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 Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject:  Dual Boot |
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Hi I need a little advice, At present I am using XP32 on a single drive but In my PC are 2 other drives in raid which have XP64 (these are not connected at present)
So the question is how do I set up my PC to use both XP 64 and XP32
Dave |
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WaRdOg
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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Cant help you mate sorry 
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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hmmm,
i never tried xp64 bit
but it should be easy if u use "grub" as bootmanager, he is quite smart and normally will automatically see, which OS u use and gets the settings easily.
If xp 64 uses the same kind of bootmanager like xp32 than it should be really easy, its only 1 line in the bootmanager u have to copy to the mainbooting harddrive |
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sharp
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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i thought i knew how to do this but XPs boot manager isnt as easy as Vistas.
Will try and help tomorrow but will involve editing the boot manager manually which is a pain.
As thorsten said, Grub can be used, but Grub is overly complicating and is mainly used for dual booting osx and linux etc.
What im sure alls you need to do is pull up the boot.ini from your C: drive.
Considering xp32 is on your C: drive you will see something like:
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[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 Home Edition" /fastdetect
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Where timeout = the time the boot selection screen shows
Default= Default partition and disk. rdisk(0) is your first drive, with partition(1) the only partition with the windows directory WINDOWS
Operating systems is where your multiple operating systems can be set up.
I have 2 xp 32 bits installed atm, so my boot.ini file in my C: drive looks like:
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[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
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So in theory, if you have all 3 drives connected, XP32bit on your first (C drive, and xp64 on your (D and (E drives considering they are in raid, which you have set up to be mirrored?
You will then open boot.ini on your first drive, and will see the entry for xp32
You want to leave everything intact, but add the following line:
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multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP 64bit" /fastdetect
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So now your boot.ini should look something like:
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[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 Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP 64bit" /fastdetect
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Now you have only changed what number the disk is with 64bit on, and the description.
In theory this will work but not everything is as simple.
You may have to set up in bios that your (C xp 32bit drive has priority to boot first
Then once rebooted you should get a black screen pop up asking you to select which operating system and each selection should work.
good luck. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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Wow ty Tom i will print this lot out and have a good look.
ill try this and let you know how i get on.
Dave |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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Hiya Dave,
im not sure if this option will work (changing the boot ini from XP) because vista uses a very different boot loader in combination with a very different file system.
If it doesnt work, you have to clean the vista drives, connect them with the xp drives present (xp as primary boot) and reinstall vista, this way the vista boot loader will include xp as a bootable os. Keep in mind that vista will alter the boot loader on the primairy disk (xp) as well and if you decide to go back to xp only you will need to run fixboot from the admin console from the xp install cd to reload the whole boot loader from xp.
Greetz Jos |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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[quote:557b951cf7= DareDevil-RS- ;p= 34145 ]Hiya Dave,
im not sure if this option will work (changing the boot ini from XP) because vista uses a very different boot loader in combination with a very different file system.
If it doesnt work, you have to clean the vista drives, connect them with the xp drives present (xp as primary boot) and reinstall vista, this way the vista boot loader will include xp as a bootable os. Keep in mind that vista will alter the boot loader on the primairy disk (xp) as well and if you decide to go back to xp only you will need to run fixboot from the admin console from the xp install cd to reload the whole boot loader from xp.
Greetz Jos |
he is setting up XP 32 bit and XP 64bit, not XP and Vista. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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My bad, misread 
Have said nothing, sorry for the misunderstanding.
Greetz Jos |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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I have 2 hard drives
one vista
one with xp
when i start pc push F8 and it asks me which hard drive i want to boot from whether you have xp and xp or vista/xp as long as they on different physical hard drives i dont see point of messing about with the boot files
that make sense or that completely wrong type of thing you after? |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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i have dual boots for work 
one left one
and
one right one
left one for ...hmmmm ....left
and right one for xp ..no ..wait ...hmmmm ..i forgot
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sharp
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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[quote:3bce9871f9= PhilKill=RS= ;p= 34194 ]I have 2 hard drives
one vista
one with xp
when i start pc push F8 and it asks me which hard drive i want to boot from whether you have xp and xp or vista/xp as long as they on different physical hard drives i dont see point of messing about with the boot files
that make sense or that completely wrong type of thing you after? |
All depends on what BIOS he has, not all have this feature.
All BIOSs have a boot priority order, which can be modified in the BIOS, but this takes around 3 mins plus a reboot, but the other way is the XP boot file way, where you are presented with available operating systems on boot then you select one and hit enter. |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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| yall need a life! its BHD :roll: what ya need all that for |
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ZR1=RS=
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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Yes I can F8 but have not tried this but the solution with a entry screen and choose which OS sounds better (idiot proof I hope) so I will test asap and let you know
Morc you fool 
Justin blame SIGURD I was happy with XP64 
Thx for all the help guys
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:31 am Post subject: Re: Dual Boot |
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[quote:7e054de6bc= sharp ;p= 34226 ]
All depends on what BIOS he has, not all have this feature.
All BIOSs have a boot priority order, which can be modified in the BIOS, but this takes around 3 mins plus a reboot, but the other way is the XP boot file way, where you are presented with available operating systems on boot then you select one and hit enter. |
first my dear, 3mins for changing bootpriority in bios?
Now i know why i can shoot u easily....if u take that time for only a few times pressing some keys -))))
back to topic -))
second... he is using a raidsystem on 1 of his bootpartition , that will be a little more difficult to change biossettings.
the bootmanager should be on the Raidpartition.
but lets wait a little (so i can shoot Sharp better) which kind of solution lovely Dave will choose -))) |
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