[koglaa]

here is the problem
i have got two partitions on my hard-drive
one of them came installed with vista
and i installed xp on the other
i have got the xp cd
how can i dual boot?
i have installed vista boot pro but when i select vista it only boot with xp unless i put in the xp cd and click repair

[Jase123]

Take a look at the following and see if it helps - http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

Regards Jason

[koglaa]

i am using xp at the moment so those tutorials wont really help as i need to accsses one or another

[Jase123]

Well you could of been more specific, by the sounds of your first post it seems you have Vista installed.

So let me clarify this, you have XP installed now, and want to install Vista on and be able to dual boot?

Regards Jason

[philthomas]

If you still have Vista on the other partition, but cannot access it with VistaBootPro, then there must be something wrong with your installation, as VistaBootPro works well .... I am using it myself.

[koglaa]

Ok, I didnt explain anythig very well in my first post.
I am using xp at the moment
I can accsess vista using vista boot pro but then i cant access xp using vista boot pro. i have to put in teh xp installation cd and "repair the computer" where i use the command "fixboot"
then i can access xp but not vista and this whole thing starts over. i want to know how i can access both without using this process.

[philthomas]

Did you install VistaBootPrro on the XP partition or the Vista partition or both ?

[koglaa]

First on xp then when i figured out how to boot vista i installed on there

[philthomas]

Hmmmm. it sounds as though in your efforts to resolve it, the bootloader or boot.ini has become corrupt.

Have a look here and see if anything helps. Also did you try the Diagnostic tool in VistaBootPro ?