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Hey gang,

I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.

Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it
only boots into Vista.
Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard
drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?

Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
apparently I did something I should not have.

I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
desperately need to be able to get back to it.

Thanks,


Don

Download and install VistaBootPro or EasyBCD and add a legacy OS entry.
Both are free and you can Google for the sites. Depending on your setup,
you may have to duplicate the ntdetect.com, boot.ini and ntldr files to the
other drive and modify the boot.ini to point to the correct drive and
partition for the XP system



"Don" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hey gang,
>
> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
> retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>
> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it
> only boots into Vista.
> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard
> drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>
> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
> apparently I did something I should not have.
>
> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Don

You made a good choice.

That's how I installed mine. If you don't have dual boot, it usually means
that the Vista installation did not see your XP drive (was it unplugged?) if
so that's just fine. You should be able to boot from bios to the drive you
want.

Go to your bios and set XP hd as first boot. That means, if you don't touch
anything XP will boot first.

Usually on boot screen you ave an option to choose boot from (usually F10
check your manual ) on most boards.

I hit the F10, get a drive menu and choose the XP drive to boot to XP. If I
don't do anything Vista will boot first.

If worst comes to worst, use VistaBootPro on your Vista drive to create a
start menu.

Vista boot Pro can be found http://www.vistabootpro.org/


--
Lance Frca {497083/1008563} MVP Shell/User
www.zardoc.com
XP-Vista Trucs et Astuces et autres



"Don" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hey gang,
>
> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
> retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>
> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it
> only boots into Vista.
> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard
> drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>
> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
> apparently I did something I should not have.
>
> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Don

Thanks John,

Using Vista Boot Pro, I added a legacy os, named it XP, chose the drive that
Vista shows it is on - E - , then tried rebooting.
It gave me a choice upon boot, but when I choose XP, the system just
restarts.

Can you elaborate a little, on duplicating those file you mentioned? Not
sure I fully understand what to do there.

Also, when I do manage to get XP to boot, are my partitions going to be as
they were in XP before, ie the main partion will be C, rather than E like
Vista shows it resides in?

Thanks,

Don


"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
news:%23k%...
> Download and install VistaBootPro or EasyBCD and add a legacy OS entry.
> Both are free and you can Google for the sites. Depending on your setup,
> you may have to duplicate the ntdetect.com, boot.ini and ntldr files to
> the other drive and modify the boot.ini to point to the correct drive and
> partition for the XP system
>
>
>
> "Don" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hey gang,
>>
>> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
>> retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
>> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>>
>> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it
>> only boots into Vista.
>> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard
>> drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>>
>> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
>> apparently I did something I should not have.
>>
>> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
>> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Don
>

Thanks, I will go into bios and give that a try and advise.

Don


"Lance Le Claire" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You made a good choice.
>
> That's how I installed mine. If you don't have dual boot, it usually means
> that the Vista installation did not see your XP drive (was it unplugged?)
> if so that's just fine. You should be able to boot from bios to the drive
> you want.
>
> Go to your bios and set XP hd as first boot. That means, if you don't
> touch anything XP will boot first.
>
> Usually on boot screen you ave an option to choose boot from (usually F10
> check your manual ) on most boards.
>
> I hit the F10, get a drive menu and choose the XP drive to boot to XP. If
> I don't do anything Vista will boot first.
>
> If worst comes to worst, use VistaBootPro on your Vista drive to create a
> start menu.
>
> Vista boot Pro can be found http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>
>
> --
> Lance Frca {497083/1008563} MVP Shell/User
> www.zardoc.com
> XP-Vista Trucs et Astuces et autres
>
>
>
> "Don" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hey gang,
>>
>> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
>> retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
>> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>>
>> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it
>> only boots into Vista.
>> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard
>> drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>>
>> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
>> apparently I did something I should not have.
>>
>> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
>> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Don
>

Awesome I finally was able to boot back to my XP Pro, with all parition
letters intact as they should be.
Many thanks Lance!!

I changed the hard disk boot priority, to the disk XP was intalled on as the
first, and it booted right up into XP.
When I restard, I hit escape to enter boot menu, choose the hard disk that
Vista is on, and it boots into Vista.

Whew, I was nervous there for a few minutes, again, many thanks!!

Now, what would be best way, to get it to just give me an option between
Vista and XP upon booting?
I sure don't want to scredw anything up, I can live with it like it is if I
need to.

Btw, no I did not have my main drive that XP is on unplugged when installing
the Vista Ultimate full version on the new drive.

