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  1. Posts : 29
    vista 7
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    Dual boots


    how do I boot to my old drive instead of the new windows 7 drive?
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  2. Posts : 4,282
    Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64
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    Hi Mick, can you give us a bit for info on what you are tying to do, it sounds like you are trying to dual boot Vista and Windows 7, have you installed Windows 7 yet or are you just asking how it is done?
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  3. Posts : 29
    vista 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I have installed windows 7 and want to go to my vista drive
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  4. Posts : 4,282
    Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64
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    So you don't have a boot screen with the option to boot in to Vista?
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  5. Posts : 29
    vista 7
    Thread Starter
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    No Should this show when I reboot the computer
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  6. Posts : 4,282
    Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64
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    Yes by default as long as you have installed it correctly on a separate partition you should have boot options displaying Windows 7 and Vista for a default time of 30 seconds.
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  7. Posts : 29
    vista 7
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    I followed the partioning instructions, loaded from burnt cd

    my main drive is I and windows 7 is on C
    Last edited by dmex; 05 Feb 2009 at 21:57.
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  8. Posts : 4,282
    Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64
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    So you have accessed your Vista drive through Windows 7 and it is all there, if so do you have a Vista install disc, if you do put it in and do a startup repair and hopefully that will fix it or you could use EasyBCD to recreate your Vista Boot entry.
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  9. Posts : 16,131
    7 X64
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    Hi mickrg123,

    Open an elevated command prompt and type bcdedit at the prompt. Then press enter.

    Post a screenshot of what is listed. Like this:

    Dual boots-a102009-02-06_031225.jpg

    Hope it helps

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  10. Posts : 29
    vista 7
    Thread Starter
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    elevated command prompt ?
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