duel boot with vista??

[Guest]

hi everyone... i have xp home on one hard drive on my computer and i just
brought vista ultimate and installed it on a different hard drive. both
drives run off the same ide slot and configured as xp home = master, vista =
slave. i use both o/s for work and home but need to have a quick way of
selecting which one i boot into. i have tried to change jumper settings but
it always boots off master and i need to chose so i dont have to change
jumpers everytime, thanks matt320

 

[Paul Randall]

hi everyone... i have xp home on one hard drive on my computer and i just
brought vista ultimate and installed it on a different hard drive. both
drives run off the same ide slot and configured as xp home = master, vista
=
slave. i use both o/s for work and home but need to have a quick way of
selecting which one i boot into. i have tried to change jumper settings
but
it always boots off master and i need to chose so i dont have to change
jumpers everytime, thanks matt320

This web page has links to a lot of dual booting setup methods:
http://apcmag.com/node/5162/

-Paul Randall

 

[Timothy Daniels]

hi everyone... i have xp home on one hard drive on my computer
and i just brought vista ultimate and installed it on a different hard
drive. both drives run off the same ide slot and configured as
xp home = master, vista = slave. i use both o/s for work and home
but need to have a quick way of selecting which one i boot into.
i have tried to change jumper settings but it always boots off master
and i need to chose so i dont have to change jumpers everytime...

You can learn the syntax of the boot.ini file which directs booting
and then edit it to make it dual-booting, or you can just use the
Hard Drive Boot Order in your BIOS to select which HD gets
control a startup. For the former, do a search in Groups.Google
over the past 2 years for postings by myself and the terms
"dual boot boot.ini rdisk". Or, do a search on "dual boot msconfig".

To use the BIOS, just enter the BIOS during startup (read your
User Manual for directions), and put the HD with the OS that you
want at the head of the list of HDs. Right now, you are using the
*default* HD boot order that puts ch. 0 ahead of ch. 1, and
Master ahead of Slave. You can rearrange the HDs' boot order
(i.e. priority) anyway you want. Since each of your HDs can
direct the booting, putting the one with the desired OS at the head
of the list will make it boot the OS that is on it.

Or, you can use a 3rd-party boot manager if you have the time to
buy and download one, install it, and learn how to use it.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Daniel Schaffer]

You can learn the syntax of the boot.ini file which directs booting
and then edit it to make it dual-booting, or you can just use the
Hard Drive Boot Order in your BIOS to select which HD gets
control a startup. For the former, do a search in Groups.Google
over the past 2 years for postings by myself and the terms
"dual boot boot.ini rdisk". Or, do a search on "dual boot msconfig".

To use the BIOS, just enter the BIOS during startup (read your
User Manual for directions), and put the HD with the OS that you
want at the head of the list of HDs. Right now, you are using the
*default* HD boot order that puts ch. 0 ahead of ch. 1, and
Master ahead of Slave. You can rearrange the HDs' boot order
(i.e. priority) anyway you want. Since each of your HDs can
direct the booting, putting the one with the desired OS at the head
of the list will make it boot the OS that is on it.

Or, you can use a 3rd-party boot manager if you have the time to
buy and download one, install it, and learn how to use it.

*TimDaniels*

Hi,

I use a boot manager from Terabyte Unlimited called BootIt NG. It's
inexpensive and will also (1) make an a backup "image" of any partition or
drive you choose and (2) change the size of partitions and their place on
your drive.

Good luck, Dan

 

[Bert Kinney]

You will want to review this also.

Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org