Many thanks again,

Don


"Lance Le Claire" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You made a good choice.
>
> That's how I installed mine. If you don't have dual boot, it usually means
> that the Vista installation did not see your XP drive (was it unplugged?)
> if so that's just fine. You should be able to boot from bios to the drive
> you want.
>
> Go to your bios and set XP hd as first boot. That means, if you don't
> touch anything XP will boot first.
>
> Usually on boot screen you ave an option to choose boot from (usually F10
> check your manual ) on most boards.
>
> I hit the F10, get a drive menu and choose the XP drive to boot to XP. If
> I don't do anything Vista will boot first.
>
> If worst comes to worst, use VistaBootPro on your Vista drive to create a
> start menu.
>
> Vista boot Pro can be found http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>
>
> --
> Lance Frca {497083/1008563} MVP Shell/User
> www.zardoc.com
> XP-Vista Trucs et Astuces et autres
>
>
>
> "Don" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hey gang,
>>
>> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
>> retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
>> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>>
>> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it
>> only boots into Vista.
>> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard
>> drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>>
>> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
>> apparently I did something I should not have.
>>
>> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
>> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Don
>

> Can you elaborate a little, on duplicating those file you mentioned? Not
> sure I fully understand what to do there.

Copy the three files onto the root of your other OS. You can edit the
boot.ini file and change rdisk if necessary. You could also give
information as to your drives and what boot files are on each. As a way of
getting to your XP system if necessary, you can use VistaBootPro to restore
the XP boot process from another section. You could then install it on XP
and just restore back and forth until you get the BCD fix to see the ntldr
process

>
> Also, when I do manage to get XP to boot, are my partitions going to be as
> they were in XP before, ie the main partion will be C, rather than E like
> Vista shows it resides in?



The drive letters are already defined in your registry, so the drive letters
will stay the same if the new drive had already been added, otherwise it
will be assigned the next drive letter per the enumeration formula.

> Thanks,
>
> Don
>
>
> "John Barnes" <> wrote in message
> news:%23k%...
>> Download and install VistaBootPro or EasyBCD and add a legacy OS entry.
>> Both are free and you can Google for the sites. Depending on your setup,
>> you may have to duplicate the ntdetect.com, boot.ini and ntldr files to
>> the other drive and modify the boot.ini to point to the correct drive and
>> partition for the XP system
>>
>>
>>
>> "Don" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hey gang,
>>>
>>> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
>>> retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
>>> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>>>
>>> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it
>>> only boots into Vista.
>>> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard
>>> drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>>>
>>> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
>>> apparently I did something I should not have.
>>>
>>> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
>>> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> Don
>>
>
>

Glad to see you have it working

"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
news:O9di%...
>
>> Can you elaborate a little, on duplicating those file you mentioned? Not
>> sure I fully understand what to do there.
>
> Copy the three files onto the root of your other OS. You can edit the
> boot.ini file and change rdisk if necessary. You could also give
> information as to your drives and what boot files are on each. As a way
> of getting to your XP system if necessary, you can use VistaBootPro to
> restore the XP boot process from another section. You could then install
> it on XP and just restore back and forth until you get the BCD fix to see
> the ntldr process
>
>>
>> Also, when I do manage to get XP to boot, are my partitions going to be
>> as they were in XP before, ie the main partion will be C, rather than E
>> like Vista shows it resides in?
>
>
>
> The drive letters are already defined in your registry, so the drive
> letters will stay the same if the new drive had already been added,
> otherwise it will be assigned the next drive letter per the enumeration
> formula.
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>> "John Barnes" <> wrote in message
>> news:%23k%...
>>> Download and install VistaBootPro or EasyBCD and add a legacy OS entry.
>>> Both are free and you can Google for the sites. Depending on your
>>> setup, you may have to duplicate the ntdetect.com, boot.ini and ntldr
>>> files to the other drive and modify the boot.ini to point to the correct
>>> drive and partition for the XP system
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Don" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hey gang,
>>>>
>>>> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
>>>> retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
>>>> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>>>>
>>>> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to,
>>>> it only boots into Vista.
>>>> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other
>>>> hard drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>>>>
>>>> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
>>>> apparently I did something I should not have.
>>>>
>>>> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
>>>> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>
>>
>>
>

Now follow the instructions in this kb article so that XP does not wipe out
your Vista recovery files (system restore, backups, previous versions, etc)
every time you boot XP.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926185

