cmaid Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 As the title says, I have no luck in booting a 32-bit XP cd after having installed XP 64-bit. When disconnecting my SATA harddrive, the cd boots. Has the 64-bit installation changed something on the harddrive (low level stuff), that the 32-bit cd doesn't like when checking for hardware? The 32-bit installation stops after the first line that comes after "do you want to boot from this cd...". Has anyone had the same problem? Fast replies would be much appreciated.Christoffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 As the title says, I have no luck in booting a 32-bit XP cd after having installed XP 64-bit. When disconnecting my SATA harddrive, the cd boots. Has the 64-bit installation changed something on the harddrive (low level stuff), that the 32-bit cd doesn't like when checking for hardware? The 32-bit installation stops after the first line that comes after "do you want to boot from this cd...". Has anyone had the same problem? Fast replies would be much appreciated.ChristofferWell now, If i'm not mistakin, You can't legally boot a 32 bit and a 64 bit windows system on the same computer..I read that in an issue of PC World magazine.. But i don't know if thats actually true or not, You might want to look into that..Article 1Article 2 ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmaid Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Well now, If i'm not mistakin, You can't legally boot a 32 bit and a 64 bit windows system on the same computer..That may be, but if you decide you want to re-install 32-bit XP you should be allowed to do that.The strange thing is that the XP 64-bit cd-rom boots flawlessly and the 32-bit doesn't. Before I ever installed the 64-bit version my computer booted the 32-bit cd-rom without a hitch. And I seriously doubt installing XP 64-bit has damaged the harddrive (so that it has broken).I have a feeling zero-filling the harddrive will solve the problem, but then I have to put lots of time into backing up data first. I'd really like to know what's the cause of the problem.Christoffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 This was taken of the Microsoft site. The 32-bit version of Windows must be installed on a separate disk volume or separate physical hard disk to function correctly. If you install a 32-bit version of Windows and a 64-bit version of Windows on the same disk volume, your computer may stop responding.you can read the rest of it here.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896458Can you use something like Partition Magic to split your drive into other partitions, and dual boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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