Dual boot with XP installed after Vista

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Archer75

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I have Vista installed now. If I install XP on another hard drive will it detect Vista and install a boot loader so I can choose which OS to use?
 
I had thought that it was not possible, until I saw this post, and found it very helpful. Should help you do what you want.
 
digital_exhaust said:
I had thought that it was not possible, until I saw this post, and found it very helpful. Should help you do what you want.
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No go. I don't even have some of the files it says to run and the ones I do have simply won't run.

Is there something like a repair utility on the Vista DVD such as what XP has on it's CD?
 
Yes, and some have said that that method might work, although I have not tried it myself and I have not found any information as to rather it actually works or not. But I would think that if you install XP and then run a repair install of Vista, it might get the Vista bootloader back, but this is something I would hesitate to recommend to anyone as I have not yet heard of anyone successfully doing this, sooo...
 
i followed the instructions from the MS article back in november. works great. vista was installed first, used comp management to create a new partition for XP, ran that install and then ran the BCD commands to get the bootloader working.
 
killowatt said:
i followed the instructions from the MS article back in november. works great. vista was installed first, used comp management to create a new partition for XP, ran that install and then ran the BCD commands to get the bootloader working.
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The BCD won't run. I have to do it in XP as I can't get into the Vista partition and the BCD won't run. Perhaps it's because my Vista install is 64bit and my XP is 32bit.
 
its been a couple months since i had to mess around with it so my memory is foggy. can you boot from the vista CD and get to a command prompt?
 
How about having 2 OS, one on each hard drive. Use the BIOS to switch the boot order, or swap the SATA cables if the BIOS does not support it?
 
WickedWeasel said:
How about having 2 OS, one on each hard drive. Use the BIOS to switch the boot order, or swap the SATA cables if the BIOS does not support it?
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The Vista install was already set as the first drive in the boot order. So it's a no go there.
 
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