Guest colinlam Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Hi, I have three partitions, XP Pro on the first, Vista on the second and my data on the third. The problem I am having is accessing the data from either OP. If I change ownership in one and then the other I cannot open files from the first and have to take ownership again. I have had this system running OK for months but have had to reinstall when the motherboard blew and cannot get it running for the life of me. I hope somebody can help, thanks in advanced. Colin. -- colinlam
Guest Ron Martell Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Dual Booting colinlam <colinlam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Hi, I have three partitions, XP Pro on the first, Vista on the second and my >data on the third. The problem I am having is accessing the data from either >OP. If I change ownership in one and then the other I cannot open files from >the first and have to take ownership again. > >I have had this system running OK for months but have had to reinstall when >the motherboard blew and cannot get it running for the life of me. > >I hope somebody can help, thanks in advanced. > >Colin. For dual boot situations involvling XP and Vista I always recommend that a third party Boot Manager program such as BootIt Next Generation (http://www.bootitng.com) be used and that it be configured so that the non-booting operating system partitions are hidden. This is generally a good idea with all Windows multi-boot situations but it is especially important with Windows XP and Vista as Windows XP will destroy the System Restore information on the Windows Vista partition if it is allowed to access it. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito."
Guest Gerry Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Dual Booting Colin I am also a BootIt NG fan. It's the right tool for your situation. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron Martell wrote: > colinlam <colinlam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> Hi, I have three partitions, XP Pro on the first, Vista on the >> second and my data on the third. The problem I am having is >> accessing the data from either OP. If I change ownership in one and >> then the other I cannot open files from the first and have to take >> ownership again. >> >> I have had this system running OK for months but have had to >> reinstall when the motherboard blew and cannot get it running for >> the life of me. >> >> I hope somebody can help, thanks in advanced. >> >> Colin. > > For dual boot situations involvling XP and Vista I always recommend > that a third party Boot Manager program such as BootIt Next Generation > (http://www.bootitng.com) be used and that it be configured so that the > non-booting operating system partitions are hidden. > > This is generally a good idea with all Windows multi-boot situations > but it is especially important with Windows XP and Vista as Windows XP > will destroy the System Restore information on the Windows Vista > partition if it is allowed to access it. > > Good luck > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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