Help with dual booting

I was running Vista solely on this computer and decided to create another
partiton and install X64, now when I start up I have no option to select
Vista, how can I fix this?

cheers

I'll remove X64, doesn't support a few of my hardware devices, so if I put
in my Vista DVD and boot from that what do I need to do to get back Vista?


"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:e8eldKdbHHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I was running Vista solely on this computer and decided to create another
>partiton and install X64, now when I start up I have no option to select
>Vista, how can I fix this?
>
> cheers
>
>

My guess is that you could pull off dual booting Vista and Vista by
using BCDedit, for which there are a couple GUI front ends -
EasyBCD and VistaBootPro. If you know you want x64 gone,
delete its partition and repair your x86 32 bit Vista partition.
You're looking for Repair when you boot the DVD - I think
you have to put in your country and some stuff first.

"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:eYl2RidbHHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I'll remove X64, doesn't support a few of my hardware devices, so if I put
> in my Vista DVD and boot from that what do I need to do to get back Vista?
>
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:e8eldKdbHHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I was running Vista solely on this computer and decided to create another
>>partiton and install X64, now when I start up I have no option to select
>>Vista, how can I fix this?
>>
>> cheers
>>
>>
>
>

Yeh, done that and it worked fine, thanks


"Michael Jennings" <metarhyme@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My guess is that you could pull off dual booting Vista and Vista by
> using BCDedit, for which there are a couple GUI front ends -
> EasyBCD and VistaBootPro. If you know you want x64 gone,
> delete its partition and repair your x86 32 bit Vista partition.
> You're looking for Repair when you boot the DVD - I think
> you have to put in your country and some stuff first.
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:eYl2RidbHHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I'll remove X64, doesn't support a few of my hardware devices, so if I
>> put
>> in my Vista DVD and boot from that what do I need to do to get back
>> Vista?
>>
>>
>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:e8eldKdbHHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I was running Vista solely on this computer and decided to create another
>>>partiton and install X64, now when I start up I have no option to select
>>>Vista, how can I fix this?
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Thanks, I figured it out in the end.


"Michael Jennings" <metarhyme@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23g5wuJebHHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> My guess is that you could pull off dual booting Vista and Vista by
> using BCDedit, for which there are a couple GUI front ends -
> EasyBCD and VistaBootPro. If you know you want x64 gone,
> delete its partition and repair your x86 32 bit Vista partition.
> You're looking for Repair when you boot the DVD - I think
> you have to put in your country and some stuff first.
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:eYl2RidbHHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I'll remove X64, doesn't support a few of my hardware devices, so if I
>> put
>> in my Vista DVD and boot from that what do I need to do to get back
>> Vista?
>>
>>
>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:e8eldKdbHHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I was running Vista solely on this computer and decided to create another
>>>partiton and install X64, now when I start up I have no option to select
>>>Vista, how can I fix this?
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

I'm trying to figure out how to consistently beat the chess game.
I've won slightly less than half the time playing at level 6. I guess
the only way to be fairly sure I'll checkmate the thing to go back
to level 1, but to improve my game I should to go to level 7. It
doesn't mind when I win, but I just hate it when it wins.


"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:Ol9KnIlbHHA.4616@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, I figured it out in the end.
>
>
> "Michael Jennings" <metarhyme@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23g5wuJebHHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> My guess is that you could pull off dual booting Vista and Vista by
>> using BCDedit, for which there are a couple GUI front ends -
>> EasyBCD and VistaBootPro. If you know you want x64 gone,
>> delete its partition and repair your x86 32 bit Vista partition.
>> You're looking for Repair when you boot the DVD - I think
>> you have to put in your country and some stuff first.
>>
>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:eYl2RidbHHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> I'll remove X64, doesn't support a few of my hardware devices, so if I
>>> put
>>> in my Vista DVD and boot from that what do I need to do to get back
>>> Vista?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>>> news:e8eldKdbHHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>I was running Vista solely on this computer and decided to create another
>>>>partiton and install X64, now when I start up I have no option to select
>>>>Vista, how can I fix this?
>>>>
>>>> cheers

Michael Jennings wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out how to consistently beat the chess game.
> I've won slightly less than half the time playing at level 6. I guess
> the only way to be fairly sure I'll checkmate the thing to go back
> to level 1, but to improve my game I should to go to level 7. It
> doesn't mind when I win, but I just hate it when it wins.


