Dual Boot w/XP Home Gone Wrong..........

> Since you bought the Upgrade, not the Full, Vista install was likely
> programmed to replace XP with itself, which is what you paid for.
> Being able to boot into either is set up by Full, not Upgrade.
>
> There's a way around this, but you're on your own with it:
> http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=691781
>
> "Jeff Ingram" <ingramje@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8851148C-E362-477E-A09A-C1878E831F81@microsoft.com...

>> Hello,
>>
>> I've got a dual boot situation that's gone painfully wrong. I just
>> purchased Windows Vista Premium Upgrade and soon after that a Dell XPS
>> 410 (This system would be able to support Vista). But this system came
>> with XP Home installed. I had created a 40 gig partition using Partition
>> Magic out of the installed 160 gig drive. So then I installed Vista
>> Upgrade, booting to the DVD and running the install from there.
>> Everything seemed to go without a hitch, but after it rebooted I didn't
>> get the boot screen where it would allow me to choose Windows XP or
>> Windows Vista. Then I allowed it to boot into Vista and checked in
>> System Properties/Advanced, under Startup and Recovery clicked Settings.
>> Then looked under Default operating system and only Microsoft Windows
>> Vista is in the drop down list.
>>
>> So next I went to Computer Management, Storage, Disk Managment and on
>> Disk 0 the 106 gig partition that XP Home should be installed on doesn't
>> even had a drive letter assigned! It says "Healthy Primary Partition".
>> When I right click on that partition the only option I get is "Delete
>> Volume". The option to assign a drive letter is greyed out, along with
>> all the other options.
>>
>> So how do I get my boot menu so that I can boot back into XP? Secondly,
>> is there a way that I can have a drive letter assigned to my Windows XP
>> partition without wiping it out.
>>
>> Currently my drives are assigned as follows:
>>
>> Disk 0
>> C: 39 gig (Vista is installed here)
>> 106 gig (Primary Partition) (WindowsXP is installed here)
>> 3 gig
>>
>> Disk 1
>> D: 34 gig
>>
>> Disk 2
>> F: 1 gig
>> E: 30 gig
>> G: 203 gig
>>
>> System Specs:
>>
>> Dell XPS 410
>> 2.13Ghz Pentium Core 2 Duo
>> 1536MB RAM
>> Phillips 16X DVD-ROM
>> Plextor PX755SA 16x DVD Writer
>> Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card
>> SATA Western Digital 160Gig 10,000 RPM
>> SATA Maxtor 250 Gig 16mb cache
>> SATA Western Digital 36 gig 10,000 RPM

>

> Hello,
>
> I've got a dual boot situation that's gone painfully wrong. I just
> purchased Windows Vista Premium Upgrade and soon after that a Dell XPS 410
> (This system would be able to support Vista). But this system came with
> XP Home installed. I had created a 40 gig partition using Partition Magic
> out of the installed 160 gig drive. So then I installed Vista Upgrade,
> booting to the DVD and running the install from there. Everything seemed
> to go without a hitch, but after it rebooted I didn't get the boot screen
> where it would allow me to choose Windows XP or Windows Vista. Then I
> allowed it to boot into Vista and checked in System Properties/Advanced,
> under Startup and Recovery clicked Settings. Then looked under Default
> operating system and only Microsoft Windows Vista is in the drop down
> list.
>
> So next I went to Computer Management, Storage, Disk Managment and on Disk
> 0 the 106 gig partition that XP Home should be installed on doesn't even
> had a drive letter assigned! It says "Healthy Primary Partition". When I
> right click on that partition the only option I get is "Delete Volume".
> The option to assign a drive letter is greyed out, along with all the
> other options.
>
> So how do I get my boot menu so that I can boot back into XP? Secondly,
> is there a way that I can have a drive letter assigned to my Windows XP
> partition without wiping it out.
>
> Currently my drives are assigned as follows:
>
> Disk 0
> C: 39 gig (Vista is installed here)
> 106 gig (Primary Partition) (WindowsXP is installed here)
> 3 gig
>
> Disk 1
> D: 34 gig
>
> Disk 2
> F: 1 gig
> E: 30 gig
> G: 203 gig
>
> System Specs:
>
> Dell XPS 410
> 2.13Ghz Pentium Core 2 Duo
> 1536MB RAM
> Phillips 16X DVD-ROM
> Plextor PX755SA 16x DVD Writer
> Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card
> SATA Western Digital 160Gig 10,000 RPM
> SATA Maxtor 250 Gig 16mb cache
> SATA Western Digital 36 gig 10,000 RPM

> Hello,
>
> I've got a dual boot situation that's gone painfully wrong. I just
> purchased Windows Vista Premium Upgrade and soon after that a Dell XPS 410
> (This system would be able to support Vista). But this system came with XP
> Home installed. I had created a 40 gig partition using Partition Magic out
> of the installed 160 gig drive. So then I installed Vista Upgrade, booting
> to the DVD and running the install from there. Everything seemed to go
> without a hitch, but after it rebooted I didn't get the boot screen where it
> would allow me to choose Windows XP or Windows Vista. Then I allowed it to
> boot into Vista and checked in System Properties/Advanced, under Startup and
> Recovery clicked Settings. Then looked under Default operating system and
> only Microsoft Windows Vista is in the drop down list.
>
> So next I went to Computer Management, Storage, Disk Managment and on Disk 0
> the 106 gig partition that XP Home should be installed on doesn't even had a
> drive letter assigned! It says "Healthy Primary Partition". When I right
> click on that partition the only option I get is "Delete Volume". The
> option to assign a drive letter is greyed out, along with all the other
> options.
>
> So how do I get my boot menu so that I can boot back into XP? Secondly, is
> there a way that I can have a drive letter assigned to my Windows XP
> partition without wiping it out.

> Something is not ringing true.
> If you booted from the Vista upgrade DVD, it would have refused
> to continue when you entered the product key, because the upgrade version
> requires that you start from an existing Windows
> installation.
>
> You should have installed Vista by opening the Vista DVD
> from within Windows XP.
>
> I have also heard a rumor that PM-created partitions are not
> valid in Vista, but I have no solid confirmation of this.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "Jeff Ingram" <ingramje@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8851148C-E362-477E-A09A-C1878E831F81@microsoft.com...

>> Hello,
>>
>> I've got a dual boot situation that's gone painfully wrong. I just
>> purchased Windows Vista Premium Upgrade and soon after that a Dell XPS
>> 410 (This system would be able to support Vista). But this system came
>> with XP Home installed. I had created a 40 gig partition using Partition
>> Magic out of the installed 160 gig drive. So then I installed Vista
>> Upgrade, booting to the DVD and running the install from there.
>> Everything seemed to go without a hitch, but after it rebooted I didn't
>> get the boot screen where it would allow me to choose Windows XP or
>> Windows Vista. Then I allowed it to boot into Vista and checked in
>> System Properties/Advanced, under Startup and Recovery clicked Settings.
>> Then looked under Default operating system and only Microsoft Windows
>> Vista is in the drop down list.
>>
>> So next I went to Computer Management, Storage, Disk Managment and on
>> Disk 0 the 106 gig partition that XP Home should be installed on doesn't
>> even had a drive letter assigned! It says "Healthy Primary Partition".
>> When I right click on that partition the only option I get is "Delete
>> Volume". The option to assign a drive letter is greyed out, along with
>> all the other options.
>>
>> So how do I get my boot menu so that I can boot back into XP? Secondly,
>> is there a way that I can have a drive letter assigned to my Windows XP
>> partition without wiping it out.

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