Dual boot Vista / WinXP

Hi,
In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista Business
Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE harddisc from my old
computer (that runs WinXP) into my new computer, and within Vista I have
added this harddisc as a dual boot.

When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between Vista and
Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my computer restarts
immediately and goes to the dual boot menu again. Selecting Vista works
fine. To summarize:

1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP drive)
4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.

Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?

Thanks,
Mats

Mats-Lennart Hansson wrote :
> Hi,
> In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista
> Business Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE harddisc
> from my old computer (that runs WinXP) into my new computer, and
> within Vista I have added this harddisc as a dual boot.
>
> When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between
> Vista and Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my computer
> restarts immediately and goes to the dual boot menu again. Selecting
> Vista works fine. To summarize:
>
> 1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
> 2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
> 3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP drive)
> 4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.
>
> Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Mats

Check out the paths to your XP drive. You can do this with
VistabootPro.
http://www.vistabootpro.org

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Mamamegs.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
(Adam Savage)

www.vistabits.nl

MSN:
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AFAIK, you can't normally just add a disk with an OS on it to a system
and just tell the existing system to dual boot. You generally have to
install the 2 OSes sequentially in different folders (or disks), so
that the single preboot (there can only ever be one, on the active
partition) handles them sensibly. You can install Vista in the
presence of XP and dual boot them (provided that you install Vista on
a different partition), but you can't, without using third-party
"multi-boot" software, install XP on top of Vista and retain access to
both.


On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:13:15 +0200, "Mats-Lennart Hansson"
<> wrote:

>Hi,
>In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista Business
>Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE harddisc from my old
>computer (that runs WinXP) into my new computer, and within Vista I have
>added this harddisc as a dual boot.
>
>When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between Vista and
>Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my computer restarts
>immediately and goes to the dual boot menu again. Selecting Vista works
>fine. To summarize:
>
>1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
>2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
>3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP drive)
>4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.
>
>Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?
>
>Thanks,
>Mats
>

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher

Mats

If you intend to dual boot and want flexibility BootIt NG is a good
investment
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Mats-Lennart Hansson wrote:
> Hi,
> In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista
> Business Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE
> harddisc from my old computer (that runs WinXP) into my new
> computer, and within Vista I have added this harddisc as a dual
> boot.
>
> When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between
> Vista and Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my
> computer restarts immediately and goes to the dual boot menu
> again. Selecting Vista works fine. To summarize:
>
> 1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
> 2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
> 3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP
> drive)
> 4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.
>
> Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Mats
>
> c

"Mats-Lennart Hansson" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
> In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista Business
> Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE harddisc from my old
> computer (that runs WinXP) into my new computer, and within Vista I have
> added this harddisc as a dual boot.
>
> When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between Vista
> and Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my computer restarts
> immediately and goes to the dual boot menu again. Selecting Vista works
> fine. To summarize:
>
> 1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
> 2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
> 3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP drive)
> 4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.
>
> Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Mats
>

As you have it XP is on the D: drive and won't like it as it expects to be
on C:

When you want to boot XP adjust your Bios so that the XP disk is the first
disk selected, and will be the C: drive.

With my Asus mobo, I can hit F8 during the POST and then select the device
to boot from.


--
Michael Chare

Thanks for your response. The path seems fine. But I wonder if I maybe need
to change the boot.ini file in the winXP partition?


"Mamamegs" <> wrote in message
news: ...
> Mats-Lennart Hansson wrote :
>> Hi,
>> In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista
>> Business Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE harddisc from
>> my old computer (that runs WinXP) into my new computer, and within Vista
>> I have added this harddisc as a dual boot.
>>
>> When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between Vista
>> and Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my computer restarts
>> immediately and goes to the dual boot menu again. Selecting Vista works
>> fine. To summarize:
>>
>> 1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
>> 2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
>> 3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP drive)
>> 4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.
>>
>> Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mats
>
> Check out the paths to your XP drive. You can do this with VistabootPro.
> http://www.vistabootpro.org
>
> --
> Mamamegs.
>
> I reject your reality and substitute my own.
> (Adam Savage)
>
> www.vistabits.nl
>
> MSN:
> _**_
>
>

