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    partial xp boot in dual xp-Vista boot situation

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Gswiss, Apr 25, 2008.

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    Gswiss Notebook Enthusiast

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    I followed the procedure using EasyBCD and everything went fine. After having worked a bit under XP, I rebooted. XP booted up to the display of the desktop (where I can see my icons) for 1-2 seconds and then immediately switched to the Vista boot. Just before the Vista boot, I could spot for a split second a small blue screen in the upper left corner similar to the BSOD.

    The xp repair-install did not solve anything.

    This is the umpteenth laptop I've installed with dual-boot (XP installed on pc with pre-installed Vista) and never ran into this. I would like to avoid reinstalling xp completely.

    I am using a Toshiba p200-1dy but this items has no bearing on the situation.
     
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    Gswiss Notebook Enthusiast

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    Solved. I booted into xp Safe Mode successfully, did nothing there but reboot normally. That's it.
     
    Gswiss, Apr 25, 2008
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