The Vista Chess Titans program is terrible. I've tried it about a dozen
times at the highest level, and beaten it easily every time.

I don't say that to belittle you (I used to be a tournament player), but
just to point out that if you are interested in Chess, and you want a
program that plays well to practice against, you need to buy a good
third-party chess-playing program like Fritz.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:exkU7NmbHHA.588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Michael Jennings wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to figure out how to consistently beat the chess game.
>> I've won slightly less than half the time playing at level 6. I guess
>> the only way to be fairly sure I'll checkmate the thing to go back
>> to level 1, but to improve my game I should to go to level 7. It
>> doesn't mind when I win, but I just hate it when it wins.
>
>
> The Vista Chess Titans program is terrible. I've tried it about a dozen
> times at the highest level, and beaten it easily every time.
>
> I don't say that to belittle you (I used to be a tournament player), but
> just to point out that if you are interested in Chess, and you want a
> program that plays well to practice against, you need to buy a good
> third-party chess-playing program like Fritz.

If I run Rybka 64 bits SMP my computer can beat your computer.

Michael Jennings wrote:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:exkU7NmbHHA.588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Michael Jennings wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out how to consistently beat the chess game.
>>> I've won slightly less than half the time playing at level 6. I
>>> guess the only way to be fairly sure I'll checkmate the thing to go
>>> back to level 1, but to improve my game I should to go to level 7.
>>> It doesn't mind when I win, but I just hate it when it wins.
>>
>>
>> The Vista Chess Titans program is terrible. I've tried it about a
>> dozen times at the highest level, and beaten it easily every time.
>>
>> I don't say that to belittle you (I used to be a tournament player),
>> but just to point out that if you are interested in Chess, and you
>> want a program that plays well to practice against, you need to buy
>> a good third-party chess-playing program like Fritz.
>
> If I run Rybka 64 bits SMP my computer can beat your computer.


Probably.

I wasn't trying to recommend the best. Just pointing out that Chess Titans
is terrible.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:u1%23RITnbHHA.3584@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Michael Jennings wrote:
>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:exkU7NmbHHA.588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Michael Jennings wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm trying to figure out how to consistently beat the chess game.
>>>> I've won slightly less than half the time playing at level 6. I
>>>> guess the only way to be fairly sure I'll checkmate the thing to go
>>>> back to level 1, but to improve my game I should to go to level 7.
>>>> It doesn't mind when I win, but I just hate it when it wins.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Vista Chess Titans program is terrible. I've tried it about a
>>> dozen times at the highest level, and beaten it easily every time.
>>>
>>> I don't say that to belittle you (I used to be a tournament player),
>>> but just to point out that if you are interested in Chess, and you
>>> want a program that plays well to practice against, you need to buy
>>> a good third-party chess-playing program like Fritz.
>>
>> If I run Rybka 64 bits SMP my computer can beat your computer.
>
>
> Probably.
>
> I wasn't trying to recommend the best. Just pointing out that Chess Titans
> is terrible.

OK, Ken, I ordered Fritz. With tutoring from Garry Kasparov in
Fritz, I may be able to obtain my objective of consistently beating
Chess Titans for a low fraction of the price of an infinity chess set.
http://www.chesscentral.com/sets-pie...-chess-set.htm

Fritz is fully featured and is an excellent recommendation to me. If I am
masochistic enough to want to be absolutely certain to be beaten, I can
let Rybka control the Fritz GUI, but it would be more evil to secretly
consult Rybka in the bathroom in order to beat Fritz. If it were only as
easy as blood doping, erythropoietin, growth hormones, testosterone
and amphetamines! Bicyclists have known performance enhancers,
not counting training, which you're strongly suggesting I need if the
miserable Chess Titans program in Vista can easily whip my ass.

Intel may be interested in helping Vas with Rybka's multiprocesser
performance. Sometimes, even now, a human can beat Rybka.