Dual boot

Boceefus said:

I installed XP then plugged the Windows 7 disk back in. There is no OS option screen. It just boots to Windows 7. What did I miss?

As stated earlier, when booting via BIOS you need to set the preferred HD to boot first in BIOS setup.

Then when you want to boot the other one, you tap the key given on first boot screen for BIOS Boot Menu to choose it.

If you need help finding the BIOS Boot menu key, look in your Manual on the Support Downloads webpage for your model computer or mobo, or let us know and we'll find it for you.

Here's the screen shot. I can get to the bios but I'm hoping to get the option for an OS rather than go to bios every time. Thank you all again for your help.

I thought you unplugged the other HD during install so you could use the cleanest method to Dual Boot, which is booting via the BIOS.

You don't have to go back to the BIOS setup every time to boot. Win7 will start up by default. If you want XP you simply tap the one-time BIOS Boot menu key to trigger it's HD.

If you want a Windows-managed Dual Boot, install EasyBCD 2.0 to Win7 to Add XP, accept boot files, autocompletes, Save, restart.

Mission accomplished. I used EasyBCD and good to go. Thank you all for your time and expertise. Have a great weekend.

No prob.

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