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Ok np, When I first got vista I did I fresh install making it the only OS on
my machine, but I had alot of compatablitiy issues with vista so I planned on
making a multi-boot so I could still use my programs not yet vista
compatable. When I tried to install XP on my second hard drive it ended up
erasing vista on my primary HD and put XP on my slave. So I did a fresh
install of both, Xp first and created a partion on my slave for XP which it
defined as disk D:\ and installed XP there. I then Installed vista on my
primary HD which it defined as disk C:\. It never asked me for anything about
multi-booting, my files for XP are all still in my slave HD as I can see them
there. I've looked on the microsoft help page for vista multi booting and
they tell you to do something in command prompt but when I try to edit the
boot files it comes back boot creation failed acess denied or something like
that.
Alienware Area-51 custom
P4 2.53 GHz
1.00 GB DDR
(Primary IDE)
Mstr: Samsung 250 GB HD
Slve: Samsung 40 GB HD
(Secondary IDE)
Mstr: HP DVD Burner
Slve: Samsung DVD Rom
I only recently got my second hard drive and have never had a reason to
multi-boot till now so I'm alittle green on this whole subject, learning as I
go, any help is welcome
my machine, but I had alot of compatablitiy issues with vista so I planned on
making a multi-boot so I could still use my programs not yet vista
compatable. When I tried to install XP on my second hard drive it ended up
erasing vista on my primary HD and put XP on my slave. So I did a fresh
install of both, Xp first and created a partion on my slave for XP which it
defined as disk D:\ and installed XP there. I then Installed vista on my
primary HD which it defined as disk C:\. It never asked me for anything about
multi-booting, my files for XP are all still in my slave HD as I can see them
there. I've looked on the microsoft help page for vista multi booting and
they tell you to do something in command prompt but when I try to edit the
boot files it comes back boot creation failed acess denied or something like
that.
Alienware Area-51 custom
P4 2.53 GHz
1.00 GB DDR
(Primary IDE)
Mstr: Samsung 250 GB HD
Slve: Samsung 40 GB HD
(Secondary IDE)
Mstr: HP DVD Burner
Slve: Samsung DVD Rom
I only recently got my second hard drive and have never had a reason to
multi-boot till now so I'm alittle green on this whole subject, learning as I
go, any help is welcome