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xp/vista
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:46 pm
by Theftbot
I bought a gaming rig that has vista installed. then I bought a 2nd hard disk that I formatted and installed xp on(unplugged 1st drive). Is there a way to have it so i can use both.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:36 pm
by S13driftAZ
On startup hit F8 and a menu should pop up asking which OS do you want.
Don't quote me on that.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:55 pm
by Xamindar
You will probably need to use bcdedit to add an option to boot into winXP from the boot menu. In the future, if you install winXP first and then Vista afterward it will be all set up for you and will give you the option of booting into vista or XP on each boot.
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Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:03 pm
by Zantor
Xamindar wrote:You will probably need to use bcdedit to add an option to boot into winXP from the boot menu. In the future, if you install winXP first and then Vista afterward it will be all set up for you and will give you the option of booting into vista or XP on each boot.
Yup. That's how ya do it.