Guest John Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Hi I have xp pro on my primary SATA drive. I installed Vista on secondary SATA while keeping primary (xp) SATA off in set-up to keep the two independent. The reason I want the two separate is in-case one partition goes I don't want the other to be effected as well. I have two problems. 1. I can not boot into Vista until I switch off xp disk in set-up which is tedious. 2. I can not access xp drives/partitions in Vista and hence can not copy files across as xp drive is off to get into Vista. What I really need is some sort of boot management that can keep both OSs separate but also allows easy boot selection possibly via a boot time menu. Any recommendations would be appreciated. This boot management needs to first install in xp if it needs to access both Os partitions as in vista, xp disk is not accessible. Yep, tough one this one. Thanks Regards
Guest Carey Frisch [MVP] Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: XP / Vista independent boot requirement Try using this excellent utility: VistaBootPRO http://www.vistabootpro.org/ -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "John" wrote: Hi I have xp pro on my primary SATA drive. I installed Vista on secondary SATA while keeping primary (xp) SATA off in set-up to keep the two independent. The reason I want the two separate is in-case one partition goes I don't want the other to be effected as well. I have two problems. 1. I can not boot into Vista until I switch off xp disk in set-up which is tedious. 2. I can not access xp drives/partitions in Vista and hence can not copy files across as xp drive is off to get into Vista. What I really need is some sort of boot management that can keep both OSs separate but also allows easy boot selection possibly via a boot time menu. Any recommendations would be appreciated. This boot management needs to first install in xp if it needs to access both Os partitions as in vista, xp disk is not accessible. Yep, tough one this one. Thanks Regards
Guest John Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: XP / Vista independent boot requirement Doesn't work as in Vista it can not see xp pro. In xp pro it doe snot work as it says BCD record not found. Thanks Regards "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message news:evKltpb6HHA.5844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Try using this excellent utility: > > VistaBootPRO > http://www.vistabootpro.org/ > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "John" wrote: > > Hi > > I have xp pro on my primary SATA drive. I installed Vista on secondary > SATA > while keeping primary (xp) SATA off in set-up to keep the two independent. > The reason I want the two separate is in-case one partition goes I don't > want the other to be effected as well. > > I have two problems. > > 1. I can not boot into Vista until I switch off xp disk in set-up which is > tedious. > > 2. I can not access xp drives/partitions in Vista and hence can not copy > files across as xp drive is off to get into Vista. > > What I really need is some sort of boot management that can keep both OSs > separate but also allows easy boot selection possibly via a boot time > menu. > Any recommendations would be appreciated. This boot management needs to > first install in xp if it needs to access both Os partitions as in vista, > xp > disk is not accessible. > > Yep, tough one this one. > > Thanks > > Regards > >
Guest John Barnes Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: XP / Vista independent boot requirement Don't know what you mean by kept off in setup. If you want 2 independent system, you install one with the one drive plugged in that you are going to install it on. Then unplug and plug in the other drive and install your second system. Plug it back in. Keep each drive plugged into the same MOBO socket. If you have a BIOS that allows you to select the boot drive during POST you can select the system you want to boot (mine uses F12). If you want to set up a dual boot but have two independent systems, you set the Vista drive first in boot priority in the BIOS, you boot to Vista, install EasyBCD or VistaBootPro and add a legacy boot entry. If you want a third party product, I recommend BootItNG. "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23c4Sfmb6HHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I have xp pro on my primary SATA drive. I installed Vista on secondary > SATA while keeping primary (xp) SATA off in set-up to keep the two > independent. The reason I want the two separate is in-case one partition > goes I don't want the other to be effected as well. > > I have two problems. > > 1. I can not boot into Vista until I switch off xp disk in set-up which is > tedious. > > 2. I can not access xp drives/partitions in Vista and hence can not copy > files across as xp drive is off to get into Vista. > > What I really need is some sort of boot management that can keep both OSs > separate but also allows easy boot selection possibly via a boot time > menu. Any recommendations would be appreciated. This boot management needs > to first install in xp if it needs to access both Os partitions as in > vista, xp disk is not accessible. > > Yep, tough one this one. > > Thanks > > Regards > >
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Re: XP / Vista independent boot requirement "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23c4Sfmb6HHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I have xp pro on my primary SATA drive. I installed Vista on secondary > SATA while keeping primary (xp) SATA off in set-up to keep the two > independent. The reason I want the two separate is in-case one partition > goes I don't want the other to be effected as well. > > I have two problems. > > 1. I can not boot into Vista until I switch off xp disk in set-up which is > tedious. > > 2. I can not access xp drives/partitions in Vista and hence can not copy > files across as xp drive is off to get into Vista. > > What I really need is some sort of boot management that can keep both OSs > separate but also allows easy boot selection possibly via a boot time > menu. Any recommendations would be appreciated. This boot management needs > to first install in xp if it needs to access both Os partitions as in > vista, xp disk is not accessible. > > Yep, tough one this one. Your BIOS set up should have an option whereby you can select the boot priority order. The list should allow you to select which SATA drive has priority over the other. Simply change the order to make whichever drive you wish to boot have priority over the other.
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