Dual boot Windows Vista & Longhorn Server

[nastyhome]

Hi,

I'm talking about dual booting Vista and Longhorn Server...

Both Vista OS's if i may say so.

The problem is:

Both Vista's assume the partition that it is installed in...as C: drive.

In my case, I installed Vista first and that partition is C: drive. Then i installed Longhorn Server and in Vista, where Longhorn Server is installed in is H: drive. Whereas in Longhorn Server it is C: drive.

In the Vista bootloader, it boots by drive letter, and therefore since Vista is installed first, C: will boot me into Vista, and it has assigned H: to boot into Longhorn Server.

After installing Longhorn Server, I can boot into it and do whatever.

Then i boot into Vista, that worked...

But if i boot into Longhorn Server again, i cant. It gives me an error such as An error has occurred and some numbers and letters in the bootloader.

Therefore 'it' - that is, something has been confused.

So now I'm sure how to dual boot both OS's.

My questions:

- Will it be possible to install Windows Vista and Windows Longhorn Server on the same computer?

- How do one setup the bootloader's and partitions to house both of these new gen OS's?

- Is it possible to change the drive letter of the partition on which Windows Vista\Longhorn is installed on?

Many thanks.

[Innocent Devil]

use bcdedit or some nice gui tools like Vistabootpro or Easybcd to edit bcd store

the find the GUID of each OS Entry

do this

bcdedit /set GUID osdevice partition=C:
bcdedit /set GUID device partition=C:

for Vista in C: drive

and

do this

bcdedit /set GUID osdevice partition=H:
bcdedit /set GUID device partition=H:

for LH server

Edited December 19, 2006 by Innocent Devil