Installing XP after Vista

[Hal9000]

When I install XP on a Vista system (different partition), XP will overwrite
the Vista boot loader, then I am unable to run Vista.
If I restore the Vista boot loader from the Vista DVD, I am no longer able
to boot XP. So how do I get the vista boot loader to let me boot xp?

 

[Chad Harris]

The rule in the future is always install the older OS first. Use this:

VistaBoot Pro from Pro-Networks
http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/intro.php

Good luck,

CH

 

[farid]

Install XP first and then Vista. When XP is installed on 'C' partition and
Vista on 'D', it will show Vista as if its on C when you use Vista and when
XP is used Vista will be shown as of its on D. This I was not able to
understand.
Can anyone please explain this phenomena ?
Vista RC 1 build 5600 is the best from Microsoft. Just cant wait for the
final release.
Farid

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Only if Vista is installed by booting from the dvd. If Vista is installed
from the XP desktop the drives will remain lettered in Vista as they are in
XP.

 

[Chad Harris]

Yes Farid. Here's how it works:

Most people doing a dual or multi boot with two Windows Operating Systems
prefer to set up Vista from XP. That way the drive letters are preserved.

If you do a restart or a cold boot of the DVD, then the *Bios will dictate
the drive letters* and the Vista drive letters will move over one alphabet
letter towards Z, and that's what you will see as drive letter assignments
when you're on the Vista boot.

When you go to the XP boot, you'll see the drives as they were from XP.

CH

 

[Richard Urban]

As everyone know if we install XP (even if it is in a different

partition) on a computer which has got Vista in it. We would be able to
boot only to XP. If we try changing the boot loader, we will be able to
boot to Vista but noit to XP.

NOT ALWAYS TRUE!

It depends upon the methodology you use to install the 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc.
operating system.

I installed Vista on the 1st partition. I then installed XP on the 2nd
partition. I installed DOS 6.22 on the 3rd partition.

Using my 3rd party boot manager I can boot to any of these 3 O/Ss without
any difficulty.

If you wish to use the supplied boot manager function of Vista, what you say
is valid.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Ian D]

How did you get DOS 6.22 (FAT16) to run on an NTFS partition?
It won't even run on FAT32. Did you use ntfs2dos or something
like it?

 

[Richard Urban]

I never said that DOS was on a NTFS partition. I installed it on a 50 meg
fat16 partition (my third partition - about 50 gig in from the front of the
drive).

Now I know that you are going to say that DOS has to be installed as the
first partition but that just isn't true at all. It is all in the
methodology, as I explained in my first post.

When I am at the point (very close now) that I no longer want to triple
boot, I can delete the 2nd partition (Windows XP) and the 3rd partition (DOS
6.22) and resize partition D: to use the unallocated space.

Vista will not be affected in the least (it will remain as partition C -
because it was all planned this way from the git-go.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Ian D]

I see what you've done now. As far as DOS is concerned it's all
alone on its own 50 meg C: drive. As a matter of interest, have
you tried running Win 3.1 or WFWG? I guess the biggest
problem would be video drivers for anything other than standard
VGA.

 

[Richard Urban]

DOS is all alone on it's own 50 meg "partition".

Because my boot manager can hide primary partitions, other than the one I am
booted into, each operating system sees itself as being on partition C:

Yes, I have installed WFWG 3.11 for kicks. Talk about booting in a flash!
Bang - it's there. Of course once I'm there I can't really do anything
constructive except reminisce.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!