multi boot

After installing latest build of vista (5365 x64) my xp is gone :(
Vista is installed on primary partition, xp on secondary. Now i formated the primary partition and after booting i can't choose to go to xp no more.
Using BCDEDIT aint working, if i want to add a entry it says access denied.
How can i add xp to the boot order again???

Can you at least access the XP Partition and backup any data you might have on it from Vista? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Deborggraeve Randy" wrote in message

After installing latest build of vista (5365 x64) my xp is gone :(
Vista is installed on primary partition, xp on secondary. Now i formated the primary partition and after booting i can't choose to go to xp no more.
Using BCDEDIT aint working, if i want to add a entry it says access denied.
How can i add xp to the boot order again???

Data is on other hard disc :)
just putted xp on first partition and vista on second, so on reinstall of vista the boot files can remain.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Can you at least access the XP Partition and backup any data you might have on it from Vista? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Deborggraeve Randy" wrote in message After installing latest build of vista (5365 x64) my xp is gone :(
Vista is installed on primary partition, xp on secondary. Now i formated the primary partition and after booting i can't choose to go to xp no more.
Using BCDEDIT aint working, if i want to add a entry it says access denied.
How can i add xp to the boot order again???

read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.

Sure, you can dual boot with XP. Lotsa people here are doing it I imagine. I did mine by creating two 40-gig partitions on a drive. Installed XP to one partition first. Then booted to XP, inserted the Vista DVD and let it autostart, then installed it to a separate partition. Went smooth as glass.
"Mehawl" wrote in message

read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.

Yes and yes.
"Mehawl" wrote in message

read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.

what vista beta version and where can I get it? "Alan Simpson" wrote in message

Sure, you can dual boot with XP. Lotsa people here are doing it I imagine. I did mine by creating two 40-gig partitions on a drive. Installed XP to one partition first. Then booted to XP, inserted the Vista DVD and let it autostart, then installed it to a separate partition. Went smooth as glass.
"Mehawl" wrote in message read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.

The program to register has been closed almost a month now. Wait for RC1.
And before you start typing "What is..." search the newsgroup. Same as dual-booting.
"mgm" wrote in message > what vista beta version and where can I get it?

All builds of Vista from beta 1 have supported multi-booting. The present beta 2 builds in use are 5384 and 5472. There will not be an opportunity for new participants to get a copy of Vista until RC1 (Release Candidate 1) comes out in a few weeks. If you did not enroll in the Customer Preview Program a couple of months back then it is not clear that you can enroll in the CPP when RC1 comes out. However, there may be other enrollments open in addition to the CPP. Nothing has been announced yet, but keep watching Microsoft.com.
"mgm" wrote in message

what vista beta version and where can I get it? "Alan Simpson" wrote in message Sure, you can dual boot with XP. Lotsa people here are doing it I imagine. I did mine by creating two 40-gig partitions on a drive. Installed XP to one partition first. Then booted to XP, inserted the Vista DVD and let it autostart, then installed it to a separate partition. Went smooth as glass.
"Mehawl" wrote in message read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.

I've been searching how to implement dual-boot if Vista is already installed, but everything seems to talk only about adding Vista to a system that already has XP. Any ideas? -- dchman
"Alan Simpson" wrote:

Sure, you can dual boot with XP. Lotsa people here are doing it I imagine. I did mine by creating two 40-gig partitions on a drive. Installed XP to one partition first. Then booted to XP, inserted the Vista DVD and let it autostart, then installed it to a separate partition. Went smooth as glass.
"Mehawl" wrote in message read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.

The recommended procedure for dual boot setup has always been - install older OS first (XP) then newer OS (Vista) - same as in the past - Win 98 first then XP.
"dchman" wrote in message

I've been searching how to implement dual-boot if Vista is already installed, but everything seems to talk only about adding Vista to a system that already has XP. Any ideas? -- dchman
"Alan Simpson" wrote:
Sure, you can dual boot with XP. Lotsa people here are doing it I imagine. I did mine by creating two 40-gig partitions on a drive. Installed XP to one partition first. Then booted to XP, inserted the Vista DVD and let it autostart, then installed it to a separate partition. Went smooth as glass.
"Mehawl" wrote in message read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.

The approach would very much depend on the layouts of your drives and partitions thereon, and especially which is your system partition.
"dchman" wrote in message

I've been searching how to implement dual-boot if Vista is already installed, but everything seems to talk only about adding Vista to a system that already has XP. Any ideas? -- dchman
"Alan Simpson" wrote:
Sure, you can dual boot with XP. Lotsa people here are doing it I imagine. I did mine by creating two 40-gig partitions on a drive. Installed XP to one partition first. Then booted to XP, inserted the Vista DVD and let it autostart, then installed it to a separate partition. Went smooth as glass.
"Mehawl" wrote in message read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.

a striped array with 3 partitions (100gb each). Vista is on one partition and the other two are empty. Currently system boots to Vista. I didn't realize i should load xp first, as others have suggested. As I have loaded most of my software already, i was hoping to just add xp rather than having to start over. -- dchman
"John Barnes" wrote:

The approach would very much depend on the layouts of your drives and partitions thereon, and especially which is your system partition.
"dchman" wrote in message I've been searching how to implement dual-boot if Vista is already installed, but everything seems to talk only about adding Vista to a system that already has XP. Any ideas? -- dchman
"Alan Simpson" wrote:
Sure, you can dual boot with XP. Lotsa people here are doing it I imagine. I did mine by creating two 40-gig partitions on a drive. Installed XP to one partition first. Then booted to XP, inserted the Vista DVD and let it autostart, then installed it to a separate partition. Went smooth as glass.
"Mehawl" wrote in message read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.

When you install XP to one of the other two partitions, you will add the XP boot files on the Vista drive, but the Vista boot record should remain. The boot record will be rewritten to point to ntldr. An approach that I would try first, would be to download VistaBootPro http://www.vistabootpro.org/ and on the Boot loader panel, run the Reinstall the Vista bootloader step. Add a legacy drive on the Manage OS entries page, and you should be set to dual boot.
If you prefer, you should be able to run your Vista DVD and as you go thru the steps to install Vista, there is a step that says fix or repair startup. Run that. Some here have said it needs to be run up to 3 times.
"dchman" wrote in message

a striped array with 3 partitions (100gb each). Vista is on one partition and the other two are empty. Currently system boots to Vista. I didn't realize i should load xp first, as others have suggested. As I have loaded most of my software already, i was hoping to just add xp rather than having to start over. -- dchman
"John Barnes" wrote:
The approach would very much depend on the layouts of your drives and partitions thereon, and especially which is your system partition.
"dchman" wrote in message I've been searching how to implement dual-boot if Vista is already installed, but everything seems to talk only about adding Vista to a system that already has XP. Any ideas? -- dchman
"Alan Simpson" wrote:
Sure, you can dual boot with XP. Lotsa people here are doing it I imagine. I did mine by creating two 40-gig partitions on a drive. Installed XP to one partition first. Then booted to XP, inserted the Vista DVD and let it autostart, then installed it to a separate partition. Went smooth as glass.
"Mehawl" wrote in message read somewhere that you can't have a dual boot system, xp and vista. Can you? i have 2 sata drives and two ide drives.