"Don B" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Awesome I finally was able to boot back to my XP Pro, with all parition
> letters intact as they should be.
> Many thanks Lance!!
>
> I changed the hard disk boot priority, to the disk XP was intalled on as
> the first, and it booted right up into XP.
> When I restard, I hit escape to enter boot menu, choose the hard disk that
> Vista is on, and it boots into Vista.
>
> Whew, I was nervous there for a few minutes, again, many thanks!!
>
> Now, what would be best way, to get it to just give me an option between
> Vista and XP upon booting?
> I sure don't want to scredw anything up, I can live with it like it is if
> I need to.
>
> Btw, no I did not have my main drive that XP is on unplugged when
> installing the Vista Ultimate full version on the new drive.
>
> Many thanks again,
>
> Don
>
>
> "Lance Le Claire" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> You made a good choice.
>>
>> That's how I installed mine. If you don't have dual boot, it usually
>> means that the Vista installation did not see your XP drive (was it
>> unplugged?) if so that's just fine. You should be able to boot from bios
>> to the drive you want.
>>
>> Go to your bios and set XP hd as first boot. That means, if you don't
>> touch anything XP will boot first.
>>
>> Usually on boot screen you ave an option to choose boot from (usually F10
>> check your manual ) on most boards.
>>
>> I hit the F10, get a drive menu and choose the XP drive to boot to XP.
>> If I don't do anything Vista will boot first.
>>
>> If worst comes to worst, use VistaBootPro on your Vista drive to create a
>> start menu.
>>
>> Vista boot Pro can be found http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lance Frca {497083/1008563} MVP Shell/User
>> www.zardoc.com
>> XP-Vista Trucs et Astuces et autres
>>
>>
>>
>> "Don" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hey gang,
>>>
>>> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
>>> retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
>>> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>>>
>>> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it
>>> only boots into Vista.
>>> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard
>>> drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>>>
>>> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
>>> apparently I did something I should not have.
>>>
>>> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
>>> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> Don
>>
>
>

Colin, He's not in a dual boot situation so each drive is individual.

You would have to do this if Vista was the boot manager.

Don, Choose which ever OS you want to boot first. For me it's Vista. It's
running nice and smooth with SP1.

Have fun.


--
Lance Frca {497083/1008563} MVP Shell/User
www.zardoc.com
XP-Vista Trucs et Astuces et autres


"Don B" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Awesome I finally was able to boot back to my XP Pro, with all parition
> letters intact as they should be.
> Many thanks Lance!!
>
> I changed the hard disk boot priority, to the disk XP was intalled on as
> the first, and it booted right up into XP.
> When I restard, I hit escape to enter boot menu, choose the hard disk that
> Vista is on, and it boots into Vista.
>
> Whew, I was nervous there for a few minutes, again, many thanks!!
>
> Now, what would be best way, to get it to just give me an option between
> Vista and XP upon booting?
> I sure don't want to scredw anything up, I can live with it like it is if
> I need to.
>
> Btw, no I did not have my main drive that XP is on unplugged when
> installing the Vista Ultimate full version on the new drive.
>
> Many thanks again,
>
> Don
>
>
> "Lance Le Claire" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> You made a good choice.
>>
>> That's how I installed mine. If you don't have dual boot, it usually
>> means that the Vista installation did not see your XP drive (was it
>> unplugged?) if so that's just fine. You should be able to boot from bios
>> to the drive you want.
>>
>> Go to your bios and set XP hd as first boot. That means, if you don't
>> touch anything XP will boot first.
>>
>> Usually on boot screen you ave an option to choose boot from (usually F10
>> check your manual ) on most boards.
>>
>> I hit the F10, get a drive menu and choose the XP drive to boot to XP.
>> If I don't do anything Vista will boot first.
>>
>> If worst comes to worst, use VistaBootPro on your Vista drive to create a
>> start menu.
>>
>> Vista boot Pro can be found http://www.vistabootpro.org/
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lance Frca {497083/1008563} MVP Shell/User
>> www.zardoc.com
>> XP-Vista Trucs et Astuces et autres
>>
>>
>>
>> "Don" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hey gang,
>>>
>>> I think I have messed up here. I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate,
>>> retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment.
>>> I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it.
>>>
>>> Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it
>>> only boots into Vista.
>>> Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard
>>> drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?
>>>
>>> Dangit, I thought I had read enough to know what I was doing here, but
>>> apparently I did something I should not have.
>>>
>>> I would sure appreciate any help here, my XP Pro is my main OS and I
>>> desperately need to be able to get back to it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> Don
>>
>
>