Re: Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Thanks Colin, that certainly helps me understand what I need to do, to keep
my Vista restore points from getting deleted. I do have Vista Ultimate, and
understand I could use the Bitlocker feature as well.
Ok, so in regards to booting into XP or Vista, let me clarify where I am
with that and what it is doing.
I have three sata hard drives.
Drive 1 = XP OS ( 2 partitiions)
Drive 2 - XP Data and Apps ( 2 partitions)
Drive 3 = Vista ( 2 partitions)
Currently, I have my hard disk boot order in bios, set for drive 1 first,
which automatically boots into XP, which is fine as it is still going to be
my main OS for a while.
To get into Vista, during boot, I hit escape to get into a boot menu, then
select boot from hard drive, then select Drive 3, then it will go ahead and
boot into Vista.
It is really not that bad a deal, but after doing a few times, I find myself
wishing I could just select which OS to boot into rather than going through
the above steps.
I have tried the Easy Bcd program, and also Vista Boot Pro, but for some
reason can't seem to get it to work. Perhaps I am not understanding exactly
how to do it.
Any other tips for my simple mind would certainly be appreciated.
--
Don
"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:055C6899-2EB6-4F45-B0D0-8ABB8292C604@microsoft.com...
> Please see the attachment in my latest post. It is not necessary to go
> through what you are doing. Microsoft's recommended procedure makes that
> unneccessary.
>
> "Don B" <d.burnette@clothes.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:uY%23G5CndIHA.544@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hey Lance,
>>
>> Just to make sure I understand, they way I have mine set now, I will
>> always have to go in and select which drive to boot from correct, rather
>> than having it give me the option of which OS to boot to during bootup?
>>
>> That is no big deal for me, just wanted to make sure, it is working great
>> as is.
>>
>> Many thanks again,
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>> "Lance Le Claire" <la_1@videotron.ca> wrote in message
>> news:eF0UgomdIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Colin, He's not in a dual boot situation so each drive is individual.
>>>
>>> You would have to do this if Vista was the boot manager.
>>>
>>> Don, Choose which ever OS you want to boot first. For me it's Vista.
>>> It's running nice and smooth with SP1.
>>>
>>> Have fun.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lance Frca {497083/1008563} MVP Shell/User
>>> www.zardoc.com
>>> XP-Vista Trucs et Astuces et autres
>>>
>>>
>>> "Don B" <d.burnette@clothes.comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:ebmVmhldIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Awesome I finally was able to boot back to my XP Pro, with all parition
>>>> letters intact as they should be.
>>>> Many thanks Lance!!
>>>>
>>>> I changed the hard disk boot priority, to the disk XP was intalled on
>>>> as the first, and it booted right up into XP.
>>>> When I restard, I hit escape to enter boot menu, choose the hard disk
>>>> that Vista is on, and it boots into Vista.
>>>>
>>>> Whew, I was nervous there for a few minutes, again, many thanks!!
>>>>
>>>> Now, what would be best way, to get it to just give me an option
>>>> between Vista and XP upon booting?
>>>> I sure don't want to scredw anything up, I can live with it like it is
>>>> if I need to.
>>>>
>>>> Btw, no I did not have my main drive that XP is on unplugged when
>>>> installing the Vista Ultimate full version on the new drive.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks again,
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Lance Le Claire" <la_1@videotron.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:Om1KLUldIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>> You made a good choice.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's how I installed mine. If you don't have dual boot, it usually
>>>>> means that the Vista installation did not see your XP drive (was it
>>>>> unplugged?) if so that's just fine. You should be able to boot from
>>>>> bios to the drive you want.
>>>>>
>>>>> Go to your bios and set XP hd as first boot. That means, if you don't
>>>>> touch anything XP will boot first.
>>>>>
>>>>> Usually on boot screen you ave an option to choose boot from (usually
>>>>> F10 check your manual ) on most boards.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hit the F10, get a drive menu and choose the XP drive to boot to
>>>>> XP. If I don't do anything Vista will boot first.
>>>>>
>>>>> If worst comes to worst, use VistaBootPro on your Vista drive to
>>>>> create a start menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> Vista boot Pro can be found http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Lance Frca {497083/1008563} MVP Shell/User
>>>>> www.zardoc.com
>>>>> XP-Vista Trucs et Astuces et autres
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Don" <d.burnette@clothes.comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eFBrtDldIHA.1376@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hey gang,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista
>>>>>> Ultimate, retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot
>>>>>> environment.
>>>>>> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to,
>>>>>> it only boots into Vista.
>>>>>> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other
>>>>>> hard drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here,
>>>>>> but apparently I did something I should not have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
>>>>>> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Don
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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