dual boot xp professional

[Guest Mizan]

hi,

i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is there

any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using the new

installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation i can

not find older version windows directory or desktop.

 

thanks

[Guest Holz]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 19:38:00 -0800

Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> hi,

> i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

> installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is

> there any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by

> using the new installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new

> XP intallation i can not find older version windows directory or

> desktop.

>

> thanks

 

The two options you see are because your boot sector was modified. You

most likely over wrote your previous installation.

 

--

Live & let live, or leave.

:-)

[Guest PD43]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>hi,

> i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

>installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is there

>any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using the new

>installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation i can

>not find older version windows directory or desktop.

 

And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

[Guest Mizan]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

cuz i have some important files on the older installation xp desktop. I wanna

get those files

 

"PD43" wrote:

> Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >hi,

> > i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

> >installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is there

> >any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using the new

> >installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation i can

> >not find older version windows directory or desktop.

>

> And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

>

[Guest Mizan]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

 

when i start shows me the to choose which xp i wanna boot with. so its mean

it still there.

"PD43" wrote:

> Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >hi,

> > i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

> >installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is there

> >any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using the new

> >installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation i can

> >not find older version windows directory or desktop.

>

> And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

The entry in the boot options menu is still there. But that may be all.

Why can't you just restore from your file backups?

 

"Mizan" <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C7E9CDB5-7239-4D67-98E8-191474DEFC91@microsoft.com...

>

> when i start shows me the to choose which xp i wanna boot with. so its

> mean

> it still there.

> "PD43" wrote:

>

>> Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>> >hi,

>> > i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

>> >installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is

>> >there

>> >any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using the

>> >new

>> >installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation i

>> >can

>> >not find older version windows directory or desktop.

>>

>> And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

>>

[Guest Gordon]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

"Mizan" <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:BB7D43BB-9A27-4F6B-980F-4D016F797E31@microsoft.com...

> cuz i have some important files on the older installation xp desktop. I

> wanna

> get those files

>

 

One very good reason for NOT keeping data on the desktop!

[Guest Gordon]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> The entry in the boot options menu is still there. But that may be all.

> Why can't you just restore from your file backups?

>

 

<snigger>!

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:6B8E3863-648A-4CB6-BD34-558F3EB5DF20@microsoft.com...

> The entry in the boot options menu is still there. But that may be all.

> Why can't you just restore from your file backups?

>

 

Now you know the answer to *that* question just as well as I do.

> "Mizan" <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:C7E9CDB5-7239-4D67-98E8-191474DEFC91@microsoft.com...

>>

>> when i start shows me the to choose which xp i wanna boot with. so its

>> mean

>> it still there.

>> "PD43" wrote:

>>

>>> Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>

>>> >hi,

>>> > i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

>>> >installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is

>>> >there

>>> >any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using

>>> >the new

>>> >installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation

>>> >i can

>>> >not find older version windows directory or desktop.

>>>

>>> And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

>>>

>

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

 

"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:ferus3db2ohaoqr02u2g3a1329itrc0ugv@4ax.com...

> Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>>hi,

>> i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

>>installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is

>>there

>>any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using the

>>new

>>installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation i

>>can

>>not find older version windows directory or desktop.

>

> And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

 

If it had been installed to a different partition, the older version would

have still been there and be bootable into.

[Guest Bob I]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

No, not anymore you don't. Start, Run, MSCONFIG, BOOT.INI, Check all

boot paths, you will have corrected the issue.

 

Mizan wrote:

> cuz i have some important files on the older installation xp desktop. I wanna

> get those files

>

> "PD43" wrote:

>

>

>>Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>>

>>>hi,

>>> i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

>>>installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is there

>>>any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using the new

>>>installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation i can

>>>not find older version windows directory or desktop.

>>

>>And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

>>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:15:46 -0000, "M.I.5¾"

<no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:6B8E3863-648A-4CB6-BD34-558F3EB5DF20@microsoft.com...

> > The entry in the boot options menu is still there. But that may be all.

> > Why can't you just restore from your file backups?

