Dual boot question.

SK-1 · Sep 19, 2008, 12:25 AM

I am dual boot XP and Vista, if I remove the 1 sata drive that holds Vista all by itself, will I screw things up?
XP is my default now on the boot selection screen.

AsRock · Sep 19, 2008, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SK-1

I am dual boot XP and Vista, if I remove the 1 sata drive that holds Vista all by itself, will I screw things up?
XP is my default now on the boot selection screen.

Will have to explain better how you have this setup ?.

If you have XP and Vista installed on the same HDD and remove the HDD will you not be removing XP too ?.

Do you have XP installed on one HDD and Vista on another ?. IF you installed each OS on each HDD as the 1st drive all boot files to each OS should be on there own HDD's

If you have 2 HDD's and install Vista on HDD 1 and XP on the second HDD the XP boot files will be on the 1st HDD if the same boot order was kept.

spud107 · Sep 19, 2008, 12:47 AM

if your bootloader is on the sata/vista one then you wont be able to boot
unless the xp bootloader is still on the other drive, you can disconnect it to try, or disable sata in bios as its easier than pulling out cables, it will work fine afterwards,
can also try using xp disk to repair mbr/bootloader if needed.

SystemViper · Sep 19, 2008, 12:54 AM

I just built a system and split a 500G drive into 2 250G partitians
i want to dual boot xp 64 and vista ult 64

I just installed vista 64 on partition 0

can i just install xp on partition 1 and it will fix the bootloader to show the 2 OS's?

francis511 · Sep 19, 2008, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SystemViper

I just built a system and split a 500G drive into 2 250G partitians
i want to dual boot xp 64 and vista ult 64

I just installed vista 64 on partition 0

can i just install xp on partition 1 and it will fix the bootloader to show the 2 OS's?

NO ! Use "vistabootpro" for that kind of thing.

AsRock · Sep 19, 2008, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SystemViper

I just built a system and split a 500G drive into 2 250G partitians
i want to dual boot xp 64 and vista ult 64

I just installed vista 64 on partition 0

can i just install xp on partition 1 and it will fix the bootloader to show the 2 OS's?

I believe the XP install will install over the Vista boot there fore only seeing the new XP install. Prolly a 3rd party app for it though.

spud107 · Sep 19, 2008, 01:05 AM

install xp first then vista, it will add xp to its bootloader.

SK-1 · Sep 19, 2008, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AsRock

Will have to explain better how you have this setup ?.

If you have XP and Vista installed on the same HDD and remove the HDD will you not be removing XP too ?.

Do you have XP installed on one HDD and Vista on another ?. IF you installed each OS on each HDD as the 1st drive all boot files to each OS should be on there own HDD's

If you have 2 HDD's and install Vista on HDD 1 and XP on the second HDD the XP boot files will be on the 1st HDD if the same boot order was kept.

Ok,,,,1 hard drive holds VISTA all by itself,nothing else at all,...just VISTA.
My other hd has XP .
The default os for my Dual boot is XP in bios screen just before load, it was Vista, but I got tired of having Vista load if I did not hit the button to change it to XP in 30 seconds,...so I changed it.

spud107 · Sep 19, 2008, 01:16 AM

you can change what boots by default in vista here, same for xp.

Sep 19, 2008, 12:25 AM	#1
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Sep 19, 2008, 12:47 AM	#3
spud107 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: scotland Posts: 887 (0.39/day) Thanks: 31 Thanked 137 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	if your bootloader is on the sata/vista one then you wont be able to boot unless the xp bootloader is still on the other drive, you can disconnect it to try, or disable sata in bios as its easier than pulling out cables, it will work fine afterwards, can also try using xp disk to repair mbr/bootloader if needed. __________________ http://www.hwbot.org/user.do?userId=8360 check out this music http://lapfox.tumblr.com/ 2nd system - Spare Bits - sempron64 3100@1.8ghz - 1gb ddr - 80gb wd hd - nvidia 6800 ultra 256mb - server2003 msi history - 6368coppermine 6373palomino 6577northwood 6570thoroughbred-b 7094san diego 7125toledo “if it's stupid but works, it's not stupid.”

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SystemViper Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,304 (1.17/day) Thanks: 693 Thanked 477 Times in 396 Posts	I just built a system and split a 500G drive into 2 250G partitians i want to dual boot xp 64 and vista ult 64 I just installed vista 64 on partition 0 can i just install xp on partition 1 and it will fix the bootloader to show the 2 OS's? __________________ HEAT

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Sep 19, 2008, 01:05 AM	#7
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Sep 19, 2008, 01:16 AM	#9
spud107 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: scotland Posts: 887 (0.39/day) Thanks: 31 Thanked 137 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	you can change what boots by default in vista here, same for xp. __________________ http://www.hwbot.org/user.do?userId=8360 check out this music http://lapfox.tumblr.com/ 2nd system - Spare Bits - sempron64 3100@1.8ghz - 1gb ddr - 80gb wd hd - nvidia 6800 ultra 256mb - server2003 msi history - 6368coppermine 6373palomino 6577northwood 6570thoroughbred-b 7094san diego 7125toledo “if it's stupid but works, it's not stupid.”

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