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April 23rd 09, 10:43 PM
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choosing booting in partitioned HDD
Hey, im new here so firstly i would like to say hello  and second i hope someone can help me with a problem. Basically im running Vista 32 bit on my hp notebook but i have some programs that are not compatible with it yet, so i decided to partition my hardrive and have xp on one of the partitions. so now C: is vista D: is xp and i think F: is recovery but it was D:  anyway the problem im having is trying to boot back into vista.....iv gone into BIOS and had a look for booting options but it just lists the name of the HDD and not the partitions.....Anyone know how to select what partition you want to boot from?? Because it auto boots from the xp partition and i can see that in disk manager but not sure how i can change it back to C:  I hope im clear enough. Thanks Ali -- phatali 
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April 23rd 09, 11:24 PM
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choosing booting in partitioned HDD
Welcome Phatali,
Drive letter will change as a matter of course. If you boot into Vista (which you can't at the moment but more on that later) you will see that Vista is drive C: while D is XP and F your recovery partition. Now boot into XP and things will change again XP will be C: Vista will be D: etc. Installing XP has over-written the Vista boot loader and that is why you can't gain access to Vista. I suggest you read this FAQ from my website: http://www.winuser.co.uk/windows_vis...g_vista.htm l This will explain how to solve the problem. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "phatali" wrote in message ... Hey, im new here so firstly i would like to say hello and second i hope someone can help me with a problem. Basically im running Vista 32 bit on my hp notebook but i have some programs that are not compatible with it yet, so i decided to partition my hardrive and have xp on one of the partitions. so now C: is vista D: is xp and i think F: is recovery but it was D: anyway the problem im having is trying to boot back into vista.....iv gone into BIOS and had a look for booting options but it just lists the name of the HDD and not the partitions.....Anyone know how to select what partition you want to boot from?? Because it auto boots from the xp partition and i can see that in disk manager but not sure how i can change it back to C: I hope im clear enough. Thanks Ali -- phatali
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April 23rd 09, 11:27 PM
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choosing booting in partitioned HDD
phatali;1026894 Wrote: Hey, im new here so firstly i would like to say hello and second i hope someone can help me with a problem. Basically im running Vista 32 bit on my hp notebook but i have some programs that are not compatible with it yet, so i decided to partition my hardrive and have xp on one of the partitions. so now C: is vista D: is xp and i think F: is recovery but it was D: anyway the problem im having is trying to boot back into vista.....iv gone into BIOS and had a look for booting options but it just lists the name of the HDD and not the partitions.....Anyone know how to select what partition you want to boot from?? Because it auto boots from the xp partition and i can see that in disk manager but not sure how i can change it back to C: I hope im clear enough. Thanks Ali Hi phatali, You might like to check this tutorial: 'Installing XP After Vista - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki' (http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBC...XP+After+Vista) Hope it helps SIW2 -- SIW2
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April 25th 09, 11:54 AM
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I'm glad you've got things sorted.
-- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "phatali" wrote in message ... Thanks alot iv got it working now  -- phatali
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