Hello,
I did not try this one but EasyBCD. Please see my answer to Sneh Bansal.

--
With my best Regards, Jack_G


"BugHunter" wrote:

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...

Hello,

I got Vista Basic with my new notebook. I upgrade it online with Vista Home
Premium. Then I wanted to run XP in another partition but the system refused
to install XP from Vista. Installing it separatly, I did not get the
multiboot screen and to boot back from Vista I had to repair Vista, but then
I dont have access anymore to XP.

Installing XP first and then Vista, I got the multiboot screen but it did
not boot with the Vista option: cannot boot from this partition.

Now I am using Vista Home Premium and have XP in another partition but I
cannot boot it. Does somebody has a solution to make the multiboot working ?

I think VistaBootPro can solute your problem.


Bye, Bughunter.

Indeed it was the main part of the solution. Please look at my answer to Sneh
Bansal.
--
With my best Regards, Jack_G


"a.k.a." wrote:


Another, even more flexible and powerful (free) program is EasyBCD. (Esp. if
you ever plan on installing something besides a MS OS.) There's a helpful
write-up in the instructions of the XP-Vista incompatibility.

a.k.a.

"BugHunter" wrote:

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...

Hello,

I got Vista Basic with my new notebook. I upgrade it online with Vista Home
Premium. Then I wanted to run XP in another partition but the system refused
to install XP from Vista. Installing it separatly, I did not get the
multiboot screen and to boot back from Vista I had to repair Vista, but then
I dont have access anymore to XP.

Installing XP first and then Vista, I got the multiboot screen but it did
not boot with the Vista option: cannot boot from this partition.

Now I am using Vista Home Premium and have XP in another partition but I
cannot boot it. Does somebody has a solution to make the multiboot working ?

I think VistaBootPro can solute your problem.


Bye, Bughunter.

Indeed I used the EasyBCD utility. Please look at my answer to Sneh Bansal
for more details.
--
Thanks and my best Regards, Jack_G


"John Barnes" wrote:

As stated you can use VistaBootPro but if it doesn't work initially, copy
the boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr files to the partition with Vista on
it.
Modify the entry in the boot.ini to make sure it points to the proper
partition for XP

"Jack_G_Switzerland" wrote in
message ...
Hello,

I got Vista Basic with my new notebook. I upgrade it online with Vista
Home
Premium. Then I wanted to run XP in another partition but the system
refused
to install XP from Vista. Installing it separatly, I did not get the
multiboot screen and to boot back from Vista I had to repair Vista, but
then
I dont have access anymore to XP.

Installing XP first and then Vista, I got the multiboot screen but it did
not boot with the Vista option: cannot boot from this partition.

Now I am using Vista Home Premium and have XP in another partition but I
cannot boot it. Does somebody has a solution to make the multiboot working
?
--
With my best Regards, Jack_G

Indeed it was usefull. You can read my detailed solution in the answer to
Sneh Bansal.
--
Thanks and my best Regards, Jack_G


"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

Jack_G_Switzerland wrote:
Hello,

I got Vista Basic with my new notebook. I upgrade it online with Vista Home
Premium. Then I wanted to run XP in another partition but the system refused
to install XP from Vista. Installing it separatly, I did not get the
multiboot screen and to boot back from Vista I had to repair Vista, but then
I dont have access anymore to XP.

Installing XP first and then Vista, I got the multiboot screen but it did
not boot with the Vista option: cannot boot from this partition.

Now I am using Vista Home Premium and have XP in another partition but I
cannot boot it. Does somebody has a solution to make the multiboot working ?


Normally, the older OS must be installed first unless you wish to
acquire and use some 3rd-party partition and boot management utility.
(In which case you have to follow the instructions provided by whatever
3rd party solution you select.) However, this KB Article (not for the
faint of heart) explains how to repair the Vista boot process after
installing WinXP:

Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of
the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529

However, dual-booting is no longer necessary in most situations.

Why not download a Virtual Machine application, such as Microsoft's
VirtualPC 2007 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp?) or
Innotek's VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) and run Win2K and your
legacy applications within a virtual computer. Both are free and work
with Vista.

