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Nigel - To "generate" a boot option menu - the second Vista install must be
made from withn the first Vista installation - or consider modifying the
boot manager via BCDedit.exe or use a third party boot utility such as
VistaPro.
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| | | | | In article <6b5k54dfrjragq61v04jn954adqifftp77@4ax.com>, Nigel Molesworth
says...
It is not possible. Not easy. You have to changing things in the
register, so the 2nd Vista knows it is on the 2nd drive.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Nigel Molesworth
Stop trying to boot via the BIOS and let the software set up the dual boot
menu from which you choose which boot by highlighting the desired OS entry
in the menu.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: AJR
That is not true. You do NOT have to make the second installation from with
the first in order to get a boot options screen. You can also install the
second by booting with the dvd. Vista setup will find the other
installation of Windows and construct a boot options screen for both.
If what you say were true then it would not be possible to generate a boot
options screen if the original Vista is 32bit and the second is 64bit
because you cannot run x64 setup from an x86 desktop. But that is exactly
how I set one of my machines up. I installed Vista x86 and then booted the
computer with the x64 dvd and installed my second copy of Vista. I got the
normal boot options screen. It is perfectly normal to perform a parallel
installation of Windows this way.
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| | | | | On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:42:45 -0700, andy
wrote:
Thank you, now I have a boot menu. Is it possible to rename the entries?
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Nigel Molesworth
Try using VistaBootPro (free) you can rename entries from within the
VistaBootPro application. (www.vistabootpro.org)
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:29:02 +0100, "John Barnett MVP"
Perfect! Thank you.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Nigel Molesworth
You're Welcome
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| | | | | Post in reply to: John Barnett MVP
I have a laptop with a single physical hard drive and I was wondering if it
would be possible to install the Japanese version of Vista on a separate
partition from my original Vista installation and use VistaBootPRO to set up
the boot manager to allow me to switch between them.
-Adam
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Wopop
Simple answer to that question, Adam, is Yes. Just create another partition
and then install the Japanese version to the new partition. Of course the
Japanese version must have its own licence, you can't install your original
version of Vista and install the Japanese language pack (assuming you have
Ultimate or Business versions.)
Vista should actually sort out the menu, but if not VistaBootPro will do it
for you.
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