XP & Vista Dual Boot. Flashing Dash??? plz help!

Firedomain · Apr 15, 2008

just outta curiosity, what xp files appeared on the vista partition (guessing c

because as u'd know i was/am duel booting & i wanna check my files & see if the same ones are there (cant do it at the moment, coz my comp blew up....)

Titus · Apr 18, 2008

Hi

Since two weeks i'm on dual boot on my last rig.
I'm on XP Pro SP2 ( an Nlite version i made starting my XP Pro MCE discs ) on the first partition of an HDD and on the first partition of a second HDD i put Vista 64 ultimate.
After XP install, i launched vista boot pro 3.3 and type in it the primary OS.

And rock and roll :rockout:

tizzle4shizzle · Apr 29, 2008

the files were from like 10 digit names hmm started with f ,letters and numbers but were so crazy cant really remember what they were but they wer in the c of the vista boot in c: or around bitlord in c: cant remember but couldnt delete.

it was after the updates and almost all programs installed ,

almost had it , hot swap is looking alot better for my use

vista is nice but xp is functional.
so im back to xp till -hot swap,or i can figure out how to do this with one drive and keep the files where there supposed to be, Hmm??? ive tried it every way and ive had the file problem every time,raaaah lol

just a note the files were small as heck and probly wernt doing anything wrong but im picky. couldnt remove them until i reformated the disc!!!! vista security there i beleive but they were created by xp go figure?

Firedomain · Apr 29, 2008

what if you install xp 1st & give it the C: drive, then install vista & let it have the next letter....
when i 1st started duel booting, i was hoping i would b possible to install 1 to c, then after i install the other, i'd remove the assigned c letter from the xp partition & was hoping i could replace vistas letter with c... but since by then its already installed i couldn't

(so basically, in xp vista's partition letter would be removed, so the drive is inaccessible & vice versa when vista is loaded. was hoping either way the OS would run on C:.... i'm sure i've seen it done... just dont remember how!!!!!)

tizzle4shizzle · May 4, 2008

only two ways ive found

xp first then vista makes it so each os is on c or so it thinks :vista files in xp

vista then xp , vista takes c and xp takes d : xp files in vista

this could have been directly related to programs i was installing but in my mind it should have worked

now i need to sink more into this just to use my $300+ copy of vista(hot swap to make it easier on me i just dont have the time to keep dinkin with this rig)

btw i dont think that video card is salvageable but kudos for trying to fix it

Mussels · May 4, 2008

when i dual boot them, i simply use two hard drives. disconnect the other OS drive before installing, and use the mobo to choose what OS to run - most boards that support AM2 or Core 2's allow you go hit a certain key (usually F8) at boot to choose a boot device.

Firedomain · May 7, 2008

cheers mussels. i didn't even think about that!!!.... would b convenient that it wont slow down the boot up at all & if i needa i can still boot into the other OS

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Processor	Intel i7 950 @4Ghz Swiftech Water Cooled
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Rampage III Formula
Cooling	All are 12cm LED fans: 2x front, 1x side, 1x back, 2x inside top under CPU radiator, 2x 14cm Top.
Memory	12GB DDR3 1600 3x4GB DIMMs
Video Card(s)	2x MSI HD 6950 2GB flashed to 6970 2GB... Damn fast :p direct exhaust.
Storage	2x GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSDs' in RAID 0 (500MB/s read/write). 3x 2TB WD Green in RAID 5
Display(s)	52" Sony Bravia LCD 200hz motionflow
Case	NZXT Tempest Evo
Audio Device(s)	6950/6970
Power Supply	1200w Thermaltake Toughpower
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	7.7 in Windows Experience Index.... CPU holding me back...

Processor	phenom 9600 BE
Motherboard	ma790fx-ds5
Cooling	100 cfm in 100 out
Memory	8 gig ocz ddr2-800
Video Card(s)	saphire hd 3870 512 gddr4
Storage	seagate 500gig 32mb cache
Display(s)	westinghouse 22"
Case	rosewill
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	orion 630or 610 cant remember
Software	vista//////xp
Benchmark Scores	vista ultimate 5.9

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