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Originally posted by Felu

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Originally posted by Jarrod
write your own boot.ini sounds like the best option?

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Vista doesn't use boot.ini AFAIK.

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correct, it uses bcdedit.exe

there's some info here about running the two together and how to remove vista (if you decide to do so) when you've had them running side by side

so we are over writing the vista boot record so we can use boot.ini
install xp then replace your boot.ini with

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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Vista" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

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Hey Nathan, read this http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_vista_and_xp_w...epbystep_guide.htm