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malam   12-17-2007 at 06:45:48 PM

I just installed Vista Ultimate but kept my XP installation on a second drive. Vista is on a SATA drive but XP is on an IDE drive. For some reason I cannot get the XP to run. I am not too worried about the operating system, but I cannot get access to any of the data created in Windows XP. I understand that if I want a dual boot, I'll have to start all over agian and install XP first - OUCH! Is there an easier way to gain access to my data files in the XP drive ?
Thanks. :ange:

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Scotteq   12-17-2007 at 06:54:20 PM
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How to install XP after Vista and fix the Bootloader:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=100672


<Apologies for the link to another forum>

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malam   12-17-2007 at 07:00:58 PM
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The XP installation did not see my XP drive ! I have a Gigabyte MB that has only one IDE slot and the XP drive is on the IDE slot. The Vista is one an SATA slot- is this the reason why the drive for XP was not shown ?

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Scotteq   12-17-2007 at 07:06:37 PM
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Check in the Bios - It's possible the IDE controller was disabled when you installed the SATA drive.

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malam   12-17-2007 at 07:23:05 PM
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Thanks Scott. It is enabled because I can see the drive in Vista. But when I stat the XP setup the only options allowed is the Vista drive -the XP drive is not shown.
Thanks.

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