Dual Booting with Win 7

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BarrieNoodles

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About a year ago I installed Win 7 (on its' own HD) as dual boot on my computer. At that time I could boot into Vista or Win 7, no problem. Since I installed all my new software on to Win 7, I stopped using Vista and it is listed as drive G. I have some older Income Tax programs loaded onto the Visa drive that I need to use to do back taxes but now it wont let me boot with VIsta. When I restart the computer I get the screen showing both hard drives but when I press CTRL + I only Win 7 is displayed as a choice. What do I need to do to be able to get back into Vista? :cry:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Dimension 9200 (Dell DXP061)
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    4 GB DRR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT220 1024MB
    Sound Card
    On Mother Board- Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 22 inch Wide Screen Digital Flat Panel & Acer 1916 LCD
    Screen Resolution
    Dell 1680 x 1024, Acer 12080 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    500GB Serial ATA 3Gbs/sec (7200RPM)
    1TB Seagate (7200RPM)
    1 TB Fantom HD Back_Up (7200RPM)
    PSU
    APC Back-UPS ES 750
    Case
    Dell
    Cooling
    Dell - 2 Fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX5500
    Mouse
    Logitech Laser Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Linksys Wireless-N PCI
    Other Info
    Upgraded from 2 to 4 GB Ram
    Added 1T Seagate HD Inside
    Added 1T Green Drive eSATA External BU HD
Boot to Win7
Create a repair disc (Start...All Programs...Maintenance...Create a System Repair Disc)
Boot from the repair disk
Select the Command Prompt entry from the menu
Type these commands - press ENTER after each one

bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /rebuildbcd

That should recognize the Vista installation and allow you to boot to it. If not, post back here and we'll try other stuff.
 

My Computer

System One

Thanks for the help. Since Vista is on drive G: do I still run these commands in C: (Win7)?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Dimension 9200 (Dell DXP061)
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    4 GB DRR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT220 1024MB
    Sound Card
    On Mother Board- Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 22 inch Wide Screen Digital Flat Panel & Acer 1916 LCD
    Screen Resolution
    Dell 1680 x 1024, Acer 12080 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    500GB Serial ATA 3Gbs/sec (7200RPM)
    1TB Seagate (7200RPM)
    1 TB Fantom HD Back_Up (7200RPM)
    PSU
    APC Back-UPS ES 750
    Case
    Dell
    Cooling
    Dell - 2 Fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX5500
    Mouse
    Logitech Laser Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Linksys Wireless-N PCI
    Other Info
    Upgraded from 2 to 4 GB Ram
    Added 1T Seagate HD Inside
    Added 1T Green Drive eSATA External BU HD
Just open the command prompt and type them right there.
No specifying C: or G: (I think the disk will default to X: ).
 
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THANK YOU, Thank You, thank you, oh master of Window's OS. Your wizardry has saved me countless hours doing back taxes manually. I the future I will buy them at Staples so I have a CD I can load onto another or new computer.
Now I remember why I stopped booting into Vista.... it will not shut down, I get a Vista Ultimate screen "Shutting Down" but it just keeps on running at that screen all night. I have to pull the plug to re-boot.
Thank you agin. :D
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Dimension 9200 (Dell DXP061)
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    4 GB DRR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT220 1024MB
    Sound Card
    On Mother Board- Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 22 inch Wide Screen Digital Flat Panel & Acer 1916 LCD
    Screen Resolution
    Dell 1680 x 1024, Acer 12080 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    500GB Serial ATA 3Gbs/sec (7200RPM)
    1TB Seagate (7200RPM)
    1 TB Fantom HD Back_Up (7200RPM)
    PSU
    APC Back-UPS ES 750
    Case
    Dell
    Cooling
    Dell - 2 Fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX5500
    Mouse
    Logitech Laser Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Linksys Wireless-N PCI
    Other Info
    Upgraded from 2 to 4 GB Ram
    Added 1T Seagate HD Inside
    Added 1T Green Drive eSATA External BU HD
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