Dual boot 32/64? formerprof 6/22/2007 2:53:00 PM Disk 0 = Vista 32 Disk 1 = unused, unparitioned Disk 2 = Data I would like to install Vista 64 to Disk 1 & be able to dual-boot the two systems using Vista's bootmanager. How can I achieve this? I have Easy BCD if it's necessary to the process. Note to product police: both copies are licensed, so please spare me th4e usual homilies. Thanks to all. formerprof -- ASUS P5N32SLI Plus Intel Q6600 + 4 gb memory ATI X1950PRO

RE: Dual boot 32/64? IscaComps 6/23/2007 9:54:00 PM I would probably disconnect drives 0 and install Vista 64 on disk 1, after installation, connect other drive up and then use EasyBCD to the dual boot config. "formerprof" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Disk 0 = Vista 32 > Disk 1 = unused, unparitioned > Disk 2 = Data > > I would like to install Vista 64 to Disk 1 & be able to dual-boot the two > systems using Vista's bootmanager. How can I achieve this? I have Easy BCD if > it's necessary to the process. > > Note to product police: both copies are licensed, so please spare me th4e > usual homilies. > > Thanks to all. > > formerprof > -- > ASUS P5N32SLI Plus > Intel Q6600 + 4 gb memory > ATI X1950PRO

Re: Dual boot 32/64? "John Barnes" <jbarnes[ at ]email.net> 6/24/2007 2:51:34 PM You can do it either with or without disconnecting a drive. Just watch your BIOS priorities when reconnecting the drive so you can control which will be your system drive. Disconnecting has the advantage of creating two totally bootable systems it you have a drive failure in the future. You can always run startup repair later if you need to. "formerprof" <formerprof[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:01580BC3-9926-4FFD-B49B-9DD7C8058D41[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Disk 0 = Vista 32 > Disk 1 = unused, unparitioned > Disk 2 = Data > > I would like to install Vista 64 to Disk 1 & be able to dual-boot the two > systems using Vista's bootmanager. How can I achieve this? I have Easy BCD > if > it's necessary to the process. > > Note to product police: both copies are licensed, so please spare me th4e > usual homilies. > > Thanks to all. > > formerprof > -- > ASUS P5N32SLI Plus > Intel Q6600 + 4 gb memory > ATI X1950PRO

Re: Dual boot 32/64? formerprof 6/27/2007 7:16:01 PM Many thanks to you both. I used the "disconnect" method which worked perfectly. As to the disk order, I think there are some BIOSes which use a different order than nomal if one uses the "show boot menu" option during POST. It's safer to set the first boot device to CD if one wants to do work of this kind rather than risk having the BIOS scramble the normal order by using the "show boot menu" option. Thanks again. formerprof "John Barnes" wrote: [Quoted Text] > You can do it either with or without disconnecting a drive. Just watch your > BIOS priorities when reconnecting the drive so you can control which will be > your system drive. Disconnecting has the advantage of creating two totally > bootable systems it you have a drive failure in the future. You can always > run startup repair later if you need to. > > "formerprof" <formerprof[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:01580BC3-9926-4FFD-B49B-9DD7C8058D41[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Disk 0 = Vista 32 > > Disk 1 = unused, unparitioned > > Disk 2 = Data > > > > I would like to install Vista 64 to Disk 1 & be able to dual-boot the two > > systems using Vista's bootmanager. How can I achieve this? I have Easy BCD > > if > > it's necessary to the process. > > > > Note to product police: both copies are licensed, so please spare me th4e > > usual homilies. > > > > Thanks to all. > > > > formerprof > > -- > > ASUS P5N32SLI Plus > > Intel Q6600 + 4 gb memory > > ATI X1950PRO > >