How can I reboot in Windows XP x64??

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Alberto

I have two partitions (C: and D:). In C: I have Windows XP and today I have
installed Windows XP x64 in D:. Everything is OK and the operating system
goes well, but when I reboot for the first time after installing Windows XP
x64, without any question about which Windows I want, Windows XP (not x64)
begin. How can I reboot in Windows XP x64??

Thanks!!

Al
 
I have two partitions (C: and D:). In C: I have Windows XP and today I have
installed Windows XP x64 in D:. Everything is OK and the operating system
goes well, but when I reboot for the first time after installing Windows XP
x64, without any question about which Windows I want, Windows XP (not x64)
begin. How can I reboot in Windows XP x64??

Thanks!!

Al
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You should see a panel where it ask's you which version do you want to
start when you boot up your computer, see if you have enabled in control
panel/system/advanced/startup and recovery - settings "time to display list
of operating systems" or prolong it if it's maby 1 second, put it to 10 !
Hope I helped :)
 
Thank you very much for answering. It's very strange, I have enabled that
option (30 seconds) but I can not choose which OS I want to start.

I know that the two OS are fully installed, I have tried x64 one for one
hour after installation, but now I can not acess, (???)

Greetings,
 
Alberto said:
Thank you very much for answering. It's very strange, I have enabled that
option (30 seconds) but I can not choose which OS I want to start.

I know that the two OS are fully installed, I have tried x64 one for one
hour after installation, but now I can not acess, (???)

Greetings,
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Boot.ini should show both OS' and give you option to choose
 
Le said:
Boot.ini should show both OS' and give you option to choose
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Also, some people don't realize that they do have to use the arrow keys
to highlight the OS they want to boot up to, *before* hitting the enter
key. If the original OS is still set as the default OS in the boot.ini
file, simply hitting enter will take into a bootup of the original OS.

A simple oversight, but quite common.


-Rick
 
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