Setting up dual boot

I have installed Vista on the C: drive and had XP installed on what now is
the second drive in the first partition and it is now active and unhidden.
This was hidden when I installed Vista. When I boot the machine it does not
see the second OS so it just boots to Vista normally. How do I make it give
me the dual boot choice?

Thanks!!

Paul

you have to install the OLD OS first, then install the NEW OS

DANGER>> stupid Microsoft left a BUG that will delete the vista restore
points
every time you boot into XP.

Be warned.. vista sucks


"Paul Schumacher" <> wrote in message
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>I have installed Vista on the C: drive and had XP installed on what now is
>the second drive in the first partition and it is now active and unhidden.
>This was hidden when I installed Vista. When I boot the machine it does not
>see the second OS so it just boots to Vista normally. How do I make it give
>me the dual boot choice?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Paul

I had the old XP OS installed first but the partition it is in on the second
drive was hiddened at the time and was not "active" . Should I reinstall
Vista?

Thanks.

Paul



"jim" <1@1.1> wrote in message news:u$...
> you have to install the OLD OS first, then install the NEW OS
>
> DANGER>> stupid Microsoft left a BUG that will delete the vista restore
> points
> every time you boot into XP.
>
> Be warned.. vista sucks
>
>
> "Paul Schumacher" <> wrote in message
> news:u7%...
>>I have installed Vista on the C: drive and had XP installed on what now is
>>the second drive in the first partition and it is now active and unhidden.
>>This was hidden when I installed Vista. When I boot the machine it does
>>not see the second OS so it just boots to Vista normally. How do I make it
>>give me the dual boot choice?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>> Paul
>
>

yes vista should "see" that xp exists so it can add it to its boot manager

so reinstall vista with xp not hidden


"Paul Schumacher" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>I had the old XP OS installed first but the partition it is in on the
>second drive was hiddened at the time and was not "active" . Should I
>reinstall Vista?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> "jim" <1@1.1> wrote in message
> news:u$...
>> you have to install the OLD OS first, then install the NEW OS
>>
>> DANGER>> stupid Microsoft left a BUG that will delete the vista restore
>> points
>> every time you boot into XP.
>>
>> Be warned.. vista sucks
>>
>>
>> "Paul Schumacher" <> wrote in message
>> news:u7%...
>>>I have installed Vista on the C: drive and had XP installed on what now
>>>is the second drive in the first partition and it is now active and
>>>unhidden. This was hidden when I installed Vista. When I boot the machine
>>>it does not see the second OS so it just boots to Vista normally. How do
>>>I make it give me the dual boot choice?
>>>
>>> Thanks!!
>>>
>>> Paul
>>
>>
>

Completely unnecessary.

http://www.vistabootpro.org/
"Advanced settings include backing up and exporting your boot loader
configuration, making advanced "functional" changes like adding an operating
system to the boot menu..."
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
"EasyBCD is geared for users of all kinds. Whether you just want to add an
entry to your old XP partition ..."
--
Maxwell Bluemeanie
------

"jim" <1@1.1> wrote in message news:...
> yes vista should "see" that xp exists so it can add it to its boot manager
>
> so reinstall vista with xp not hidden
>
>
> "Paul Schumacher" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I had the old XP OS installed first but the partition it is in on the
>>second drive was hiddened at the time and was not "active" . Should I
>>reinstall Vista?

There's more than one way to skin the dualboot cat, verily so ..

Happily dualbooting in Canada,
Saucy Lemon


"Paul Schumacher" <> wrote in message
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>I have installed Vista on the C: drive and had XP installed on what now is
>the second drive in the first partition and it is now active and unhidden.
>This was hidden when I installed Vista. When I boot the machine it does not
>see the second OS so it just boots to Vista normally. How do I make it give
>me the dual boot choice?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Paul

Definitely second Max. Try one of them and they have tutorials that are
screenshoted for them as well.

CH


"Paul Schumacher" <> wrote in message
news:u7%...
>I have installed Vista on the C: drive and had XP installed on what now is
>the second drive in the first partition and it is now active and unhidden.
>This was hidden when I installed Vista. When I boot the machine it does not
>see the second OS so it just boots to Vista normally. How do I make it give
>me the dual boot choice?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Paul

I think you would have been much better off not hiding the parttion in the
first place.

However, I think now... You'll probably have to look up and learn to use
BCDEdit.exe

Not real fun, but I think it'll do the job.

Sorry no step-by-step instructions that I know of yet.


"Paul Schumacher" <> wrote in message
news:u7%...
>I have installed Vista on the C: drive and had XP installed on what now is
>the second drive in the first partition and it is now active and unhidden.
>This was hidden when I installed Vista. When I boot the machine it does not
>see the second OS so it just boots to Vista normally. How do I make it give
>me the dual boot choice?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Paul

Oh, I see now there is also a GUI interface to BCD someone wrote:

http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

Might be easier than banging your way through with the command line
BCDEdit.exe

Cheers


"Paul Schumacher" <> wrote in message
news:u7%...
>I have installed Vista on the C: drive and had XP installed on what now is
>the second drive in the first partition and it is now active and unhidden.
>This was hidden when I installed Vista. When I boot the machine it does not
>see the second OS so it just boots to Vista normally. How do I make it give
>me the dual boot choice?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Paul