Windows 7/Windows vista no dual boot up choice


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.
       #1

    Windows 7/Windows vista no dual boot up choice


    I have Windows 7installed on one drive and Windows Vista on another drive. When I boot up the computer it goes directly to Windows 7. It recognizes the second hard drive in Windows Explorer but it doesn't give me a choice as to which operating system to run from. New computing appreciate any help.
    Thanks in advance
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  2. Posts : 578
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #2

    Did you have both drives installed when you installed each OS?
    Or did you do each install with the other drive disconnected?
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  3. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #3

    Hello again James.



    When you first boot/start the PC start tapping the Dell one-time boot menu hot-key to select to boot the other Hard Disk Drive, it is the F12 key specific to Dell PCs.

    If that doesn't work post a snip of Windows 7 disk management.


    In the Windows start menu right click computer and click manage, in the left pane of the "Computer Management" window that opens click disk management and post a maximized snip of that.

    How to Upload and Post a Screenshot and File in Seven Forums
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  4. Posts : 195
    Windows 7 pro 64 bit
       #4

    JAMESBALDWINNN said:
    I have Windows 7installed on one drive and Windows Vista on another drive. When I boot up the computer it goes directly to Windows 7. It recognizes the second hard drive in Windows Explorer but it doesn't give me a choice as to which operating system to run from. New computing appreciate any help.
    Thanks in advance
    I think you have no dual boot possibility in pc starter because because it's a MS logical
    Bon bref for resolve this problem you can use EasyBCD to add winvista.
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  5. Posts : 240
    Win 8 RP, Win 7, XP
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    There is an automatic dual-boot repair tool for Windows XP/Vista/7.

    Its main purpose is to repair a dual-boot system in the case you install an earlier Windows version when already having a later one - for example you install XP after Windows 7 or Vista after Windows 7 or XP after Vista.

    The latest boot environment (from latest Windows version) has to be the base in a dual-triple-boot system. The tool repairs the computer to boot to the latest OS just on one click.

    Later when booted to latest Windows 7/Vista missing boot choices can be added easy.

    The tool - "Dual-boot Repair" is part of Visual BCD Editor package (ver. 0.9.1)
    Download from: BCD Editor - Windows 7 / Vista
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