NOTE: Microsoft does not support the use of VirtualPC 2007 on Vista
Home editions, but several people have reported that it works. Your
results may vary.


--

Bruce Chambers

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Indeed it helped me understand the problem. Please look at my solution in the
answer to Sneh Bansal.
--
Thanks and my best Regards, Jack_G


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

Have a read of the above link

"Jack_G_Switzerland" wrote:

Hello,

I got Vista Basic with my new notebook. I upgrade it online with Vista Home
Premium. Then I wanted to run XP in another partition but the system refused
to install XP from Vista. Installing it separatly, I did not get the
multiboot screen and to boot back from Vista I had to repair Vista, but then
I dont have access anymore to XP.

Installing XP first and then Vista, I got the multiboot screen but it did
not boot with the Vista option: cannot boot from this partition.

Now I am using Vista Home Premium and have XP in another partition but I
cannot boot it. Does somebody has a solution to make the multiboot working ?
--
With my best Regards, Jack_G

Indeed but I did not find Magic and I did the things differently. Please look
at my answer to Sneh Bansal to read my solution.
--
Thanks and my best Regards, Jack_G


"April" wrote:

Download a program called partition magic it will help you make an active
primary partition to do a dual boot. When you install use the newly created
partition. Dual-boot will work using this process. or just create
another PRIMARY partition using FDISK and select the new partition when
installing...Whichever is easier for you.



-April



"Jack_G_Switzerland" wrote in
message ...
Hello,

I got Vista Basic with my new notebook. I upgrade it online with Vista
Home
Premium. Then I wanted to run XP in another partition but the system
refused
to install XP from Vista. Installing it separatly, I did not get the
multiboot screen and to boot back from Vista I had to repair Vista, but
then
I dont have access anymore to XP.

Installing XP first and then Vista, I got the multiboot screen but it did
not boot with the Vista option: cannot boot from this partition.

Now I am using Vista Home Premium and have XP in another partition but I
cannot boot it. Does somebody has a solution to make the multiboot working
?
--
With my best Regards, Jack_G

We are done with this question.
--
With my best Regards, Jack_G


"Jack_G_Switzerland" wrote:

Hello,

I got Vista Basic with my new notebook. I upgrade it online with Vista Home
Premium. Then I wanted to run XP in another partition but the system refused
to install XP from Vista. Installing it separatly, I did not get the
multiboot screen and to boot back from Vista I had to repair Vista, but then
I dont have access anymore to XP.

Installing XP first and then Vista, I got the multiboot screen but it did
not boot with the Vista option: cannot boot from this partition.

Now I am using Vista Home Premium and have XP in another partition but I
cannot boot it. Does somebody has a solution to make the multiboot working ?
--
With my best Regards, Jack_G

We are done with this question.

Thanks and my best Regards, Jack_G


"Jack_G_Switzerland" wrote:

Hello,

I got Vista Basic with my new notebook. I upgrade it online with Vista Home
Premium. Then I wanted to run XP in another partition but the system refused
to install XP from Vista. Installing it separatly, I did not get the
multiboot screen and to boot back from Vista I had to repair Vista, but then
I dont have access anymore to XP.

Installing XP first and then Vista, I got the multiboot screen but it did
not boot with the Vista option: cannot boot from this partition.

Now I am using Vista Home Premium and have XP in another partition but I
cannot boot it. Does somebody has a solution to make the multiboot working ?
--
With my best Regards, Jack_G

Get Sun xVM VirtualBox it is free and runs any operating system on your vista
computer. http://www.sun.com/download/

"Jack_G_Switzerland" wrote:

Hello,

I got Vista Basic with my new notebook. I upgrade it online with Vista Home
Premium. Then I wanted to run XP in another partition but the system refused
to install XP from Vista. Installing it separatly, I did not get the
multiboot screen and to boot back from Vista I had to repair Vista, but then
I dont have access anymore to XP.

Installing XP first and then Vista, I got the multiboot screen but it did
not boot with the Vista option: cannot boot from this partition.

Now I am using Vista Home Premium and have XP in another partition but I
cannot boot it. Does somebody has a solution to make the multiboot working ?
--
With my best Regards, Jack_G