Re: lost vista after xp install and I can't access vista dvd...

Hello,

===1===

*>>> Working mainly under Vista * ; apart from * installing XP * ,
what
other system was also on it ?

Ubuntu

===2===

What you are saying is that you took a computer that was in use by mutliple
people and without a backup plan - decided you would install an
additional
OS onto it in hopes you could dual boot?

dual boot? no, triple boot yes. Don't laught at me please.

===3===

Can you be VERY specific about how you carried out the dual boot setup given
the machine started with Windows Vista and you wanted to add Windows
XP?
Srep-by-step of what you have done - from before the moment you ver
put a
Windows XP CD in the PC... Also be very specific with the hardware in
question (what you have, how old it is, etc.)

Step by step :

Vista was preinstalled I think (Dell XPS 400), I don't know if there
is any Vista Dvd with it...

Step by step, (my purpose is to install Oracle Financial as I have
more than enough RAM and HD space on this machine than on my laptop).
Earlier, Vista was working, I installed Ubuntu for no specific
reasons... Later (yesterday) I installed XP, at first, I made a new
partition from the shrink function in the disk management partition
menu in Vista but I couldn't format it (later in Ubuntu gparted tool,
it said I had reached the 3 or 4 primary partitions limit). Before the
gparted assertion, I had tried to install Xp from launching Xp Cd but
it wouldn't install nor format the partition. (I think that's the
order events went on...). So I decided to use gparted in Ubuntu.

I went on Ubuntu with the live cd and I deleted the primary partition
where Ubuntu sits and split it in 4 other partitions so they could
include both Ubuntu and Windows XP... another partition for swap and
home directory... To be honest after making hd partition change and
just one step before processing installation, Ubuntu displayed a
warning message something like the cylinder 3 or 4 would'nt be
compatible with other operation system on the disk but I had the
option to go on so I went on (I know here must reside my stupidity...
I should have asked before...).

And now in Grub at start up, Vista system boot is displayed in the
bottom of the grub list but when choosing this I boot automaticly on
Windows Xp.

I still can access Vista Hd from Xp and all file systems.

Does this help to have Vista back when booting? Best would be Vista
alongside Xp.

Pascal



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