reboot
Sun Jul 24 15:00:01 CDT 2005
Great! I'm glad to hear you are up and running. Now I wonder if Kevin will
eventually post a reply of some sort. :-)
"oldsalt" wrote:
> That was the problem. I went to the viaarena site and download the latest
> drivers, and followed the instructions. Did a repair install and it works
> like a champ.
>
>
> "re_boot" wrote:
>
> > That does sound a SATA driver problem alright.
> >
> > "oldsalt" wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps I could have been more clear.
> > > I was running XP Pro on my c: drive and the downloaded version of XP 64 on
> > > my d: drive. When I received the TAP version I formatted my d: drive and
> > > installed the TAP on it. The install appeared to go normally, but when I
> > > start my computer and select XP 64 from the dual boot menu it will not boot
> > > and returns be to the dual boot menu. If I select XP Pro it works fine.
> > > I had the same problem with the trial version I received by mail but when I
> > > replaced it with the downloaded version I had no problems.
> > > My hard drives are SATA and I have the drivers on a floppy. I am going to
> > > check again and see if there are later drivers than the ones I have.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Are you saying that you had a 32bit Windows partition and a 64bit Windows
> > > > partition and that you tried to replace your 32bit edition of Windows with
> > > > the second 64bit one? If so, my question is why? I would have replaced the
> > > > trial and continued on with 32 and 64bit editions multibooted.
> > > >
> > > > "oldsalt" <oldsalt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:CC55794E-8179-4D96-BC3B-5FEE7AD005B7@microsoft.com...
> > > > >I am having a slightly different problem. I am running XP Pro on drive c:
> > > > > and was running XP 64 trial version on drive d:. I received the TAP
> > > > > version,
> > > > > formatted drive c:, went through the install using the same sata/raid
> > > > > drivers
> > > > > that worked before and XP64 will not run when selected from the dual boot
> > > > > menu. I have repeated the format and install 3 times with no success.
> > > > > Nothing has changed in the system setup. Recommendations?
> > > > >
> > > > > "re_boot" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Install the older XP 32 bit on one partition first. Then install x64 on a
> > > > >> seperate partition. The trick is to install the newest operating system
> > > > >> last
> > > > >> and install them onto seperate partitions or disks.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> "Kevin Burton" wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > I would like to set my system up to boot XP (or Windows 2003) x64 on
> > > > >> > one disk
> > > > >> > and x32 on another. So far I have been unsucessful. This is my third
> > > > >> > try. I
> > > > >> > installed XP x64 and then tried to install XP x32. During the
> > > > >> > installation
> > > > >> > (of the 32 bit XP) I was prompted for a drive to install on I had to
> > > > >> > insert
> > > > >> > drivers for the drive (32 bit drivers) and only one drive showed up so
> > > > >> > I
> > > > >> > installed on that one (my thinking was that since x64 was on the other
> > > > >> > drive
> > > > >> > that was why it was not showing up). After the installation I just had
> > > > >> > the
> > > > >> > x32 XP with no dual boot. Then I thought maybe this is a feature (x64
> > > > >> > and x32
> > > > >> > dual boot) that was added in later so I tried to install the x64
> > > > >> > version of
> > > > >> > the OS again I supplied the 64 bit drivers and was presented with just
> > > > >> > one
> > > > >> > drive to install on. Again I made the assumption that I could not see
> > > > >> > the x32
> > > > >> > because the x64 drivers wouldn't let me. I installed the x64 OS and the
> > > > >> > x32
> > > > >> > OS was wiped out. So I have these questions. I physically have two
> > > > >> > drives,
> > > > >> > regardless of the drivers that I have installed what drives should I
> > > > >> > see
> > > > >> > during installation? Can I have this type of dual boot (x64 on one
> > > > >> > drive and
> > > > >> > x32 on another both with the same controller)?
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Thank you.
> > > > >> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >