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vista/xpmce dual boot issue
Name: archifx Date: September 30, 2008 at 16:58:50 Pacific OS: vista CPU/Ram: 2.66 dual core 4gig
Comment:
Hi
I have Vista Ultimate installed and have created a partition on the same drive for xp so I can dual/boot.
I'm getting the cd install to partition, format and copy windows setup files fine...up to the point where xp needs to do it's first reboot during the install process.
After the post screen comes up I get:
the boot from cd option (I don't react) and the system just hangs there and I get some colored squares randomly on the black & White screen during the 'hang'
Hitting ctrl-alt-del simplly puts everything back on the same roundabout of events.
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