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Old 08-09-2007   #1 (permalink)
Dan
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Dual Boot Vista and XP

I have dual booted server 2003 and Vista.

Server 2003 is on C:\
Vista is on D:\

I wanted to Install XP in place of server but I know this will wipe out
Vista's Boot record. What could I do to restore Vista's boot record so I
could still use it?

Thanks in Advance everyone!


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Old 08-09-2007   #2 (permalink)
John Barnes
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Re: Dual Boot Vista and XP

Run startup repair from the Vista DVD after the XP install. You may need to
run it up to 4 times according to some posts.

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have dual booted server 2003 and Vista.
>
> Server 2003 is on C:\
> Vista is on D:\
>
> I wanted to Install XP in place of server but I know this will wipe out
> Vista's Boot record. What could I do to restore Vista's boot record so I
> could still use it?
>
> Thanks in Advance everyone!
>


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