Dual-boot and installing SP1 ??

[Rob]

My PC has dual-boot (Win XP Pro SP2 32 bit and Vista Home Premium 64 bit). I
had used an app called BCDEasy (or something like that) to create and
configure the dual-boot.

I was reading that SP1 will install automatically through Windows Update,
but what about this dual-boot situation ? (I run both OS on two separate HDD
- physically speaking, not only in terms of partitions).

Thanks,
Rob

 

[Wilwil]

Hi, sorry to budge in. I am planning to get a 2nd HD and install WinXP on it.
Hopefully will get the dual boot effects.

Since the online mmorpg game that I play all this while, isn't stable in
Vista system, so I am planning for dual boot system.

I had a OEM vista home premium came with my Dell XPS systems. Everything
work great, and eventually, i learn to adapt to this new OS, Vista is cool
and I love it. But somehow, my online game crashed very often with this Vista
(getting worse after SP1 update!!!)

*I understand that Dual boot should work fine with a 2nd HD with XP OS. My
intention is to boot Vista as default, and ONLY XP when I wanted to play this
online game. *

Please advise me what to do??

I am thinking of doing the following
(1) take out my Vista HD,
(2) plug in 2nd HD
(3)install XP in it.

(4) After that plug both HD in. From BIOS, I select to BOOT HD (w/ VISTA)
first. Then, I should always get to boot VISTA first right?

By doing this, do I get the selection of booting with either OS during BOOT
UP?

I had experience that when I had 2 OS, during boot up, selections will
popped out in black screen and I get to choose either OS to boot.

Can someone pls advice me what't better for me to do?

 

[Timothy Daniels]

Hi, sorry to budge in.

The phrase is "to butt in".

I am thinking of doing the following
(1) take out my Vista HD,
(2) plug in 2nd HD
(3)install XP in it.

(4) After that plug both HD in. From BIOS, I select to
BOOT HD (w/ VISTA) first. Then, I should always get
to boot VISTA first right?

By doing this, do I get the selection of booting with either
OS during BOOT UP?

No, see my reply in *.Vista.general. By installing XP
in isolation, you will get 2 independent installations, each
on its own HD. You will have to either use EasyBCD or
VistaBootPro to add the entry for XP to Vista's BCD
or use a 3rd-party boot manager. It's conceptually and
practically easier to just use the BIOS to select which HD's
MBR gets control at boot time.

*TimDaniels*