Hi Kamal
For Dual or Multi Booting Vista with XP or other versions of Vista:
There is one very important point that you must be aware of and remember:
When you are in Vista, Vista will *always* see itself as being on the C:\
drive. No matter if you have all 5 versions of Vista installed on the same
machine, whichever version you are logged into, it will say that it is on
the C:\ drive. Also, when you are in XP it will say it is on the C:\ drive.
This is normal... so *DO NOT*...*DO NOT* change the letter of C:\ for any
Vista version *when you are in it*. It will mess up the bootloader and you
likely won't be able to get back to XP, or any other OS installed. We will
discuss drive designation further down.
Once Vista is installed, install the VistaBoot Pro:
1. When it opens click on the Configure tab and under the Bootloader
section, select XP or Vista from the drop down box to be your default OS.
2. Set the Boot time out for 30 seconds. Click apply.
3. IF you want to rename the Vista install from Microsoft Windows Vista to
another name (this *is* allowable), in the Entry-Based section, click on
Select OS to modify. Select the Microsoft Windows Vista and in the Rename
to window, type in whatever name you want to give it. This is especially
helpful when you have more than one version of Vista installed. *DO NOT*
change the Vista drive letter from C:\.
4. Then click on the Manage Entries tab. If you don't see an OS you want
included in the boot menu in the list, you can add it by putting the drive
letter in the box next to the 'Drive letter' under the Add an Entry section,
and then add the name of the OS in the 'Entry name' window where Microsoft
Windows appears, then click the Add tab.
4. Then highlight the OS in the list in the top window that you want to be
the first in the boot menu on restart, and if it is not already at the top
of the list, click the Up tab to move it to the top of the list. Continue
moving the other OS's up or down until you have them in the lineup you
prefer.
5. Then create a new folder on the XP drive where you want to save a backup
of the boot menu you just created, then click the Backup/Restore tab in the
VistaBoot Pro and safe it to that folder.
6. Then close out of VistaBoot Pro and reboot
7. Log off and restart your machine. When it restarts, you should have a
boot menu like the one you newly created.
Hope this helps.
Jan
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