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Thread ID: 88213 2008-03-19 05:40:00 Vista/XP Dual boot config Mike (15) Press F1
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650792 2008-03-20 04:44:00 Okay if XP when it boots as you wrote IS showing as Drive G, even when booted into XP then something certainly not standard. The Screen shot links I posted above sound like the same setup - single drive with two partitions.

When you boot into which ever OS it should automatically change to C: as the main drive.When I installed XP it saw Vista there as already installed and so allocated that as C:\ - I think maybe that's where the problem started, and it was all downhill from there. Yes I think you're right - installing XP first might be the way to fix these issues... a bit of a pain really, but I suppose I'm going to have to do that. Good thing Vista installs quick - wish I could say the same for XP lol

But I'm still sure I installed Vista before XP last time :P I can remember having to mess around with the boot loadery thing to get to Vista again... I think :)

Mike. 		Mike (15)
650793 2008-03-20 06:18:00 One thing I have found, and I don't know if its simply luck or not, but if XP is already installed, then Vista is added, I have had no problems, even on customers PC's.

If its the other way around, Vista first, sometimes " weird & Strange" things happen sometimes. (insert spooky music here :lol:) 		wainuitech (129)
650794 2008-03-20 06:29:00 One thing I have found, and I don't know if its simply luck or not, but if XP is already installed, then Vista is added, I have had no problems, even on customers PC's.

If its the other way around, Vista first, sometimes " weird & Strange" things happen sometimes. (insert spooky music here

Your not the only one there. 		stormdragon (6013)
650795 2008-03-20 09:17:00 A thought that may work. There is a boot loader at www.ranish.com that I last used about 8 years ago. If you "chain load" with this boot loader first, you can from memory hide partitions. That might give the drive letters you require? johnd (85)
650796 2008-03-21 01:59:00 I managed to get it going eventually (although it probably would have been easier, if not faster, to just reinstall XP first then Vista :P) by getting one of the partition manager type programs to "Hide" my Vista partition and make my XP partition the boot partition, then when I ran XP setup it said the XP partition was C:\ and the Vista one was J:\... got XP installed, unhid the Vista partition again, reset the Vista boot manager so Vista would boot, and it all works - Vista thinks its C:\ with XP partition as Z:\, and XP thinks its C:\ with Vista partition as Z:\

Thanks for everyones comments and suggestions :)

Cheers,
Mike. 		Mike (15)
650797 2008-03-21 02:12:00 I managed to get it going eventually (although it probably would have been easier, if not faster, to just reinstall XP first then Vista :P) by getting one of the partition manager type programs to "Hide" my Vista partition and make my XP partition the boot partition, then when I ran XP setup it said the XP partition was C:\ and the Vista one was J:\... got XP installed, unhid the Vista partition again, reset the Vista boot manager so Vista would boot, and it all works - Vista thinks its C:\ with XP partition as Z:\, and XP thinks its C:\ with Vista partition as Z:\

Thanks for everyones comments and suggestions :)

Cheers,
Mike. Glad you managed to fix it :thumbs: It probably was quicker doing it the way you did as you wouldn't have had to reinstall all your data and programs again. 		wainuitech (129)
650798 2008-03-21 02:18:00 Guess some people have all day, and like taking the long way round things ;) Speedy Gonzales (78)
650799 2008-03-21 02:20:00 Guess some people have all day, and like taking the long way round things ;)Once I had read through everyone's comments and had a night to think about it, it only took about 1.5 hours this morning to get it done :)

Mike. 		Mike (15)
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