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Installing vista with xp, won't boot


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#1 chriso_86

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Posted 05 September 2006 - 01:30 AM

I have xp installed under C: drive. My vista was installed on another hard drive and is shown as being F: drive. However, even when that drive is set to boot Vista will not. Instead XP boots eveytime. Is there a way to get this to work? Help would be greatly appreciated!

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Posted 05 September 2006 - 01:33 AM

Vista has to boot from C:. Can you re arrange your drive letters?

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Posted 05 September 2006 - 01:36 AM

View Postchriso_86, on Sep 4 2006, 06:30 PM, said:

I have xp installed under C: drive. My vista was installed on another hard drive and is shown as being F: drive. However, even when that drive is set to boot Vista will not. Instead XP boots eveytime. Is there a way to get this to work? Help would be greatly appreciated!
set the vista drive, in bios, to boot first. you might have a corrupt loader :lol:

was the vista drive(s) the only one in the system when you installed?

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Posted 05 September 2006 - 01:46 AM

No, I had several drives as options to install on. I guess I could rename the drive letters, will that mess up xp?

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Posted 05 September 2006 - 03:27 AM

Ok, I tried to rename the drive letters but it says that you can't rename a system or boot drive letter. So, xp won't let me. I also tried that vista boot pro and it keeps giving me a error that says it cannot access BCD registry and to right click and run as administrator. That doesn't work either. So, I am kind of at a dead end once again!

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Posted 05 September 2006 - 03:40 AM

unless dave can come up with a better idea, i would reinstall vista without any other drives in the system

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Posted 05 September 2006 - 03:41 AM

well i can tell you how to get XP and Vista working together, but i think you already know, and i dont think you like it :lol: but since you already have a fresh install of XP, and really no data or apps installed on it, its not that bad. Just remember Vista needs to be installed on C, where the BCDEdit is.

You may try this before starting fresh: http://www.linux.com...6/04/25/1917228

Edited by Nvyseal, 05 September 2006 - 04:06 AM.


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Posted 15 September 2006 - 02:24 AM

Did you get this taken care of?




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