"Michael Chare" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Mats-Lennart Hansson" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>> In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista
>> Business Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE harddisc from
>> my old computer (that runs WinXP) into my new computer, and within Vista
>> I have added this harddisc as a dual boot.
>>
>> When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between Vista
>> and Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my computer restarts
>> immediately and goes to the dual boot menu again. Selecting Vista works
>> fine. To summarize:
>>
>> 1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
>> 2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
>> 3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP drive)
>> 4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.
>>
>> Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mats
>>
>
> As you have it XP is on the D: drive and won't like it as it expects to be
> on C:
>
> When you want to boot XP adjust your Bios so that the XP disk is the first
> disk selected, and will be the C: drive.
>
> With my Asus mobo, I can hit F8 during the POST and then select the device
> to boot from.
>
>
> --
> Michael Chare

I'm running ultimate on my sata II, C:. When I boot from an xp pro disk, it
loads drivers and then can't find a hdd. I emailed Hitachi and they said it
should load; no drivers needed. I don't have an hdd driver disk( that's why
I emailed them). Is there a 'universal driver' for sata?


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"Tim" <> wrote in message
news:46313da3$0$16309$.. .
>
> "Michael Chare" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "Mats-Lennart Hansson" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi,
>>> In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista
>>> Business Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE harddisc from
>>> my old computer (that runs WinXP) into my new computer, and within Vista
>>> I have added this harddisc as a dual boot.
>>>
>>> When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between Vista
>>> and Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my computer restarts
>>> immediately and goes to the dual boot menu again. Selecting Vista works
>>> fine. To summarize:
>>>
>>> 1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
>>> 2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
>>> 3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP drive)
>>> 4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.
>>>
>>> Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mats
>>>
>>
>> As you have it XP is on the D: drive and won't like it as it expects to
>> be on C:
>>
>> When you want to boot XP adjust your Bios so that the XP disk is the
>> first disk selected, and will be the C: drive.
>>
>> With my Asus mobo, I can hit F8 during the POST and then select the
>> device to boot from.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Chare
>
> I'm running ultimate on my sata II, C:. When I boot from an xp pro disk,
> it loads drivers and then can't find a hdd. I emailed Hitachi and they
> said it should load; no drivers needed. I don't have an hdd driver disk(
> that's why I emailed them). Is there a 'universal driver' for sata?

I have a cheap Compaq with Vista Home Basic preinstalled on a Sata drive.
The BIOS presents it as a separate category from the IDE drives, but even
the DOS version of Ghost running from a W98 DOS boot floppy can access the
Sata drive. I replaced the original Sata drive with a larger drive and
created two Fat32 partition on it (in addition to the two NTSF partition
Compaq used), and those partitions are seen from the W98 DOS boot floppy Dir
command.

-Paul Randall

"Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>
> "Tim" <> wrote in message
> news:46313da3$0$16309$.. .
>>
>> "Michael Chare" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> "Mats-Lennart Hansson" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista
>>>> Business Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE harddisc from
>>>> my old computer (that runs WinXP) into my new computer, and within
>>>> Vista I have added this harddisc as a dual boot.
>>>>
>>>> When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between Vista
>>>> and Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my computer restarts
>>>> immediately and goes to the dual boot menu again. Selecting Vista works
>>>> fine. To summarize:
>>>>
>>>> 1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
>>>> 2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
>>>> 3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP drive)
>>>> 4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Mats
>>>>
>>>
>>> As you have it XP is on the D: drive and won't like it as it expects to
>>> be on C:
>>>
>>> When you want to boot XP adjust your Bios so that the XP disk is the
>>> first disk selected, and will be the C: drive.
>>>
>>> With my Asus mobo, I can hit F8 during the POST and then select the
>>> device to boot from.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael Chare
>>
>> I'm running ultimate on my sata II, C:. When I boot from an xp pro disk,
>> it loads drivers and then can't find a hdd. I emailed Hitachi and they
>> said it should load; no drivers needed. I don't have an hdd driver
>> disk( that's why I emailed them). Is there a 'universal driver' for sata?
>
> I have a cheap Compaq with Vista Home Basic preinstalled on a Sata drive.
> The BIOS presents it as a separate category from the IDE drives, but even
> the DOS version of Ghost running from a W98 DOS boot floppy can access the
> Sata drive. I replaced the original Sata drive with a larger drive and
> created two Fat32 partition on it (in addition to the two NTSF partition
> Compaq used), and those partitions are seen from the W98 DOS boot floppy
> Dir command.
>
> -Paul Randall
>
I changed the disk management in the BIOS to EIDE. I have 2 partitions. XP
found partition 1. Does that mean my current C: drive is partition 0 , and
XP found D: partition 1 ? The volume is close to what My Computer reports
for D: . I don't want to delete my current vista, but it wouldn't be the
worst.


