Kev,
Visit each of the sites for Vista Boot Pro and EasyBCD about adding a
legacy entry and installing XP as the second o/s.
Here's the VistaBootPro site
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88231
Additionally here's some other articles on the subject for EasyBCD
http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp http://www.apcstart.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp http://www.setup32.com/resource-guid...ith-vista-.php
And imo, the best of them all for configuration of dual boot and
bootmanaged systems: BootItNG
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html
Background info: normally for dual booting it is recommended to install
XP first, then Vista. With Vista installed as the second o/s, and after
complete install the user will be provided with two options in a dual
boot system.
Vista and the Other Windows Legacy O/S.
Since you are doing the opposite, XP basically isn't smart enough to set
it up the normal way and breaks Vista's control.....thus one has to
manually add the option for the legacy o/s, and/or restore the
bootloader, move necessary files from the XP drive to the Vista
drive(ref. John Barnes posts), and in some cases perform a repair
install of Vista.
The use of VistaBootPro or EasyBCD in your case makes part of the Vista
first/XP second process much easier. Visit the sites and read the
articles to familiarize yourself.
With respect to Restore points..yes XP breaks Vista's restore points.
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/prevent...windows_xp.htm http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html
Good luck!
...winston
MS-MVP Windows Live Mail
"Kev" <Kev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4D45F82-A87B-4340-863E-D2DD18BBDE90@microsoft.com...
>i am ok with the bios bit ans selecting drive priority, its the adding
>a
> legacy entry bit i am not familiar with, can someone elaborate on how
> to do
> that bit for me please? after that i'll give it a try (after backing
> important stuff to DVD first) in the next week or so.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kev
>
>
> "Brett I. Holcomb" wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>