booting vista

I downloaded windows vista beta 2 32bit edition and burned the iso file onto a dvd disk. But when i boot the dvd rom, windows vista will not load and instead it loads windows xp. I already disabled booting from a hard drive but came up with the same results.

By 'disabling' booting from the hard drive I assmue you mean you changed the boot order. It does not sound like you got a bootable dvd when you made the burn. Try burning at a slow speed.
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I downloaded windows vista beta 2 32bit edition and burned the iso file onto a dvd disk. But when i boot the dvd rom, windows vista will not load and instead it loads windows xp. I already disabled booting from a hard drive but came up with the same results.

Did you burn the iso image directly to the disk? I mean did you drag and drop the iso file in your DVD burning program or did you use the file to burn the image to the disk?

Could it be possible that you burned an "Image File" as an "ISO File". They burn very different, burned wrong they will not load or Boot for Install. -- Firewall
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I downloaded windows vista beta 2 32bit edition and burned the iso file onto a dvd disk. But when i boot the dvd rom, windows vista will not load and instead it loads windows xp. I already disabled booting from a hard drive but came up with the same results.

I am having issues booting Windows Vista. I have installed it successfully with no issues. I change my boot sequence form my CD drive to boot from external HDD (where I installed Vista, a 100gb partition you know just in case). I have 3 HDDs one has XP on it and the other has data on it and the third of course has Vista on a partition. My boot sequence for my HDD’s is my local HDD, the data HDD and then the external HDD, I use this same boot sequence all the time. If I have the external HDD on and boot, various error screens pop along the way of booting. The first one is to fast for me to read but I think it says something about Windows Diagnostic. The next screen- Windows has recovered from a serious error- (windows root) system32/intoskrnl and it gives me the start windows normally option, safe mode. None of the options work because it starts to reboot and gets to the point where the Windows Vista loads with the progress bar and then restarts again. I think there may be a BSOD in there also but it goes by rather quickly. Now if the external HDD is off. When I boot it gives me this error. F/Windows/system32/winload.exe (F is my HDD with all my data on it- and I realize it is in the boot sequence but it never gave me this error before unless if I accidently changed something in the BIOS…). Anyway a screen promotes me with the F/Window… error and gives me an option to start Windows with an earlier edition or use Vista. I am able to click on XP and everything works fine like expected. It should also be noted my external HDD is a logical not a primary drive, I do not know if that makes or a difference or how to change it but this may be the issue. My goal is to do a dual boot with Vista on my external or data drive and Windows XP on my local HDD. Thanks any help in advance and if this is very confusing because it is for me you are welcome to ask questions.

I am having issues booting Windows Vista. I have installed it successfully with no issues. I change my boot sequence form my CD drive to boot from external HDD (where I installed Vista, a 100gb partition you know just in case). I have 3 HDDs one has XP on it and the other has data on it and the third of course has Vista on a partition. My boot sequence for my HDD’s is my local HDD, the data HDD and then the external HDD, I use this same boot sequence all the time. If I have the external HDD on and boot, various error screens pop along the way of booting. The first one is to fast for me to read but I think it says something about Windows Diagnostic. The next screen- Windows has recovered from a serious error- (windows root) system32/intoskrnl and it gives me the start windows normally option, safe mode. None of the options work because it starts to reboot and gets to the point where the Windows Vista loads with the progress bar and then restarts again. I think there may be a BSOD in there also but it goes by rather quickly. Now if the external HDD is off. When I boot it gives me this error. F/Windows/system32/winload.exe (F is my HDD with all my data on it- and I realize it is in the boot sequence but it never gave me this error before unless if I accidently changed something in the BIOS…). Anyway a screen promotes me with the F/Window… error and gives me an option to start Windows with an earlier edition or use Vista. I am able to click on XP and everything works fine like expected. It should also be noted my external HDD is a logical not a primary drive, I do not know if that makes or a difference or how to change it but this may be the issue. My goal is to do a dual boot with Vista on my external or data drive and Windows XP on my local HDD. Thanks any help in advance and if this is very confusing because it is for me you are welcome to ask questions.