tujmeister
Member
Hello all,
I'm new to the forum and I am here as a last resort to what has become a thoroughly frustrating problem.
I have recently upgraded to a new computer came with a newly installed copy of XP Pro on a 1TB SATA HDD.
My old computer was set up with a dual boot (made with EasyBCD 2.0 Beta) using two separate HDDs, Windows 7 Ultimate on a 1TB SATA drive and XP Pro on an IDE drive.
I assumed that since the new motherboard has an IDE interface along with the SATA interface, then I could just install the XP and Ultimate drives in my new tower, download EasyBCD 2.2, and let the program do it's 'magic'. Well, I'm either a really bad Houdini or there is a whole lot more to setting up a triple boot system than I originally thought. At present my computer will open to the boot menu showing all three options, and the two Windows 7 drives open perfectly. However when I chose the XP option it begins the XP startup screen then a few seconds later it returns to the POST screen and the boot menu to follow.
After reading practically every thread pertaining to this problem and trying to reconfigure the bootloading at least 20 times, it's clear that I will not solve this problem on my own. From what I can tell the help that is provided here is a real labor of love, so I am hoping to receive some of the same as I try to solve my booting woes once and for all. Thanks in advance for any help you folks can provide.
I'm new to the forum and I am here as a last resort to what has become a thoroughly frustrating problem.
I have recently upgraded to a new computer came with a newly installed copy of XP Pro on a 1TB SATA HDD.
My old computer was set up with a dual boot (made with EasyBCD 2.0 Beta) using two separate HDDs, Windows 7 Ultimate on a 1TB SATA drive and XP Pro on an IDE drive.
I assumed that since the new motherboard has an IDE interface along with the SATA interface, then I could just install the XP and Ultimate drives in my new tower, download EasyBCD 2.2, and let the program do it's 'magic'. Well, I'm either a really bad Houdini or there is a whole lot more to setting up a triple boot system than I originally thought. At present my computer will open to the boot menu showing all three options, and the two Windows 7 drives open perfectly. However when I chose the XP option it begins the XP startup screen then a few seconds later it returns to the POST screen and the boot menu to follow.
After reading practically every thread pertaining to this problem and trying to reconfigure the bootloading at least 20 times, it's clear that I will not solve this problem on my own. From what I can tell the help that is provided here is a real labor of love, so I am hoping to receive some of the same as I try to solve my booting woes once and for all. Thanks in advance for any help you folks can provide.