Vista Duel boot

[Guest]

Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not
work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is
fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it
still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can
conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose,
seeing as it is a Beta program

When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C
(0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)

Please help

 

[Guest]

In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of
Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition
you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you
prepared.

 

[Guest]

I tried that first, it was only when that didnt work that I tried unplugging
the HDD with XP

 

[Guest]

I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried
with the HDD unplugged

 

[Guest]

Is the partition you are trying to install Vista to set as a primary partition?

 

[Bones]

Is this an internal or external drive??

I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I
tried
with the HDD unplugged

 

[Guest]

All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary

 

[Guest]

When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master
or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary
partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a
partition as primary see my earlier post.

 

[Guest]

I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs

 

[Guest]

I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs

(sorry it this pops up twice, I got an error message, so I dont think it
posted but it might have)

 

[Guest]

Each hard drive is then one partition.
--
Jim

I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs

 

[Guest]

so what exactly do I do then, is it something in the BIOS, or what? Im now
officially confused (even more)

 

[Guest]

First thing is to open My Computer in XP and check that all three drives are
listed. Then go to Start>Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Computer
Management>Disc Management. Select the drive you intend to install Vista on
in the right pane. Right click and select format. Follow the prompts, select
NTFS and then select primary as the partition type. When done you should be
able to install Vista and be able to choose Vista or XP at boot. Your choices
will say Microsoft Windows ( Vista) or Earlier Version ( XP).

 

[Guest]

there is no "performance and maintanance" under control panal

 

[Guest]

Go to Start>Run and type in "compmgmt.msc" without the quotes. You can also
look at this KB article which explains multi booting much better than I can
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multiboot.mspx

 

[Rick]

Wouldn't it be better to DUAL BOOT?

 

[Guest]

The problem is that it WONT duel boot

Wouldn't it be better to DUAL BOOT?

 

[Rick]

Of course the won't DUEL BOOT! Those don't have
weapons to use on each other!

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had a DUEL in
1804. Alexander Hamilton died from the gunshot!

 

[Guest]

It says I cannot format the disk or anything as some of the files are being
accessed, even though none of the files are being accessed

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Make sure the target drive is not being monitored by System Restore. When
Windows tells you a file is being accessed, it is being accessed.