Dual boot Vista/Xp, 2 drives ... Whats the best way to dual boot with 2 drives?I have vista and xp on different drives; at the moment I am just swapping the ...

ZX81 · 02-01-2007, 02:51 AM

Whats the best way to dual boot with 2 drives?

I have vista and xp on different drives; at the moment I am just swapping them in the main drive bay, but I want to move vista to the 2nd internal drive module

Anyone in the same situation / done this already?
Like to hear from you, cheers

K9387 · 02-01-2007, 05:32 AM

Whichever bootloader you choose (which would depend on which drive is first in the boot menu of the BIOS) just add another entry which points to the other OS. There will already be one entry, use that as a starting point - should be pretty straight forward from there. If Vista is the primary there is a little tool you can use (included with the OS) - name escapes me though, think there is a command line tool (to configure boot.ini) for XP too.

darkloki · 02-01-2007, 09:14 AM

I acutally just bought a second HDD and will switch between the 2 based on what OS I want to run. Eventually I'm sure one of them will turn into an external HDD.

PcGeek04 · 02-01-2007, 01:03 PM

I partitioned my C: drive into two (C: & D

and installed both OSes... no issues at all.

darkloki · 02-01-2007, 01:06 PM

I suppose that works, but I'm sure that eventually I'll stick with OS within the next 2 years or less.

02-01-2007, 02:51 AM	#1
ZX81 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: the west Posts: 1,353 Credits: 1,021	Dual boot Vista/Xp, 2 drives Whats the best way to dual boot with 2 drives? I have vista and xp on different drives; at the moment I am just swapping them in the main drive bay, but I want to move vista to the 2nd internal drive module Anyone in the same situation / done this already? Like to hear from you, cheers __________________ M6300 X7900 2.8 FX3600 4GB 2xWD320 5400rpm Asus P5QDeluxe Q9450 @3.6, 4GB Asus EAH 4770 crossfire Asus M4A785D-M PRO AM3 mATX AMD Phenom II X3 Black Edition Unlocked to X4 Quad BE 3.1 stock volts with Asus bios 405 'Unleash' option

02-01-2007, 05:32 AM	#2
K9387 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 2,183 Credits: 1,126	Whichever bootloader you choose (which would depend on which drive is first in the boot menu of the BIOS) just add another entry which points to the other OS. There will already be one entry, use that as a starting point - should be pretty straight forward from there. If Vista is the primary there is a little tool you can use (included with the OS) - name escapes me though, think there is a command line tool (to configure boot.ini) for XP too. __________________ XPS M1530 - Pentium Core 2 Duo 2.5Ghz - 4GB RAM - NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256MB - LG 1440x900 Screen - 320GB HDD - Bluetooth & Intel Next Gen Wireless - Dell 2408WFP 24" Monitor - 1TB Western Digital My Book Essential 2.0 USB2

02-01-2007, 09:14 AM	#3
darkloki Defender of E-JUSTICE!!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,636 Credits: 1,357	I acutally just bought a second HDD and will switch between the 2 based on what OS I want to run. Eventually I'm sure one of them will turn into an external HDD. __________________ XPS M1730 with Blu Ray 8800 GTX SLI X9000, Dual X25 Intel SSD, 4 GB of ram. Alienwarem15X i7 820 QM 260M GTX Blu-ray X Company of Heros Fanatic Player

02-01-2007, 01:03 PM	#4
PcGeek04 WannaBe UberGeek Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Milky Way, Local Group Posts: 779 Credits: -128	I partitioned my C: drive into two (C: & D and installed both OSes... no issues at all. __________________ E1705-1.86Duo\|1gb\|x1400\|100Gb\|BT350\|WUXGA E1705-2.oDuo\|2gb\|7900GSX\|100Gb\|BT350\|WUXGA-LG 3d06-4945 PS3-60GB w/YDL installed Certifications: MCSE \| Network+ \| A+ Westy 42" W4207

02-01-2007, 01:06 PM	#5
darkloki Defender of E-JUSTICE!!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,636 Credits: 1,357	I suppose that works, but I'm sure that eventually I'll stick with OS within the next 2 years or less. __________________ XPS M1730 with Blu Ray 8800 GTX SLI X9000, Dual X25 Intel SSD, 4 GB of ram. Alienwarem15X i7 820 QM 260M GTX Blu-ray X Company of Heros Fanatic Player

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