Dual Boot XP (Drive1), Vista (Drive3) - Vista Black Screen issue

G

Guest

1. I have 3 drives installed in my computer :

Primary IDE Master - WinXP
Primary IDE Slave - Files
Secondary IDE Master - Vista

To get Vista to work i have to disconnect all cables and place Vista drive
on the Primary IDE Master Cable, disconnecting the others.

i Would like to have it to Boot Vista with all drives connected as above.

I added the following line to my Windows XP Boot.ini
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Vista" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
/FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER

Using this line i get a Black Screen and my hard drive light appears on.

Anyone any ideas ?

Thanks



My Boot.ini settings :


[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Vista" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
/FASTDETECT /USENEWLOADER
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Dual Boot XP Drive1, Vista Drive3 - Vista Black Screen issue 1
Dual Boot -XP (Drive1), Vista(Drive3) - Vista Black Screen issue 2
SOS just installed XP; Cannot access my Vista 4
XP/VISTA Dual Boot Question 21
Problem missing boot Vista; worked xp some add installed 3
BOOT.INI missing part VISTA; after installed WinXP Pro SP2 1
Boot Menu allows no F8 (Safe Mode) booting into old WindowsXP 7
Vista won't load after XP re-install on dual boot system 5

Top