

When you first start it, it’ll tell you what you already know: the Vista bootloader isn’t installed! It’ll ask if you want to repair it – (obviously) click yes. Download and install the latest version of EasyBCD.you should now have a C:\Windows\Boot\ folder on your XP machine, too). Extract those zipped files to the same location on your XP machine.Go to a Vista machine and zip-up the C:\Windows\Boot\ folder.Kapish? Second, the answer: Of course you can. The only legal way to get these is by already having Windows Vista legally installed on another machine and grabbing the files from there. That’s the hype that drove us to create EasyBCD, and that’s the same hype that’s been driving people to ask all around the web: “Is it possible to install the new Windows Vista bootloader on a non-Vista machine? Can I get XP to use the new Vista bootloader? How can I install the Vista bootloader on my XP-only machine?”įirst, a disclaimer: In order to use the Vista bootloader, you’ll need some licensed Vista files.

Ever since Windows Vista came out, a lot of hype has been going around the new bootloader.
