SillyBlade
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Ok, I'm new at this and not sure if this belongs here or not. But I couldn't find anywhere else that looked better. Nor any threads that pertained to this problem =S
My problem is I recently got a new HP d5200t desktop computer about 2 months ago that came pre installed with vista home prem~ x64 . Well I got a bit tired of vista since I play a lot of games and they crash a lot due to direct X troubles. So I decided to partition my drive and install Windows XP Pro (SP2) x86 on it. During the first try to install it I got an error ( 0x0000007B ) which with later research I found out that I couldn't install XP with my main HD on RAID, So I switched it to be IDE like the thread said and all worked. I installed EasyBCD and got the bootloaders so I have the options on start-up.
Now here is my problem. Everytime I want to boot a different OS, I have to go into my BIOS and switch the main drive from RAID to IDE depending on which OS I want to boot. And for now until I get the rest of my drivers for the XP install I will be switching back and forth quite normally.
I was wondering if there was a way to get Windows XP to start-up on RAID, so I don't have to continue to switch back and forth.
My problem is I recently got a new HP d5200t desktop computer about 2 months ago that came pre installed with vista home prem~ x64 . Well I got a bit tired of vista since I play a lot of games and they crash a lot due to direct X troubles. So I decided to partition my drive and install Windows XP Pro (SP2) x86 on it. During the first try to install it I got an error ( 0x0000007B ) which with later research I found out that I couldn't install XP with my main HD on RAID, So I switched it to be IDE like the thread said and all worked. I installed EasyBCD and got the bootloaders so I have the options on start-up.
Now here is my problem. Everytime I want to boot a different OS, I have to go into my BIOS and switch the main drive from RAID to IDE depending on which OS I want to boot. And for now until I get the rest of my drivers for the XP install I will be switching back and forth quite normally.
I was wondering if there was a way to get Windows XP to start-up on RAID, so I don't have to continue to switch back and forth.
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