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"Tim" <> wrote in message
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:
: "Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
: news:%...
: >
: > "Tim" <> wrote in message
: > news:46313da3$0$16309$.. .
: >>
: >> "Michael Chare" <> wrote in message
: >> news:...
: >>> "Mats-Lennart Hansson" <> wrote in message
: >>> news:...
: >>>> Hi,
: >>>> In my new computer I have a SATA harddisc that runs Windows Vista
: >>>> Business Edition. This works fine. Now I have put my IDE harddisc
from
: >>>> my old computer (that runs WinXP) into my new computer, and within
: >>>> Vista I have added this harddisc as a dual boot.
: >>>>
: >>>> When starting my computer I get a menu where I can choose between
Vista
: >>>> and Windows XP. However, when I chose Windows XP, my computer
restarts
: >>>> immediately and goes to the dual boot menu again. Selecting Vista
works
: >>>> fine. To summarize:
: >>>>
: >>>> 1. I have Vista on my SATA disc
: >>>> 2. I installed the IDE disc with Windows XP to the computer
: >>>> 3. I changed Vista Boot order to Dual boot against E:\ (WinXP drive)
: >>>> 4. When I select WinXP in boot menu, the computer restarts.
: >>>>
: >>>> Can anyone give me hint of what I've done wrong?
: >>>>
: >>>> Thanks,
: >>>> Mats
: >>>>
: >>>
: >>> As you have it XP is on the D: drive and won't like it as it expects
to
: >>> be on C:
: >>>
: >>> When you want to boot XP adjust your Bios so that the XP disk is the
: >>> first disk selected, and will be the C: drive.
: >>>
: >>> With my Asus mobo, I can hit F8 during the POST and then select the
: >>> device to boot from.
: >>>
: >>>
: >>> --
: >>> Michael Chare
: >>
: >> I'm running ultimate on my sata II, C:. When I boot from an xp pro
disk,
: >> it loads drivers and then can't find a hdd. I emailed Hitachi and they
: >> said it should load; no drivers needed. I don't have an hdd driver
: >> disk( that's why I emailed them). Is there a 'universal driver' for
sata?
: >
: > I have a cheap Compaq with Vista Home Basic preinstalled on a Sata
drive.
: > The BIOS presents it as a separate category from the IDE drives, but
even
: > the DOS version of Ghost running from a W98 DOS boot floppy can access
the
: > Sata drive. I replaced the original Sata drive with a larger drive and
: > created two Fat32 partition on it (in addition to the two NTSF partition
: > Compaq used), and those partitions are seen from the W98 DOS boot floppy
: > Dir command.
: >
: > -Paul Randall
: >
: I changed the disk management in the BIOS to EIDE. I have 2 partitions. XP
: found partition 1. Does that mean my current C: drive is partition 0 , and
: XP found D: partition 1 ? The volume is close to what My Computer reports
: for D: . I don't want to delete my current vista, but it wouldn't be the
: worst.
:
:
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: Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
:
Partition numbering starts with 1.
Everything else starts with 0.
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