VBP on dell XPS m1210 with Vista premium Preloaded (Resolved)
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by 8thDayGlass » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:39 pm
NT50 wrote:Report back and let us know.
ok I followed the guide up until the part where you restart and install xp
from disc but when I do this vista loads with no prompt to install xp?
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by colsaunders2 » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:34 pm
Chances are that the boot order is set to hard drive first - you can change this to the internal dvd drive by entering the BIOS (F2, if Dell has not changed it) or one-time boot selection (F12) at the power-on screen. After that you should get the usual "press any key to boot from disc..." message 
mATX build
ASUS P8P67-M PRO, i7-2600k @ 4.4, 8GB Corsair XMS3 @ 2133 (9-11-10-28), PNY GTX 570 (750/1500/2000), Corsair H50, Strider Plus 750W, SG03B-F, VH238H, W7U x64
DELL Precision M6400
QX9300 @ 3.06, 8GB DDR3-1333, 1GB Quadro FX 3700M, Intel X-25M 160GB, Seagate 7200.4 500GB, 17" WUXGA E2E RGBLED, W7E x64
ASUS P8P67-M PRO, i7-2600k @ 4.4, 8GB Corsair XMS3 @ 2133 (9-11-10-28), PNY GTX 570 (750/1500/2000), Corsair H50, Strider Plus 750W, SG03B-F, VH238H, W7U x64
DELL Precision M6400
QX9300 @ 3.06, 8GB DDR3-1333, 1GB Quadro FX 3700M, Intel X-25M 160GB, Seagate 7200.4 500GB, 17" WUXGA E2E RGBLED, W7E x64
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by 8thDayGlass » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:57 pm
colsaunders2 wrote:Chances are that the boot order is set to hard drive first - you can change this to the internal dvd drive by entering the BIOS (F2, if Dell has not changed it) or one-time boot selection (F12) at the power-on screen. After that you should get the usual "press any key to boot from disc..." message
right it was set to HD and I now can dual boot vista and XP! Thanks
guys.
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