i installed vista on my 40gig hdd and when i rebooted my pc i had the choice to boot from win xp(on my 200gig hdd) or vista then i installed winxp on my 200gig hdd and it now boots straight into winxp i looked at the boot in msconfig all it has there is "[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect" how do i boot my vista answers are greatly greatly apreciated thanks,
2006-11-18 12:54:56 · 3 answers · asked by Nick E 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
look for the boot.ini file. open the file in notepade. then edit it.
reboot.
2006-11-18 12:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by Jamie J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Boot into XP and try to change the boot.ini file to include Vista on the boot loader.
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/top/windows-vista-beta-how-to-dual-boot-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-179906.php
2006-11-18 21:01:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows vista doesn't have that option. if you have two drives or two partition what ever you installed on drive c: boots up whether xp or vista.
2006-11-18 21:01:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