Can't dual boot.

[Aod]

i've got a shiny new computer. it has 4GB of ram and a TV tuner card.

I installed XP x64 so that i could utilise the 4GB of ram, but the TV tuner card does not have drivers for XP x64.

with that in mind i decided to dual-boot to XP x86. i've just installed it, but it won't let me boot to x64. when the PC turns on there is no boot-loader, it just goes right to loading x86.

in the system config where one would usually select which OS gets priority and such, there is only the Entry for XP x86, x64 isn't on the list.

Both OSes are on one SATA HDD which was been partitioned in half (160GB seagate, 75GB each)

i had the same problem yesterday with Vista, i got around it by formatting and reinstalling everything, but i don't want to do that now.

can i manually insert the boot option for x64 into the boot.ini file? i don't know how though.

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i tried adding a line to the boot.ini file, (same settings, different partition number) but when it tried to start, it said it could not locate the NTOSKRNL.exe file or something

 

[Aod]

Okay, the entire previous post is irrelevant, i've nuked everything.

i've got XP 32 on at the moment (tv tuner works btw). can i install XP x64 and dual boot without this problem happening? last time i installed XP x64 then XP 32. if i do XP x32 first will i be able to Dual boot?

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okay, it's all sorted. XP 32 first, XP 64 after. all's well on the OS front. this thread can be closed / deleted / ignored now.