dual boot issue Vista and xp

harks68 · 07-13-2007, 01:04 PM

Hi,

I have bought a Acer Aspire laptop with Win Vista premium installed.

The problem is some of my games did not work on it, so I decided to install XP on one of the partition. It has C drive around 60 gb and D (data) drive with abt 60 gb

I booted with XP deleted the D partition, (the data one) and created two partitions of it(around 30gb for xp and another partition for maybe win2000 later on)

now the problem is once i installed win xp, I booted, installed the drivers, i noticed I was not getting a dual boot

between Vista and XP. It just goes straight to load windows XP as if Vista never existed. Once im in XP i can still access my files on the c drive and notice vista is still there.

I have read up that you can use BCD easy, something to correct the MBR.
I have never done this before, or got a idea how to do this?

If one of us guys can help me out it would be much appreciated.

I just wanted to add I dont have the full Win Vista Disc, only recovery discs

kinbard · 07-13-2007, 02:58 PM

This link will give you all you need to know, and the link to easybcd. This is what I used the first time I did this (I have done it many times since)
http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista

Skip down to modify the boot loader

07-13-2007, 01:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
harks68 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1 OS: vista xp	dual boot issue Vista and xp Hi, I have bought a Acer Aspire laptop with Win Vista premium installed. The problem is some of my games did not work on it, so I decided to install XP on one of the partition. It has C drive around 60 gb and D (data) drive with abt 60 gb I booted with XP deleted the D partition, (the data one) and created two partitions of it(around 30gb for xp and another partition for maybe win2000 later on) now the problem is once i installed win xp, I booted, installed the drivers, i noticed I was not getting a dual boot between Vista and XP. It just goes straight to load windows XP as if Vista never existed. Once im in XP i can still access my files on the c drive and notice vista is still there. I have read up that you can use BCD easy, something to correct the MBR. I have never done this before, or got a idea how to do this? If one of us guys can help me out it would be much appreciated. I just wanted to add I dont have the full Win Vista Disc, only recovery discs Last edited by harks68 : 07-13-2007 at 01:27 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost - Please wait 24 hours before bumping your thread

07-13-2007, 02:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
kinbard Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 2,365 OS: Solaris 10, XP,SuSE10, 10.3,11, Freespire,PCLinuxOS, Vista HP, and a partridge in a pear tree	Re: dual boot issue Vista and xp This link will give you all you need to know, and the link to easybcd. This is what I used the first time I did this (I have done it many times since) http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista Skip down to modify the boot loader __________________ Half viking, half pirate, stronger than both 5 Steps XP Repair