Mac Pro will not boot on mac os but will in vista

Hi I have an early macpro that recently will not boot mac os after I have selected the relevant hard drive. I get a grey screen saying reboot every time i cannot start from the CD also BUT I can start using Windows. I have removed the hard disc taken it to work and put it in another mac pro and it worked fine
Please help anyone
cheers
b3rn

Windows won't give a kernal panic or BSOD because it is a Mac related hardware issue.
If you can't boot from CD/DVD:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20050311073316780
What resetting NVRAM does:
http://devworld.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1103.html
Your asking about a Mac Pro, but those are not "G5" and the OS can't be transferred between PowerMacs and Mac Pro.... are you sure we are talking about only Mac Pros?
Putting XP and Mac OS on the same drive, that doesn't strike me as what one would do; keep them on different drives.
And, if they are on the same drive, then you really haven't reformatted the drive, which would involve wiping any and all partitions, and then creating your Mac Standard (HFS+ Journaling) and backup XP with WinClone or install it to another drive.
I don't have trouble with Windows, but I do with the Boot Camp Assistant and drivers.

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