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Colin Barnhorst
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Re: Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Adding a registry entry is not a hack. It is, well, adding a registry
entry. It is simply adding a new definition to the database for the OS to
use in configuring Windows. That's what regedit is for. A Windows hack is
quite something else again.
The BCD store (what you are referring to as the botmangr) is written to the
root of the XP drive when adding Vista to an XP system. Removing the BCD
store does not cripple XP. Anyway that's where VistaBoot Pro is so handy.
"Lance Le Claire" <la_1@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:ujbA%23vxdIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> No you won't Don. If the first drive is XP in the bios, by default it will
> boot into XP without requests. If you want Vista then you must use the
> boot menu.
>
> Vista bootmngr when used with XP can be a real hassle. Because if you
> decide to get rid of Vista Xp will not boot anymore if Vista was using
> botmngr for both drives.
>
> Having 2 different O/S boot on two different drives with bios boot,
> eliminates Bootmngr and loosing system restore options without having to
> hack the registry.
> --
> 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: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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Adding a registry entry is not a hack. It is, well, adding a registry
entry. It is simply adding a new definition to the database for the OS to
use in configuring Windows. That's what regedit is for. A Windows hack is
quite something else again.
The BCD store (what you are referring to as the botmangr) is written to the
root of the XP drive when adding Vista to an XP system. Removing the BCD
store does not cripple XP. Anyway that's where VistaBoot Pro is so handy.
"Lance Le Claire" <la_1@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:ujbA%23vxdIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> No you won't Don. If the first drive is XP in the bios, by default it will
> boot into XP without requests. If you want Vista then you must use the
> boot menu.
>
> Vista bootmngr when used with XP can be a real hassle. Because if you
> decide to get rid of Vista Xp will not boot anymore if Vista was using
> botmngr for both drives.
>
> Having 2 different O/S boot on two different drives with bios boot,
> eliminates Bootmngr and loosing system restore options without having to
> hack the registry.
> --
> 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: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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
