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Re-install XP on a dual boot XP/Vista PC
I've had grief with XP MCE on my system in several areas due to HP not supplying drivers for XP since the system was made to run Vista and Vista Ultimate 64 runs flawlessly on it. So.... I gave up. I ran Bcdedit to remove XP from the boot menu and deleted the XP partition. I appreciate the help but it's just not

So, how do you install XP Home over Vista Business?
But on a re-boot I noted that both drives were identified as "default" and neither would ope other than in "safe" mode in which I could not change/modify "boot.ini" nor access The system now has both XP 64 bit and 32 bit installed in that order with an XP boot menu. The system boots to either operating system.

Can I install SBS if Vista Boot loader is already on there ?
Colin Barnhorst c.barnho...@comcast.net microsoft public windows 64bit general Do not use the escape key technique to install Vista and you will have a boot options menu showing "Older Version of Windows" and "Microsoft Vista". If you run Vista setup from the XP desktop and simply select your desired partition for

Dual boot and Vista restore points
kirk jim 1...@11.11 microsoft public windows vista general thats what I thought.. lol that tweak UI only hides the drive from explorer.. it does not truly hide I installed Vista on top of XP on the C: drive. Then I installed another hard drive and put XP on it. I used 'VistaProBoot' to create the dual boot menu.

Vista/XP dual boot?
The drift I get is that Vista employs ntldr (and thus boot.ini and perhaps ntdetect.com) to boot XP. That is plausible and it would conveniently re-use the WinNT/2K/XP boot processes for booting those OSes. But what is "xp86" that you mention? You are correct that ntldr wouldn't present an on-screen boot menu if

removing windows boot manager
Ronaldo private_ema...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp general A repair install in not needed, to boot the XP in case it needs the boot files, all that's needed is a bootdisk, the files to make one As for changes in the Vista HD, you can either just ignore the XP choice in the boot menu, or inquire at

windows 64bit and multi-boot
Dang, still did not work. I installed VistaBootPro in Windows XP. Installed Vista Bootloader using system bootloader tab, selected C drive, which is what my XP is installed, and still just boots directly into XP, no boot menu option to choose XP or Vista. I just can't seem to get this to work properly in that way.

boot menu says that my xp drive is unkown
tipsymonkey tipsymonkey.2wc...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup when i get to the dual boot menu and i try and select windows xp if its it can not boot. I have looked in the bcdedit and it says that my windows xp drive is unkown. does anyone have any sujestions on how to sort this

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
I downloaded WAIK but I do not think there is a boot image included in that. There are two .wim files but they are not boot files. I used one of them to create a boot image and a capture boot image but they do not work. When I PXE boot the machine I am not getting and boot menu Other than a Vista PE Boot option or

Dual Boot with Vista and XP Pro?
... incredibly long amount of time. put the windows xp disk in the cd drive and turn on the computer. press f12 durring the power on self test to obtain the boot menu. The Dell lady says it's not the OEM XP, but the real XP that they're sending. No data to be saved. -- rhhar...@mindspring.com On the internet,

*Update* Picture It! Publishing Platinum 2002 on Vista
My C: Vista drive 'now' does not show up in XP My Computer (as mentioned below) but is still shown in disk management. (from within XP) In another post "Red I installed Vista on top of XP on the C: drive. Then I installed another hard drive and put XP on it. I used 'VistaProBoot' to create the dual boot menu.

Can't get dual-boot to work, always goes to Vista
Can you say more about what is happening? Did you install XP first and Vista second? Are you getting a boot menu when you turn on the computer? The computer would not boot. I went into the Repair Module from the CD and did a "Fixboot" command. I suspect that it reconfigured the boot.ini file.

Removing Windows Vista boot menu (boot earlier version of windows)
Boot from the Vista DVD-ROM and Repair the startup files, creating the dual-boot menu. Sorry this got so long, xp-vista-xp. It's really quite simple the second partition (vista on first) and xp will now work and I can see all the aprtitions but cannot get it to dual boot i can either have vista or xp not both

Vista boot problem
When you reboot you should have your dual boot menu back with both XP and Vista options available. If you need to set a XP as the default operating system you can do this The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use,

Dual boot vista 64 and XP on two separate drives?
5) The result will be that you'll get a screen that has the default highlight of the item Vista and you will have the XP boot listed above it (black and white menu). You should not need any boot loader manager like Vista Boot Pro if you do this correctly. It goes without saying that the older OS (XP) always must be

Want to install XP on machine with vista
REDWAGON REDWA...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp general I am not at the step in the new computer build Timothy. In any event, removing a dual boot entry in a Vista loader's dual-boot menu should be covered in the Vista NG. Here in the XP NGs, it would help to list the contents of the top

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
jabloomf1230 jablo...@nycap.rr.com microsoft public windows vista general As to dual-booting Vista and XP, I strongly suggest that, if your motherboard BIOS supports the displaying a menu of bootable devices when you turn your PC on, that you take that option, rather than relying on the Vista Boot Manager (either

How can I remove Vista and Install XP?
I could not get the remaining updates until I "activated" XP and did the Windows advantage thing. (or whatever it's called) But... after the initial updates I installed and ran the "Vista Bootloader" program. Following the instructions from Pronetworks I created the dual boot menu. I held my breath and rebooted and

XP/Vista dual boot XP won't start from Vista boot manager
My troubles began when I attempted to dual-boot Vista. Vista loaded fine, but I lost access to my XP installation. The menu item for XP created by Vista in Vista's new bootloader couldn't Although it was my understanding that CD drives are not considered in the enumeration of hard disks, I tried an experiment.

Dual boot Vista / WinXP
The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, When you reboot you should have your dual boot menu back with both XP and Vista options available. If you need to set a XP as the default operating system you can do this