vista is installed now XP

[hanhare]

My computer has two SATA harddrives. At the one harddrive Vista is
installed, the other harddrive is empty but formatted NFTTS..

Now I try to install XP at the second drive. But whatever I try, every time
I get the message at startup: "BOOTMGR is missing, press CTR ALT DEL to
restart". Even if I remove the harddrive on which Vista is installed!

Is something changed in the BIOS?

 

[UnswoleLilDude]

Install XP first, then install Vista.

 

[Peter]

One should always install the systems in ascending order, i.e. oldest system
first.

However there are ways of getting around it. See:
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=607987
and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529 also
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/558994-how-install-xp-after-vista.html

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate Triple Boot
P4 HT @ 3ghz, 4gb DDR, 700gb HDD
Soundblaster Audigy 4 PCI Sound
ATI Radeon X1650 Pro AGP Graphics

 

[andy]

My computer has two SATA harddrives. At the one harddrive Vista is
installed, the other harddrive is empty but formatted NFTTS..

Now I try to install XP at the second drive. But whatever I try, every time
I get the message at startup: "BOOTMGR is missing, press CTR ALT DEL to
restart". Even if I remove the harddrive on which Vista is installed!

Sounds like you're booting from the hard drive, which has the Vista
boot sector that's looking for bootmgr.