Dual Boot Reversal?

use google for your research

for example this applies to XP

http://www.petri.co.il/change_system...windows_xp.htm



"BChat" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>
> "andy" <bogusaddress@bogusaddress.123> wrote in message
> news:...
> The primary partition on the Vista drive has to be active. Otherwise,
> the drive is not bootable.
>
> <snip>
> Andy,
>
> You are correct - it wasn't.
> I went to Control Panel - Admin Tools - Comp Mgmnt - Disk Mgmnt
> right clicked on Vista (D - marked it as "Active".
> rebooted - entered Set Up and disabled drive 0 - XP.
> Drive 1 (Vista) was now the first drive it came - I did the repair
> rebooted and it worked - booted to Vista
> I shut the machine down
> switched cables 0>1, 1>0
> rebooted - enabled drive 0
> Vista is now right where I want it.
> BUT -
> Vista is still D - can't rename due to it containing Page File - so it
> says
> XP is still C
> Installed VBPro - it doesn't see XP on C and if I add it, it won't boot to
> it.
> I still have VBPro on C - set to boot to Vista on D
>
> I need a few more drives to mess with here:-)
>
> Thanks to you and others for all your help.
> Some progress was made, some to go, and I learned some stuff.
> All is good.
>
> BChat
>

cheen,

Thanks for your help today - still some stuff to do - still some stuff to
learn.
Thanks again. Google is my friend ;-)

BChat




"cheen" <> wrote in message
news:47aba321$...
use google for your research

for example this applies to XP

http://www.petri.co.il/change_system...windows_xp.htm



"BChat" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>
> "andy" <bogusaddress@bogusaddress.123> wrote in message
> news:...
> The primary partition on the Vista drive has to be active. Otherwise,
> the drive is not bootable.
>
> <snip>
> Andy,
>
> You are correct - it wasn't.
> I went to Control Panel - Admin Tools - Comp Mgmnt - Disk Mgmnt
> right clicked on Vista (D - marked it as "Active".
> rebooted - entered Set Up and disabled drive 0 - XP.
> Drive 1 (Vista) was now the first drive it came - I did the repair
> rebooted and it worked - booted to Vista
> I shut the machine down
> switched cables 0>1, 1>0
> rebooted - enabled drive 0
> Vista is now right where I want it.
> BUT -
> Vista is still D - can't rename due to it containing Page File - so it
> says
> XP is still C
> Installed VBPro - it doesn't see XP on C and if I add it, it won't boot to
> it.
> I still have VBPro on C - set to boot to Vista on D
>
> I need a few more drives to mess with here:-)
>
> Thanks to you and others for all your help.
> Some progress was made, some to go, and I learned some stuff.
> All is good.
>
> BChat
>

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:11:17 -0500, "BChat" <> wrote:

>
>"andy" <bogusaddress@bogusaddress.123> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>The primary partition on the Vista drive has to be active. Otherwise,
>the drive is not bootable.
>
><snip>
> Andy,
>
>You are correct - it wasn't.
>I went to Control Panel - Admin Tools - Comp Mgmnt - Disk Mgmnt
>right clicked on Vista (D - marked it as "Active".
>rebooted - entered Set Up and disabled drive 0 - XP.
>Drive 1 (Vista) was now the first drive it came - I did the repair
>rebooted and it worked - booted to Vista
>I shut the machine down
>switched cables 0>1, 1>0
>rebooted - enabled drive 0
>Vista is now right where I want it.
>BUT -
>Vista is still D - can't rename due to it containing Page File - so it says
>XP is still C
>Installed VBPro - it doesn't see XP on C and if I add it, it won't boot to
>it.

For XP to boot, you have to copy files ntdetect.com, ntldr, and
boot.ini (rdisk(#) may have to changed) to the Vista drive.

>I still have VBPro on C - set to boot to Vista on D
>
>I need a few more drives to mess with here:-)
>
>Thanks to you and others for all your help.
>Some progress was made, some to go, and I learned some stuff.
>All is good.
>
>BChat

<snip>
For XP to boot, you have to copy files ntdetect.com, ntldr, and
boot.ini (rdisk(#) may have to changed) to the Vista drive.
<snip>

Andy - you are correct - I did this - including changing the rdisk# and all
is well.

Thanks
BChat