how to break a dual boot...

[ivanvalles]

I have 2 hd (1 w/ Vista & 1 w/ XP) when the machine boots it ask for Windows
Vista OS or Early version of Windows to boot from.
The problem is , I need to take out the hd that have Vista, but when I try
to boot with the hd that have XP the machine see no hd in the bios and
doesn't boot. Do a miss something in relation with the dual boot????

any help
ivan
thanks

[Rich Barry]

You may have to change the jumper configuration on the back of the hard
drive. Master or Cable Select. I would anyway
remove the Ribbon cable from the Motherboard and reconnect it to the
Primary IDE channel ( connector ). If you installed
WinXP first, then the bootloader will be on the drive with XP.
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[peter]

Vista uses a brand new boot loader ...if you had XP and then installed Vista
it overwrote XP bootloader and replaced it with the Vista
version..........remove the HD and you have removed the boot manager..
I believeYou need to do a repair install of XP to correct the problem once
you have the XP drive in the master position...unless your running SATA
drives.
I am not sure if running the Recovery Console off the XP CD and running the
command "fixboot" would fix this.
peter

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[ivanvalles]

I try a lot's of things, thanks for the "fixboot" it's works.

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[peter]

Your welcome

peter
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