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Windows Vista Boot Problems
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sahaquiel20
PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:33 pm Reply with quote

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Hi,

This is my first post here.

I'm having problems with dual boot of Windows Vista Ultimate.

I've installed two Windows Vista Ultimate in my machine, but only the last Vista I installed is the one that boots.

How can I choose between the two Vistas I installed.

I also installed each Vista in diferent HDD.

Thank you for the information you could provide.
 
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yeshuas
Daniel Schmidt
PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:43 pm Reply with quote

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When you installed the second Vista was the harddrive with the first Vista plugged in?
 
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sahaquiel20
PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:46 pm Reply with quote

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Yes, the other drive was plugged in.
 
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Daniel Schmidt
PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:52 pm Reply with quote

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I have never installed 2 Vista's like that only XP Pro and then Vista and Vista saw the XP and asked if I wanted to include it in the bootloader or some such language. I would have thought it would have done the same thing with 2 instances of Vista, but I could be wrong.

Have you tried vista boot pro the free software available here http://www.vistabootpro.org/
 
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sahaquiel20
PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:57 pm Reply with quote

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In the past I've installed two XPs, the machine asked me with which XP you want to start.

Then I installed XP and Vista, the machine asked me if I want to start with Vista or an older version of windows.

Now the problem is when two Vistas are installed, I can't choose with which one I want to start.
 
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Daniel Schmidt
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Hang in there someone with experience will show up and help you
 
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nahnous
PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:53 am Reply with quote

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We tried too, but we didnt' achueve.
Good luck!
 
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Algis Koscus
PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:17 am Reply with quote

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sahaquiel20 wrote:
In the past I've installed two XPs, the machine asked me with which XP you want to start.

Then I installed XP and Vista, the machine asked me if I want to start with Vista or an older version of windows.

Now the problem is when two Vistas are installed, I can't choose with which one I want to start.


Was your first Vista pre-installed?I've had two Vistas installed with no problems but I had installed both myself.
 
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entropy
PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:53 am Reply with quote

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hi, I've actually the same problem. I have two vista 64 installs on separate partitions and they show up fine in the boot selections menu on system start. However, I dont have time to enter my selection, it shows the menu for less than a second, then autoboots the default vista.

What am I doing wrong?
 
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entropy
PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:09 am Reply with quote

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uh, problem solved. I increased the time to 30 sec and now I can select my OS. everything works fine with a dual vista vista setup here.

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