HELP!!! Windows Vista did not appear

Please help. I recently bought Acer Aspire 4720z only weeks ago with windows
vista installed on it. It came with a 250GB hard drive partition, C and D.
Because of the delicate nature of vista, i decide to install windows xp on
the second partitioned drive. To my suprise, when i restarted my computer, it
did not prompt me with the choice of opertating system to choose. It goes
straight to the newly installed OS (windows XP). However, i still can see and
access my C drive which contains the preinstalled windows vista from my
computer manufacturers from windows xp platform. What do i need to do to
enable both operating system (windows vista and windows xp) to prompt durring
boot up so that i could swith in between both? Thank you.

Kunle Amuda wrote:
> Please help. I recently bought Acer Aspire 4720z only weeks ago with windows
> vista installed on it. It came with a 250GB hard drive partition, C and D.
> Because of the delicate nature of vista, i decide to install windows xp on
> the second partitioned drive. To my suprise, when i restarted my computer, it
> did not prompt me with the choice of opertating system to choose. It goes
> straight to the newly installed OS (windows XP). However, i still can see and
> access my C drive which contains the preinstalled windows vista from my
> computer manufacturers from windows xp platform. What do i need to do to
> enable both operating system (windows vista and windows xp) to prompt durring
> boot up so that i could swith in between both? Thank you.

Hit F8 right after the beep when you boot up or reboot.

Alias

Download and install VistaBootPro:
http://www.vistabootpro.org/

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Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

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"Kunle Amuda" wrote:

Please help. I recently bought Acer Aspire 4720z only weeks ago with windows
vista installed on it. It came with a 250GB hard drive partition, C and D.
Because of the delicate nature of vista, i decide to install windows xp on
the second partitioned drive. To my suprise, when i restarted my computer, it
did not prompt me with the choice of opertating system to choose. It goes
straight to the newly installed OS (windows XP). However, i still can see and
access my C drive which contains the preinstalled windows vista from my
computer manufacturers from windows xp platform. What do i need to do to
enable both operating system (windows vista and windows xp) to prompt durring
boot up so that i could swith in between both? Thank you.

How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to
troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us
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"Kunle Amuda" <> wrote in message
news:2B36686F-16A1-45CA-9988-...
> Please help. I recently bought Acer Aspire 4720z only weeks ago with
> windows
> vista installed on it. It came with a 250GB hard drive partition, C and D.
> Because of the delicate nature of vista, i decide to install windows xp on
> the second partitioned drive. To my suprise, when i restarted my computer,
> it
> did not prompt me with the choice of opertating system to choose. It goes
> straight to the newly installed OS (windows XP). However, i still can see
> and
> access my C drive which contains the preinstalled windows vista from my
> computer manufacturers from windows xp platform. What do i need to do to
> enable both operating system (windows vista and windows xp) to prompt
> durring
> boot up so that i could swith in between both? Thank you.

Boot from the Vista disk and run a "Startup Repair".


"Kunle Amuda" <> wrote in message
news:2B36686F-16A1-45CA-9988-...
> Please help. I recently bought Acer Aspire 4720z only weeks ago with
> windows
> vista installed on it. It came with a 250GB hard drive partition, C and D.
> Because of the delicate nature of vista, i decide to install windows xp on
> the second partitioned drive. To my suprise, when i restarted my computer,
> it
> did not prompt me with the choice of opertating system to choose. It goes
> straight to the newly installed OS (windows XP). However, i still can see
> and
> access my C drive which contains the preinstalled windows vista from my
> computer manufacturers from windows xp platform. What do i need to do to
> enable both operating system (windows vista and windows xp) to prompt
> durring
> boot up so that i could swith in between both? Thank you.