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Re: Dual boot, 2 hard drives vista first
It doesn't affect what you are doing.
Kev wrote:
> Ok i should have clarified a bit more, i meant: What does this mean for how i
> instal a second OS? i kinda already got the fact that they would be
> displayed and i had 30 secs to choose.
>
> i can't believe how complicated this is gonna be when it should be really
> simple, and how can i overwrite the boot if its on a second hard drive?
> surely that would prevent XP trying to take over as primary, what if i don't
> have the vista one connected when i install the XP one? that way XP can't
> overwrite the vista boot.
>
> "Brett I. Holcomb" wrote:
>
>> Default OS is the one that will be booted after the time to display list
>> is up unless another has been chosen. In other words if you don't chose
>> an OS in the time to display the default OS will be booted.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kev wrote:
>>> Ok, i just descovered something:
>>>
>>> in the advanced system menu, go to start up and recovery. in there there
>>> are some settings that imply that vista can control which os i use.
>>>
>>> eg Default operating system
>>> and time to display list of OS's
>>>
>>> so what does this mean, that it is as simple as i think (just instal XP on
>>> second hard drive and make sure vista is primary boot) or is it still gonna
>>> be complicated?
>>>
>>> "John Barnes" wrote:
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