dale5605 Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 I made two partitions on my RAID 0 stripe. I put 64 bit windows on one partition and it installed fine. Then I installed 32 bit windows on the other. The only problem is that is always boots to 32 bit windows and doesn't even ask me which partition I want to boot to. How do I switch between 64 bit and 32 bit OS with both of themn installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 You need to install XP 32bit first then the 64bit version second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale5605 Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 Umm oops. Isn't there anyway to do it without completely reformating now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 boot from the XP 64 cd and do a repair install.don't choose the repair console but continue untilyour asked if you would like setup to attemp to repairyour install or something like that.Sorry I should have mentioned that in my first reply.PS after the repair install you may have to reinstallsome applications and/or drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyK Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Having the same, or totally different problem.Installed win xp pro 32-bit on one partiotion, after that I installed win xp pro 64-bit. Now my computer ONLY logs on to win xp 64, how to fix this? Pleeeease help me, don´t want to reinstall everything again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Sound like you installed it correctly for dual boot.There should be a menu to choose 32bit XP or 64bit XP.It defaults to 64bit and times out in 30 seconds or so.If you don't see this menu, boot from the 64bit CD intothe recovery console and run bootcfg. type bootcfg /?for instructions. If that doesn't help post back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyK Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 That´s the problem, don´t see the boot menu ;(But I+ll try this when I get home later this afternoon, it´s 11 a clock in sweden so am at work right now.Read on Microsoft XP support page about multi-boot system, saw that I should be able to set the start up options in Win xp 64 to show the boot menu, I think, haven´t checked yet thoug, that win xp 64 have set it self to the be the standard windows startsystem.Thanx for the tip, as I said, I will have a look at theese 2 things when I get home and see if I can´t fix this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerKevinD Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 What does your boot.ini file in the root of the c:\ partition look like?? Generally, you should be able to modify it. Just make certain you have a backup in case you make an incorrect change to the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 What does your boot.ini file in the root of the c:\ partition look like?? Generally, you should be able to modify it. Just make certain you have a backup in case you make an incorrect change to the file.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thats what bootcfg does for you. When I manually edit boot.ini I almost alwaysscrew it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerKevinD Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Thats what bootcfg does for you. When I manually edit boot.ini I almost alwaysscrew it up.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>can you post me a copy of yer boot.ini so i can see how its configured?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 [boot loader]timeout=10default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64 Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetectC:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerKevinD Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 [boot loader]timeout=10default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64 Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetectC:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons<{POST_SNAPBACK}>your boot.ini looks correct. i cant imagine what could be screwing up. i have an ibm thinkpad that i dual boot between the english and german versions of windows. here is what mine looks like:[boot loader]timeout=30default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional English" /noexecute=optin /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Deutsch" /noexecute=optin /fastdetectthe only differences, besides mine being 2 32-bit installations, is the cmdcons line at the end of yours. i see that you have these installed on 2 physical hard disks, where with my install, i have 1 disk with 2 partitions. have you tried changing the value of "default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS" to "default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS" and see what happens there?? does it default to loading xp x64?? if you do manually edit the boot.ini, make certain its flagged with the system and hidden attributes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 Oops sorry I thought you were asking for my boot.ini.And your correct mine is working. KennyK if you haven't got it working could you post your boot.ini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyK Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Actually I got mine to work, after a bit of fiddeling with Bootcfg Thanx for the tip.Short resume on how I´ve done it:1. Booted from the cd, chosse r when apropiete2. Did a bootcfg /list to see which I had, and it was only my x64 edition that was showing.3. Bootcfg /scan, found 2 different ones4. Bootcfg /add, in my case I had to add 1, named it Win xp Proffesional x32 and left the other options empty5. Bootcfg /list vóila, they were both there and now it works prefectlly, will post my Boot.ini when I get home thanx for he excellent help guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyK Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 This is my boot ini[boot loader]timeout=10default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional 32 bit" /noexecute=optin /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64 Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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