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Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Right now I have 3 hard drives, one for XP Pro, one for Vista Beta, and one to use for my data. IIRC, Just install the older OS first, then install the newer OS second specifiying a different drive or partition. When the you're done, you will end up with a boot menu at startup, allowing you to choose which OS to

Does this dual-boot installation plan work?
"JenBin822" wrote: I don't have a Vista DVD, so I'm not sure where to find the ntldr file. Jen "Michael Jennings" wrote: Normally, in a dual boot, XP goes in Legacy" Enter a name (to show in the Vista boot mgr menu) Select drive letter E: Select Apply Reboot Select XP op system from the Vista boot mgr menu

Does this dual-boot installation plan work?
Repairing with the Vista DVD does not help, I can only run a command line from the Vista DVD repair menu and access the filesystem, but I don't know what to do Thanks, Petr "DannyE" wrote: I upgraded to Vista from XP and everything worked for one month. My kid resetted the PC and since then Vista does not boot.

vista xp dual boot tip
Anyone else having a similar issue with not even making into the operating system? "Leslie" wrote: Mark this is a newsgroup for XP and not Vista. Upon turning the power on, the computer shows the startup screen that offers a chance to go to the boot menu or setup (f2/f12) but it takes much longer than usual to

Duel Boot XP & Vista
First reboot, hey a new boot menu. Vista boots and setup completes successfully. Run EasyBCD and add entries for XP and WS2K3. Reboot. Boot menu shows OS options and they all work. Deleted I:\BOOT. This is an abbreviated version of events. It looks like setting up C:\BOOT was the key, not the drivers,

Resolved, was Problem with XP, not with Vista???
If you have a modern BIOS that lets you select the boot drive with a function key at boot, this is almost as easy as the boot menu. "John" <a...@bbb.ccc> wrote in message news:jqidnTDGCJdAUhLbRVnygAA@bt.com... A mate of mine bought Windows Vista (not sure which flavour) but doesn't like it and has gone back to XP

Vista and Norton Ghost 2003 (not)
Not> wrote: John L. confirms the suspicions I had / have .. Look why do this silly..asking-for-trouble Dual boot menu coexistence thing that MS install sets up ?...I've had nothing but bother with Case 1:- First partition and format the proposed Vista boot partition with any NON-Vista tools, XP-Fdisk, PM8 etc.

boot menu says that my xp drive is unkown
I do use the BIOS swap for booting, in addition to the Microsoft boot menu. I have 3 HDs (4 actually, but 2 are a RAID mirror), each formatted with a single Vista has been so dependable that I haven't booted into WinXP in months and I'm not sure it would boot anymore. These new HDs are also much more reliable

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
I installed Vista after booting to DVD. Went ok, then it re-booted and there was no boot menu. It always booted to Vista. So, I figured I did something wrong tried again. This time it only booted to XP. Now both XP and Vista did not work. I need to install XP(1st) then Vista and have a dual boot.

Does XP require the use of WinPE for WDS?
(Copy bootsect.exe from the boot folder of your Windows Vista DVD and paste it into your Windows XP Windows\system32 folder) Then. Beta 2 as well as in Windows Vista Build 5456, the only command one needs to run is: bootsect /NT60 ALL This pulls all Windows operating systems into the Windows Vista boot menu.

how can i restore windows XP from Vista?
BTW, if I hit ESC during the boot screen I am given a choice of drives to boot from, and if I select the 2nd drive I get the cryptic menu F1 Linux F2 ?? F5 Disk 1 Hitting F1 or F2 just makes the machine beep. Hitting F5 produces the text "Err2Err3", and then the machine boots Vista. It sounds like grub may not have

Boot manager problem
I get the /ntldr error message and could not get into XP anymore so I did FIXMBR and FIXBOOT using the XP CD. I can now access XP but not Vista. XP home install on 1 hard drive C: and vista install to other hard drive d: Boot menu offers 1). Previous version of Windows. 2). Windows Vista Premium.

Dual boot problem, Windows Vista RC1 and Windows XP
Vista sets up the dual boot menu after BIOS runs. PROnetworks' VistaBootPRO 3.1 allows you to set default OS and boot delay as well as renaming OS's. (I installed and ran it from XP) PS I didn't use Partition Magic. I did a clean install of XP, then Vista. "Pinger" <paguy...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

Selfish Bastard I
Is Vista an upgrade DVD? Do XP and Vista work and where are they on the HD now? It's not clear to me what your end objective is. 1) Why would you need to install And only the Vista install is listed in the boot menu in System Properties/Advanced/Startup and Recovery/Settings, no XP. So how is it that the XP

Vista Boot Pro
Will Vista see it just as another drive and visa versa when chosing XP at boot up on the OS choice menu?? Something tell me there will be a conflict, correct? I'm pretty sure I'm eligable for the free upgrade through Dell since I received this PC in early February(not a new purchase but a replacement for one we

removing xp dual boot two drives
Cheers, Jeff V. Pulver I have found so far that XP MUST be installed on Disk0, Partition 1 for a dual-boot with Vista to work. Put XP anywhere else, and the Vista installer will NOT create a dual-boot menu. So start over, and put XP on Disk 0, Partition 1. Then add Vista to a secondary drive or partition.

Vista does not boot from second drive
On my boot drive I have menu for Vista 5308 , then 'legacy' calls Xp menu - 1=XP on C, 2= old XP on E Vista 5308 is on separate drive (H) right now. 2. if not can I install SBS here on that sata drive (E) without blowing up the "Vista, XP boot" on my XP drive ? And then install Vista to the same (separate)

Vista Dual Boot Installation Procedure
After you create the new primary partition continue with the "Boot via XP CD" line from my previous post (adjust the drive letters as necessary). My previous post was intended to list all the steps taken during my test to see if it was possible to install XP after Vista, not to suggest that Vista needed to be

Help with dual boot
Colin, He's not in a dual boot situation so each drive is individual. You would have to do this if Vista was the boot manager. Don, Choose which ever OS you want to boot I hit the F10, get a drive menu and choose the XP drive to boot to XP. If I don't do anything Vista will boot first. If worst comes to worst,

Can't dual boot back to xp need help
Is there a solution for this dual boot problem? Can you not select which particular physical hdd to boot from in the F12 menu? You should have just installed Vista with your XP drive in place and it would have automatically added you XP install to the boot menu. Sure you need to nuke the Vista partition when you