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18-Jan-2008, 05:57 PM #1
Dual boot issues with my HP
Greetings people, I have an HP dv9650us, and my hp recovery does not have the "repair option" to repair vista after I install xp. Is there any advices I can do? Thanks, Let me know if you need more info.
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19-Jan-2008, 04:53 AM #2
Have your read http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vi...n2k-after.html ?

Have you uninstalled XP?

Did you receive a system recovery DVD from HP? Did you make a system recovery DVD, if that option was available to you?

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Yes I have burn them in dvd.
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Have you uninstalled XP?
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Not yet, but we have no idea what we should do. Should I start using hp recovery?
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20-Jan-2008, 01:51 PM #6
You need a utility to repair the mbr. VistaBootPro will do it.
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Thanks for the link, so do I need to run vistabootpro in vista or xp?
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23-Jan-2008, 02:17 AM #10
You will need to read the information at VistaBootPro.


For example,
http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88231

Source:
http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/about70962.html

According to http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88231, you need, with Vista installed, install XP, then install VistaBootPro.

See, also
http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88193

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