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Vista and XP dual boot
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taybay,
The guy (Guru) at Neosmart has dual & trip booting covered with his EasyBCD program. Visit and ask away @ http://neosmart.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=7
He help me immensely with my dual boot meltdown.
Scott
He is based in the Middle East so time differential may be an issue.
Well I have a laptop that I just got that came with Vista so I can't really afford another machine right now. But I keep hearing security talk about Vista on Slashdot and it's giving me the willies so I'm looking to install XP to use for certain things. But thanks a bunch scott, I'll definitely look into that.
I used EasyBCD boot to fix a dilema, I had a drive with Vista on it, but I needed a gaming with XP. SO the Geek, a (wise man, and quick to deliver help him) and it works okay but know on my main drive with Vista Home Premium 64 It has lost the winloader.exe My computer will only boot givening me the dual boot option ONLY if my Vista DVD is in my DVD drive. I read that winloader EXE is a hacker paradise to gain control of my system. HELP I dont want to do a whole reinstall the have to reinstall every little program I have on there. I think I just need a "CLEAN" Copy of WINLOADER AND PUT IT IN MY SYSTEM 32 folder (sorry for the caps) any ideas?
Since you have the vista cd, your best option is to boot off the cd, and then choose the option to repair your vista installation. You can also use the system restore feature in there if necessary. I am willing to bet that there are other problems besides that one missing file, so your best option is to use the repair.
Otherwise, I'll have to find my 64bit cd so you might have to wait until tomorrow for the file.
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Hi guys, Im new to this site so please bear with me. But thx for all yalls information, b/c of it I was able to successfully install Windows XP Pro on top of Vista on a Toshiba Satellite P305D-S8900. But I ran into a snag...I cant get the wireless to come up in XP and also when I look in the Device Manager there's a Question Mark next to Other Devices and Question Marks next to the following as well: Audio Devise on High Def Audio Bus, Ethernet Controller, Mass Storage Controller, Modem Device, Network Controller, SM Bus Controller, and finally Video Controller. ANY input/suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
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