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re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions?
Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 3:30 pm
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Posted by alex (1878 messages posted)


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On Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 9:07 am, Scott Hanson wrote:
>For work I need a XP install to run a VPN client. I tried to do this using Virtal
>PC in Vista--but the whole thing was just too slow.
>

>So, I installed XP Professional on a slave hard drive. Afterwards, I followed some
>directions I found to create a dual boot menu here:
>
http://windowssecrets.com/2008/02/14/01-Make-your-computer-dual-boot-Vista-and-XP
>

>Everything works fine--but ONLY if I have the Vista install CD in my CD/DVD drive.
> Otherwise I get a "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" error.
>
>

>Any suggestions on how I can resolve this? Thanks!
>




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Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Scott Hanson: Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 9:07 am)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Scott Hanson: Sat, Feb 23, 2008, 9:07 am)
*re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (alex: Sat, Feb 23, 2008, 3:30 pm)
-re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Charlie Hadden: Sun, Feb 24, 2008, 11:09 am)
-re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Scott Hanson: Sun, Feb 24, 2008, 12:32 pm)
*re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Charlie Hadden: Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 7:25 am)
-re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Jacob6601: Sun, Feb 24, 2008, 8:08 pm)
-re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Scott Hanson: Tue, Feb 26, 2008, 1:22 am)
-re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Scott Hanson: Tue, Feb 26, 2008, 1:43 am)
-re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Jacob6601: Tue, Feb 26, 2008, 6:42 am)
*re: Vista now needs install CD to boot after installing XP on slave--Any suggestions? (Scott Hanson: Tue, Feb 26, 2008, 6:50 pm)
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