I was hoping I would have to post another similar problem but I couldnt find the answer in the rest of the forums...
My problem is somewhat similar to this
http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=86211
My setup:
Disk 0 = Windows XP (already installed). However when I setup my new build Disk was on SATA Channel 4 (last channel avail, I initially thought it was the first SATA channel)
Disk 1 = Vista - recently added new drive on the next available channel (channel 3) and installed vista from DVD.
Vista installed fine, then I installed vista boot manager3.1, added my Legacy OS (Screenshots to follow) but when I rebooted ONLY XP would load w/o the option of boot manager. I assume because in BIOS channel 4 had priority over 3 since channel 4 had XP installed first.
^^Now at this point
Channel 4 (physically) = XP
Channel 3 (physically) = Vista
and boot priority is 4 > 3
So then in the BIOS I switched the channel 3 and 4 boot priority (3-'vista' > and 4-'XP'). When I did that Vista came up with boot manager however when I chose XP it just reboots and takes my back to the boot manager.
So I decided to physically change the cabling
Channel 3 (physically) = XP
Channel 4 (physically) = Vista
and boot priority is 3 > 4
^^This config only boots XP with no boot loader menu.
At the moment the only way I can boot between the two OS' is by changing my boot priority in the bios(3>4; 4>3), which from what I've been reading is suppose to corrupt the ntldr but mine is fine.
So my main issue that I'd like to address is getting the boot manager to load XP correctly instead of just rebooting.
Thanks for all your help and I hope my explanation isnt confusing.
