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Vista and Xp Both on one pc

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Josan
Josan Original post #1
Mar 3, 2007 at 5:30 PM
Hello ,i want to hav both xp and vista on one pc,
i hav allready tried ,by installing xp on C drive and then installing vista on D ,but after instalation vista only vista works ,i hav no past experience with (xp-98 combination)
plz help me
rakeshishere
Mar 3, 2007 at 5:33 PM
DUAL BOOT VISTA AND XP

Go HERE--*apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

Hope this Helps;)
Pathik
Pathik #3
Mar 3, 2007 at 5:42 PM
install xp on c and then vista on some other drive.. Nd dont upgrade.. Make a clean install..
shantanu
Mar 3, 2007 at 5:54 PM
isnt this wrong section... its not a technology new man...

thread should be moved to ....:D
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lalam #5
Mar 3, 2007 at 6:35 PM
^^q&a
s18000rpm
Mar 3, 2007 at 7:10 PM
@josan, if you are using HP Pavilion or Dell PC, then you'll never be able to boot into XP.

the reason - the Recovery Partition

every time you try to boot into XP, it'll show NTLDR missing error, which cannot be resolved unless you delete the recovery Partition.
A
Mar 3, 2007 at 7:26 PM
s18000rpm said:
@josan, if you are using HP Pavilion or Dell PC, then you'll never be able to boot into XP.

the reason - the Recovery Partition

every time you try to boot into XP, it'll show NTLDR missing error, which cannot be resolved unless you delete the recovery Partition.

No nothing as such happens.
U can easily boot into either of them w/o any problem. Just do a clean Vista install on any of ur available drive.
The only thing that mi8 go wrong is, ur recovery partition wont boot directly by the shortcut method during boot. Every time u need to boot into it, u need to boot into any of the OS n execute the BOOT_DSR file in ur DELL folder in the drive with XP n dat will take care of it.
s18000rpm
Mar 3, 2007 at 7:31 PM
i dunno about Dell, but my HP had problem with Dual Boot.

i was only able to boot into Vista.

all possible methods of resolving "NTLDR missing" error did not work.
Josan
Josan #9
Mar 3, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Thanks you all ,for this help!!!
now m using both vista and xp,
thanks again to all !!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:
iMav
iMav #10
Mar 3, 2007 at 10:58 PM
i wonder how come the mods have not yet moved this topic .... hey mods wake up guys this topic is in the wrong section
goobimama
goobimama #11
Mar 4, 2007 at 12:25 AM
Don't upgrade, do a fresh install. I've got Vista working alongside XP...
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ashu_dps #12
Mar 4, 2007 at 11:03 AM
s18000rpm said:
i dunno about Dell, but my HP had problem with Dual Boot.

i was only able to boot into Vista.

all possible methods of resolving "NTLDR missing" error did not work.

There must be a utility to restore ur MBR as one is provided by DELL on their site.
Just use it n ur problem will be resolved