I currently have 2 Separate hard disks, on one i have windows seven installed and on the other i have xp, i currently boot either of them by assigning boot priority in BIOS. But i was wondering if i can get the OS Choices menu and select the operating system i want to boot from there instead of using the bios.
I have heard about utilities like easyBCD etc but i want to make sure this doesnt screw up my installations,Can anyone Please suggest step by step instructions on how to do it.
Thank you.
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>> Re: How to get Os Choices menu on a system with Dual Boot Win 7 & Xp on 2 Separate Disks ?
Personally I'd use GRUB to chainload both systems. The problem with GRUB is that it's not very newbie friendly. If you want to research it a bit I'll point you in a good direction.
GRUB Docs:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/
Super Grub Disk:
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/
In your situation you can probably get away with using the windows boot loader. Unfortunately, I haven't used Vista/7 very much so all I can do is give you this link to get you started.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa468626.aspx
Editing Boot Options in Windows Vista
To edit boot options in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, use BCDEdit (BCDEdit.exe), a tool included in these versions of Windows. You cannot use Bootcfg or NvrBoot to edit boot options on Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, although you can continue to use them to edit boot options on prior versions of Windows.
To use BCDEdit, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the computer. BCDEdit is documented in Windows Help and Support.
I quoted that from the msdn article I linked. You'll need to use Windows 7 to boot XP, not vice versa.
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