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> how to choose which partition to boot from?, have 2 partitions but can only get one to boot
zangetsu8888
post Oct 4 2009, 03:19 PM
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Hello

I have 2 partitions, but I can only get the PC to boot from one. Before I had vista and then I installed XP and now it only boot XP. I tried to go to startup options and I went on the bootup programming, and I tried to change it but it doesn't seem to work (note I did just guess what programming to replace it with.)

This is what I did now:

[boot loader]
timeout=30


[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


On the startup the option to choose Windows Vista comes up but when I press it nothing happens.

I would appreciate it if someone who understands this problem could explain to me what I can do to be able to use either partition.

Thanks
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caperdog
post Oct 4 2009, 04:07 PM
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since xp was installed last it is using the xp boot loader which does not recognize vista.
tutorial here http://www.syschat.com/dual-boot-vista-xp-...ready-1946.html
page 3 has the answer i think you are looking for but you may as well go through the whole thing.
good luck.
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