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08-05-2007, 08:58 PM
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Running 2 operating systems
My laptop came with windows vista home basic in C drive and I installed windows xp sp2 on a separate drive (D). Now when I start the computer, it only loads xp and I have no idea how to access vista anymore.
I've done this before on another computer but on that one when I start the computer, it would always give me 30 seconds to select the operating system I wanted to use. I'm not sure why this one doesn't. Any help would be very welcome. Thanks. |
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08-05-2007, 09:49 PM
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You may have not installed it correctly.
Take a look at this http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp I think pam found this.
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08-05-2007, 10:41 PM
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Thanks that article helped a lot but now the problem I'm facing is actually getting the dualboot to work. Since my vista came pre-installed, I cant do the "repair your computer"step with the vista DVD. Which means I still cant get onto vista to make the dualbooting work. Is there any way to repair vista without the install DVD?
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08-06-2007, 01:50 AM
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Don't think so. You might have to uninstall XP, see if you can make some kind of Vista boot-up disk, then do the whole process over again.
Vista has to be installed last so its bootloader can take control.
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