Vista with XP boot selection problem...

[medigit]

recently i installd Vista RC1.. I had Xp installed.. Now when the Booting takes place i cannot selct XP.. The boot sequence is fixed on windows Vista.... I cannot change in between Visat ad XP.. So what us is the soln.. Plz help..

 

[shaunak]

As far as i understood your query you are unable to select Xp at boot. Soln for this
Go to run>msconfig>boot increase the timeout setting and choose xp as the default OS.

If you want to reinstall xp pop in your Xp cd at boot. Ensure that your comp is set to boot using the cd drive. [to do this go to the BIOS by pressing del at startup] format the partition occupied by vista and install xp. WARNING: you WILL LOSE data.

 

[medigit]

the problem is that since there r 2 OS... every time i boot.. i should be able to selct between the two.. But 90% of the times i boot the computer.. i have the selected OS as WIN VISTA .. and the comp sort of gets hanged ....i cannt change between OSes. ...

 

[ravi_9793]

in my case I have installed vista n xp on different hard disk.Than i installed both vista n xp on the same hard disk..n my problem was solved.

 

[medigit]

yes .. mine also same.. 2 os in 2 separate HDD...So is there any solution to it.....

 

[william]

edit the boot.ini file. go to the [boot loader] section increase the timeout stting for OS selection.

you will find one entry like this:-

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows vista" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

create one entry like this one-

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

i assume that your vista is on partition one.(1)

save the file and you are done.

 

[ravi_9793]

install both xp n vista in same hard disk..if the problem continue after william solution