Dual booting Issues XP w/ Vista....

[Daveb2012]

Is there a certain way I should go about setting this up. I have been working on my computer for the last 7 hours today, I have had so many un explained problems with different thing since dual booting with vista xp.

My most recent problem started after I installed XP on the 2nd partation of the same drive that had vista installed first. After the reboot when XP completed the installation, the BIOS would hang on "ACPI Controller" I have isollated the problem down to the two OS's on the drive because it gets past it no problem if I unplug that SATA drive from the computer and re-boot, but no bios configuraiton will make it go past it. :(

Now I'm wondering, do I need to 1st install XP then Vista to get past this? Because last night I installed vista on a free partition with this drive and it booted fine, I just had issues with other things like BF2142 CTD every time.

Also would it just be best to install each OS on seperate HD's to avoid problems? I do have two drives, I just wanted to use my 2nd HD for storage.:confused:

[JAWS]

Now I'm wondering, do I need to 1st install XP then Vista to get past this?


yes this is the way you want to go. If you have all your data saved, I would format and then create two partitions. xp on the first and then Vista. I say format because the Vista boot-loader can be a pain if you delete Vista off the 2nd partition.

[ColonelCain]

The rule of thumb for multi-booting OS's is to install your oldest OS first.

As for your current case, i would recommend reformating.

[FullMoon]

You could try Virtual PC. That is what I want to do, but have not yet. Load Vista and run XP in Virtual PC for things that don't work. Just an Idea.

[madman2233]

when i installed vista for some reason it didnt detect that i had XP on a second hard drive so now i have to go into the bios boot selector to pick which OS i want to boot. Vista doesnt know XP is there but it does detect that other drive.