crazy! Anyone have any ideas?

 

[user3657]

when dual booting xp and vista, you have to use vistas boot mananger. xp's will not work. i dual boot xp and vista fine. try a repair install on vista.