vista duel boot

Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:

Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

I tried that first, it was only when that didnt work that I tried unplugging the HDD with XP
"JimR1" wrote:

In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:

In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

Is the partition you are trying to install Vista to set as a primary partition? -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:

I tried that first, it was only when that didnt work that I tried unplugging the HDD with XP
"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message

I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:

Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:

All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs
"JimR1" wrote:

When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs
(sorry it this pops up twice, I got an error message, so I dont think it posted but it might have)
"JimR1" wrote:

When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

Each hard drive is then one partition. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:

I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs
"JimR1" wrote:
When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

so what exactly do I do then, is it something in the BIOS, or what? Im now officially confused (even more)
"JimR1" wrote:

Each hard drive is then one partition. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs
"JimR1" wrote:
When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

First thing is to open My Computer in XP and check that all three drives are listed. Then go to Start>Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Computer Management>Disc Management. Select the drive you intend to install Vista on in the right pane. Right click and select format. Follow the prompts, select NTFS and then select primary as the partition type. When done you should be able to install Vista and be able to choose Vista or XP at boot. Your choices will say Microsoft Windows ( Vista) or Earlier Version ( XP). -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:

so what exactly do I do then, is it something in the BIOS, or what? Im now officially confused (even more)
"JimR1" wrote:
Each hard drive is then one partition. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs
"JimR1" wrote:
When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

there is no "performance and maintanance" under control panal
"JimR1" wrote:

First thing is to open My Computer in XP and check that all three drives are listed. Then go to Start>Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Computer Management>Disc Management. Select the drive you intend to install Vista on in the right pane. Right click and select format. Follow the prompts, select NTFS and then select primary as the partition type. When done you should be able to install Vista and be able to choose Vista or XP at boot. Your choices will say Microsoft Windows ( Vista) or Earlier Version ( XP). -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
so what exactly do I do then, is it something in the BIOS, or what? Im now officially confused (even more)
"JimR1" wrote:
Each hard drive is then one partition. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs
"JimR1" wrote:
When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

Go to Start>Run and type in "compmgmt.msc" without the quotes. You can also look at this KB article which explains multi booting much better than I can http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multiboot.mspx -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:

there is no "performance and maintanance" under control panal
"JimR1" wrote:
First thing is to open My Computer in XP and check that all three drives are listed. Then go to Start>Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Computer Management>Disc Management. Select the drive you intend to install Vista on in the right pane. Right click and select format. Follow the prompts, select NTFS and then select primary as the partition type. When done you should be able to install Vista and be able to choose Vista or XP at boot. Your choices will say Microsoft Windows ( Vista) or Earlier Version ( XP). -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
so what exactly do I do then, is it something in the BIOS, or what? Im now officially confused (even more)
"JimR1" wrote:
Each hard drive is then one partition. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs
"JimR1" wrote:
When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

Wouldn't it be better to DUAL BOOT?
Confused wrote:

Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

The problem is that it WONT duel boot
"Rick" wrote:

Wouldn't it be better to DUAL BOOT?
Confused wrote: Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

Of course the won't DUEL BOOT! Those don't have weapons to use on each other!
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had a DUEL in 1804. Alexander Hamilton died from the gunshot!
Confused wrote:

The problem is that it WONT duel boot
"Rick" wrote:
Wouldn't it be better to DUAL BOOT?
Confused wrote: Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

It says I cannot format the disk or anything as some of the files are being accessed, even though none of the files are being accessed
"JimR1" wrote:

Go to Start>Run and type in "compmgmt.msc" without the quotes. You can also look at this KB article which explains multi booting much better than I can http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multiboot.mspx -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
there is no "performance and maintanance" under control panal
"JimR1" wrote:
First thing is to open My Computer in XP and check that all three drives are listed. Then go to Start>Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Computer Management>Disc Management. Select the drive you intend to install Vista on in the right pane. Right click and select format. Follow the prompts, select NTFS and then select primary as the partition type. When done you should be able to install Vista and be able to choose Vista or XP at boot. Your choices will say Microsoft Windows ( Vista) or Earlier Version ( XP). -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
so what exactly do I do then, is it something in the BIOS, or what? Im now officially confused (even more)
"JimR1" wrote:
Each hard drive is then one partition. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs
"JimR1" wrote:
When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

Make sure the target drive is not being monitored by System Restore. When Windows tells you a file is being accessed, it is being accessed.
"Confused" wrote in message

It says I cannot format the disk or anything as some of the files are being accessed, even though none of the files are being accessed
"JimR1" wrote:
Go to Start>Run and type in "compmgmt.msc" without the quotes. You can also look at this KB article which explains multi booting much better than I can http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multiboot.mspx -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
there is no "performance and maintanance" under control panal
"JimR1" wrote:
First thing is to open My Computer in XP and check that all three drives are listed. Then go to Start>Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Computer Management>Disc Management. Select the drive you intend to install Vista on in the right pane. Right click and select format. Follow the prompts, select NTFS and then select primary as the partition type. When done you should be able to install Vista and be able to choose Vista or XP at boot. Your choices will say Microsoft Windows ( Vista) or Earlier Version ( XP). -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
so what exactly do I do then, is it something in the BIOS, or what? Im now officially confused (even more)
"JimR1" wrote:
Each hard drive is then one partition. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
I dont have partitions, I have three seperate HDDs
"JimR1" wrote:
When you say you have tried different ones as primary do you mean as Master or Slave? If so, you have misunderstood primary partition. A primary partition is necessary for an operating system to boot from. To set a partition as primary see my earlier post. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
All my HDDs are internal, and ive tried different ones as primary
"Bones" wrote:
Is this an internal or external drive??
"Confused" wrote in message I tried that first, it was only after that failed multiple times that I tried with the HDD unplugged

"JimR1" wrote:
In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help

"JimR1" wrote:

In order to dual boot, your XP drive must be connected during install of Vista. Boot into XP, disc management, format and set to primary the partition you intend to install Vista to. Then install Vista to the partition you prepared. -- Jim
"Confused" wrote:
Vista will not duel boot for me. Ive tried several times, and it will not work. I installed Vista on another computer without problems, so the disk is fine. When I disconnect the HDD that has XP, vista will install fine, but it still will not duel boot. Thus I know the HDD is fine. Therefor I can conclude that there is some problem with Vista, which is expected I suppose, seeing as it is a Beta program
When installing, i get this message STOP: 0X0000009C (0X00000004,0X83162EC8.0XB2000000,0X00070F0F)
Please help