how to boot Vista and XP on the same PC?

September 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I had vista in one drive(D:drive) and xp(C:drive) in another. i have reinstalled xp in C:drive as a result i cannot find the boot option for vista.
when system starts it directly boots xp without asking or showing any option to boot vista. and all the files in the D:drive are secure ,nothing i have deleted from that drive nor formatted it.please help…

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1 Metal Up Your Aѕѕ // Sep 19, 2008

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2 keith // Sep 19, 2008

I don’t understand why people insist on hanging onto old windows versions.
3 guitarsrkewl08 // Sep 19, 2008

you should be able to get it by pressing esc repeatedly when starting ur computer and then pick d drive to boot from

and keith (guy above me) its because somtimes vista or newer versions dont have all the drivers because its new

frobs he said D:drive are secure ,nothing i have deleted from that drive nor formatted it.please help…
4 frobs // Sep 19, 2008

You should never install an old version of windows after installing a newer one.

The order should be old version before the newer one.

XP has overwritten Vista’ boot record.

I am not a Vista user, but you should be able to use the original Vista DVD to repair the boot record.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529

This link should provide you with requisite information and also help you resolve the issue.

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