Retrospective Dual Booting Bolosun <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/3/2008 1:59:21 PM Hi, I have had a trawl through the topics here and on Google to dual boot a system, but can't find the answer to my question. :o I have built a Vista 64 system on one drive and still have my XP home system on another drive. To build the Vista system I physically disconnected my XP drive. When I have both drives connected my system boots under XP and I can see the Vista drive as drive F and I can read and write date to and from it. I can only boot Vista if I disconnect my XP drive, so I thought now I would like to dual boot my system. How do I make it dual boot with out reinstalling either system, or do I have to scrub Vista and reinstall it with my XP drives connected? Thanks Dave -- Bolosun

Re: Retrospective Dual Booting BugHunter <bughunter[ at ]invalid> 11/3/2008 2:06:41 PM Bolosun <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> schreef: [Quoted Text] > > Hi, > > I have had a trawl through the topics here and on Google to dual boot a > system, but can't find the answer to my question. :o > > I have built a Vista 64 system on one drive and still have my XP home > system on another drive. To build the Vista system I physically > disconnected my XP drive. When I have both drives connected my system > boots under XP and I can see the Vista drive as drive F and I can read > and write date to and from it. I can only boot Vista if I disconnect my > XP drive, so I thought now I would like to dual boot my system. > How do I make it dual boot with out reinstalling either system, or do I > have to scrub Vista and reinstall it with my XP drives connected? I think it is possible with VistaBootPro or BCDEdit. -- Bye, BugHunter.

Re: Retrospective Dual Booting SIW2 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/3/2008 2:27:32 PM Hi, Here's the link to easy BCD 'Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies' (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1) Hope it helps SIW2 -- SIW2

Re: Retrospective Dual Booting Bolosun <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/3/2008 2:30:56 PM Thanks, I will have a look at both solutions. Cheers Dave -- Bolosun

Re: Retrospective Dual Booting Big D <big.dee[ at ]yaSPAMhoo.com> 11/3/2008 2:32:49 PM Bolosun <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I have built a Vista 64 system on one drive and still have my XP home >system on another drive. To build the Vista system I physically >disconnected my XP drive. When I have both drives connected my system >boots under XP and I can see the Vista drive as drive F and I can read >and write date to and from it. I can only boot Vista if I disconnect my >XP drive, so I thought now I would like to dual boot my system. >How do I make it dual boot with out reinstalling either system, or do I >have to scrub Vista and reinstall it with my XP drives connected? I have Vista on one drive, XP on a second drive, and a clone of the Vista drive on yet a third drive. I can boot to whichever drive I want merely by changing the boot order in my BIOS. There is no need to disconnect anything. You should be able to boot to the drive of your choice the same way.

Re: Retrospective Dual Booting Bolosun <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/3/2008 2:57:09 PM I have looked at that. My drives a RAID drives and there is no way of changing the boot order apart from physically moving the connectors on the board. Cheers Dave -- Bolosun

Re: Retrospective Dual Booting "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit[ at ]invalid.invalid> 11/3/2008 4:15:31 PM Use VistaBootPro. You might like to take a look at this article on my website: http://vistasupport.mvps.org/install_windows_xp_on_machine_running_vista.htm Read all the article carefully and pay particular attention to the section marked VistaBootPro -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "Bolosun" <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:d240898ca12846a4f4a18f44e768e1a2[ at ]nntp-gateway.com... [Quoted Text] > > Hi, > > I have had a trawl through the topics here and on Google to dual boot a > system, but can't find the answer to my question. :o > > I have built a Vista 64 system on one drive and still have my XP home > system on another drive. To build the Vista system I physically > disconnected my XP drive. When I have both drives connected my system > boots under XP and I can see the Vista drive as drive F and I can read > and write date to and from it. I can only boot Vista if I disconnect my > XP drive, so I thought now I would like to dual boot my system. > How do I make it dual boot with out reinstalling either system, or do I > have to scrub Vista and reinstall it with my XP drives connected? > > Thanks Dave > > > -- > Bolosun

Re: Retrospective Dual Booting andy <bogusaddress[ at ]bogusaddress.123> 11/3/2008 10:51:31 PM Current motherboards provide a means by hitting a function key during POST to override the default boot drive. The default boot drive can be changed in BIOS setup under the Hard Disk Boot Priority or Hard Disk Drives setting. On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:57:09 -0600, Bolosun <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > >I have looked at that. My drives a RAID drives and there is no way of >changing the boot order apart from physically moving the connectors on >the board. > >Cheers Dave

Re: Retrospective Dual Booting Bolosun <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/4/2008 9:57:34 AM andy;877893 Wrote: > Current motherboards provide a means by hitting a function key during > POST to override the default boot drive. The default boot drive can be > changed in BIOS setup under the Hard Disk Boot Priority or Hard Disk > Drives setting. > > On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:57:09 -0600, Bolosun <guest[ at ]xxxxxx-email.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >I have looked at that. My drives a RAID drives and there is no way of > > >changing the boot order apart from physically moving the connectors on > > >the board. > > > > > >Cheers Dave > > yes I found the option in the BIOS eventually. When I first looked I only had one set of drives connected and that is why I could not see the second RAID. :o So I now use the BIOS now to switch boot drives. Thanks for your help :D -- Bolosun