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Windows 7 - Partition in Dual boot system |
02-12-2011
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Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit & Win 7 Professional 32 bit |
Partition in Dual boot system
In a dual boot system with 2 hard drives, one for Vista and one for Win 7, do both OS partitions need to be "Active & Boot & System"?
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Dimension 9200
OS Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit & Win 7 Professional 32 bit
CPU Intel Core 2 E6320 Duo (4MB L2 cache, 1.86Ghz, 1066FSB
Motherboard Dell
Memory 4GB Kingston Dual Channel DDR2, PC2-5300, 667Mhz
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS
Sound Card Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
Monitor(s) Displays 22 inch Widescreen Digital(Dell) @ 19" Acer LCD
Screen Resolution Dell 1680 x 1050, Axcer 1280 x1024
Keyboard MX5500 Logitech
Mouse Logitech Bluetooth MX5500
PSU APC Back UPS ES 750
Case Standard
Cooling Standard
Hard Drives 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm w/ DataBurst Cache
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12, 2 x 1TB USB drives for BU
Other Info Dell Studio Laptop, Win 7 Pro 64 bit.
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02-12-2011
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If you are installing the OS to each HD with only one HD plug in at time, & use the Dell F12 boot menu, YES. | | My System Specs | | |
02-12-2011
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Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit & Win 7 Professional 32 bit |
I figured out how to set it "Active" but I can't find way to set it to" Boot & System". I have Mini Tool Partition Pro and Easeus. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Dimension 9200
OS Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit & Win 7 Professional 32 bit
CPU Intel Core 2 E6320 Duo (4MB L2 cache, 1.86Ghz, 1066FSB
Motherboard Dell
Memory 4GB Kingston Dual Channel DDR2, PC2-5300, 667Mhz
Graphics Card 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600GTS
Sound Card Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
Monitor(s) Displays 22 inch Widescreen Digital(Dell) @ 19" Acer LCD
Screen Resolution Dell 1680 x 1050, Axcer 1280 x1024
Keyboard MX5500 Logitech
Mouse Logitech Bluetooth MX5500
PSU APC Back UPS ES 750
Case Standard
Cooling Standard
Hard Drives 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm w/ DataBurst Cache
1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12, 2 x 1TB USB drives for BU
Other Info Dell Studio Laptop, Win 7 Pro 64 bit.
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02-12-2011
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W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE |
If you installed each OS on a discreet drive, while the other drive was disconnected, you shouldn't have any problem with booting to either using the BIOS Popup Menu. It will boot to either just as if the other OS never existed. If you are having a problem with booting to one or the other, it is probably because you didn't disconnect the extra drive while installing the OS on the other. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY
OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
Internet Speed 3.3Mbps
Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
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02-13-2011
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Please post back a screenshot of your full Disk management drive map with both HD's connected, using Snipping Tool in Start Menu, so we can give you the exact steps. | | My System Specs | | |
02-13-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by BarrieNoodles  I figured out how to set it "Active" but I can't find way to set it to" Boot & System". I have Mini Tool Partition Pro and Easeus. Partition - Mark as Active
Replace active with "inactive" | | My System Specs | | |
02-13-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by BarrieNoodles I figured out how to set it "Active" but I can't find way to set it to" Boot & System". I have Mini Tool Partition Pro and Easeus.
Hello John.
The Boot flag is simply the indicator of which OS is 'booted' at the time.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number * BFK Customs *
OS W 7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
Motherboard ASUS P5Q Pro
Memory 8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays 1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution 1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Keyboard Microsoft 500
Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G
PSU Corsair 620HX
Case Cooler Master RC-690
Cooling Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
Hard Drives 1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
Internet Speed 14 Mb/s
Other Info 1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
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02-13-2011
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You can use easybcd to edit the boot setup for a dual boot system. I cant count how many times i hosed it up and needed to correct it. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS multiboot
CPU Ungodly
Motherboard Asus
Memory OCZ
Graphics Card Asus
Sound Card Asus
Monitor(s) Displays Asus
PSU Alien
Case Custom
Cooling Custom
Hard Drives 4 Velciraptor and 8 2TB drives
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