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	Vista Boot Manager--Now It Begins! Jan 2^nd, 2007 at 12:47am To All Stumbled on this--looks like Vista will now have a Boot Manager and it looks like it will be hidden--perhaps in the boot tract (sectors 0 through 62): Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration
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	Re: Vista Boot Manager--Now It Begins! Reply #1 - Jan 2^nd, 2007 at 1:01am are we okay if we install vista after wxp? (dual-booting)
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Re: Vista Boot Manager--Now It Begins!
Reply #2 - Jan 2^nd, 2007 at 9:01am

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Looks like it--just as with Win2k and WinXP--the article says to install the oldest Windows version first, from oldest to newest--and then each version will be modified by the newer boot sequence that is *backward* compatible. If you install older Windows versions *after* Vista--their boot loader programs will not be *Vista aware* and will overwrite important component(s) of Vista's boot loader!

I wonder if third party boot managers will be able to handle multi-booting as before--now with Vista--hope Dan Goodell will have some input on his website when the time comes!

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Re: Vista Boot Manager--Now It Begins!
Reply #3 - Jan 2^nd, 2007 at 11:01am

backwards compatible. most people will be installing vista *after* xp, so the scope of the problem should remain limited.

i always like to multiboot with an older, mature o/s, so if i run into probs with the new one, i can go back and use the older one, while i figure out what gives with the new one.

have you installed vista yet?

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Re: Vista Boot Manager--Now It Begins!
Reply #4 - Jan 2^nd, 2007 at 10:35pm

NightOwl wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2007 at 9:01am:

I wonder if third party boot managers will be able to handle multi-booting as before--now with Vista--hope Dan Goodell will have some input on his website when the time comes!

Grub installs on the MBR, so it might conflict. I'm sure the Grub team will have a solution soon.

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	Re: Vista Boot Manager--Now It Begins! Reply #5 - Jan 2^nd, 2007 at 10:48pm I gather BootIt NG can triple boot Vista, WinXP and Linux.
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	Re: Vista Boot Manager--Now It Begins! Reply #6 - Jan 3^rd, 2007 at 1:21am brian, do you have supporting linkage?
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	Re: Vista Boot Manager--Now It Begins! Reply #7 - Jan 3^rd, 2007 at 1:28am Rad, I saw posts in the public.apps.bootitng Newsgroup.
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