> >

>

> Now you know the answer to *that* question just as well as I do.

 

 

I'm sure we all know the answer. But Colin makes a very important

point very effectively by phrasing it that way.

 

Anybody who has files that he considers important and does not have

them backed up is playing with fire.

 

> > "Mizan" <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:C7E9CDB5-7239-4D67-98E8-191474DEFC91@microsoft.com...

> >>

> >> when i start shows me the to choose which xp i wanna boot with. so its

> >> mean

> >> it still there.

> >> "PD43" wrote:

> >>

> >>> Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >>>

> >>> >hi,

> >>> > i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

> >>> >installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is

> >>> >there

> >>> >any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using

> >>> >the new

> >>> >installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation

> >>> >i can

> >>> >not find older version windows directory or desktop.

> >>>

> >>> And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

> >>>

> >

>

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

Please Reply to the Newsgroup

[Guest Mizan]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

i ran MSconfig and shows both path now what am i suppose to do get the

desktop of my older installation of xp

 

"Bob I" wrote:

> No, not anymore you don't. Start, Run, MSCONFIG, BOOT.INI, Check all

> boot paths, you will have corrected the issue.

>

> Mizan wrote:

>

> > cuz i have some important files on the older installation xp desktop. I wanna

> > get those files

> >

> > "PD43" wrote:

> >

> >

> >>Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >>

> >>

> >>>hi,

> >>> i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

> >>>installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is there

> >>>any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using the new

> >>>installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation i can

> >>>not find older version windows directory or desktop.

> >>

> >>And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

> >>

>

>

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

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> On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:15:46 -0000, "M.I.5¾"

> <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:6B8E3863-648A-4CB6-BD34-558F3EB5DF20@microsoft.com...

>> > The entry in the boot options menu is still there. But that may be

>> > all.

>> > Why can't you just restore from your file backups?

>> >

>>

>> Now you know the answer to *that* question just as well as I do.

>

>

> I'm sure we all know the answer. But Colin makes a very important

> point very effectively by phrasing it that way.

>

 

Indeed and it wasn't lost on me. I hope that I was reinforcing the point.

> Anybody who has files that he considers important and does not have

> them backed up is playing with fire.

>

 

Absolutely. But how many times has that advice appeared in this and other

related newsgroups. Yet, this very issue qualifies as a 'frequently asked

question'.

>

>> > "Mizan" <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> > news:C7E9CDB5-7239-4D67-98E8-191474DEFC91@microsoft.com...

>> >>

>> >> when i start shows me the to choose which xp i wanna boot with. so its

>> >> mean

>> >> it still there.

>> >> "PD43" wrote:

>> >>

>> >>> Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> >>>

>> >>> >hi,

>> >>> > i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

>> >>> >installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro.

>> >>> >Is

>> >>> >there

>> >>> >any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using

>> >>> >the new

>> >>> >installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP

>> >>> >intallation

>> >>> >i can

>> >>> >not find older version windows directory or desktop.

>> >>>

>> >>> And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

>> >>>

>> >

>>

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

[Guest Bob I]

Re: dual boot xp professional

 

Did you compare the contents of "both boot paths"? Please post them to

the thread so we may see.

 

Mizan wrote:

> i ran MSconfig and shows both path now what am i suppose to do get the

> desktop of my older installation of xp

>

> "Bob I" wrote:

>

>

>>No, not anymore you don't. Start, Run, MSCONFIG, BOOT.INI, Check all

>>boot paths, you will have corrected the issue.

>>

>>Mizan wrote:

>>

>>

>>>cuz i have some important files on the older installation xp desktop. I wanna

>>>get those files

>>>

>>>"PD43" wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>>Mizan <Mizan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>hi,

>>>>> i have installed xp twice on my system now i can log in new

>>>>>installation but i can not boot with older installation of XP pro. Is there

>>>>>any way that i can get to the desktop of older installation by using the new

>>>>>installation of xp. When i search on C drive of the new XP intallation i can

>>>>>not find older version windows directory or desktop.

>>>>

>>>>And why do you think you should be able to find the older version????

>>>>

>>

>>