Dual boot xp/vista from seperate hard drives

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drmoose

I upgraded to vista and have to have xp loaded to install vista. I have
seperate hard drives for each. I want to dicsconnect the xp hard drive but
get the bootmgr missing error code when I switch boot drives in bios. The xp
install does not run but is needed for the many vista installations i end up
performing. I would like to get vista to boot without the boot manager...any
sugestions anyone?
 
But I can. The dual boot was installed on the xp hard drive. Every time I
boot the computer I get the choice of which operating system to start xp or
vista.
 
I upgraded to vista and have to have xp loaded to install vista.
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No, you don't. You just need to present an XP CD when the Vista
install asks for it.
I have
seperate hard drives for each. I want to dicsconnect the xp hard drive but
get the bootmgr missing error code when I switch boot drives in bios. The xp
install does not run but is needed for the many vista installations i end up
performing. I would like to get vista to boot without the boot manager...any
sugestions anyone?
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See my reply to Doncraft if you actually want to dual-boot. The above
will not work.
 
drmoose said:
I upgraded to vista and have to have xp loaded to install vista. I have
seperate hard drives for each. I want to dicsconnect the xp hard drive but
get the bootmgr missing error code when I switch boot drives in bios. The xp
install does not run but is needed for the many vista installations i end up
performing. I would like to get vista to boot without the boot manager...any
sugestions anyone?
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Removable drive bays.
 
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