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Installed Another Windows And Cant Connect The Old One

#1 mrhotdog

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 05:54 AM

i had a windows vista,i made a partition HDD, and installed a windows xp on it. I didnt format anything on the other HDDs, and now i cant connect to the windows vista. Anyone help?

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 06:48 AM

Is this related to your other post about 2 Windows that's located here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic155790.html

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#3 mrhotdog

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 07:01 AM

nope, it doesnt. The 2 vista i got is in the C: and D:, but i can choose which which to go in. But after i installed the windows xp, it doesnt let me connect to these two

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 07:33 AM

When you installed Windows XP it overwrote the Vista Boot Loader. I'd suggest running Startup Repair from your Vista installation DVD: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/repair-windows-with-windows-startup-repair/

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#5 mrhotdog

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 09:17 AM

What if i dont have the vista installation dvd?

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 01:18 PM

How did you install the second copy of Vista?

You can get a copy of the Startup Repair ISO from here: http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso
Then insert it into your DVD tray and boot from it to run Startup Repair.

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#7 mrhotdog

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 06:50 PM

i downloaded that and burned it on a cd. But it doesnt work when i run it in boot menu.

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Posted 05 July 2008 - 05:54 AM

Did you burn the ISO using an ISO burner? If not, it won't be bootable. If you don't have an ISO burner, I'd recommend this free addon: http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/Vista.htm

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 01:51 AM

This is what happened when i boot the cd

A problem has been detected ..................

Technical information:
STOP: 0x0000007E (0xc0000005, 0xF74E0BF, 0xF78DA208, 0xF78D9F08)

PCI.SYS- address F748E0BF base at F7487000 Datestamp 3b7d855c