Windows HD not showing in starup disk in system preference!!

Hi,
I install 2 new WD caviar 640 k in my system, one for OSX which i installs with
SuperDuper. And one for my vista 64 ultimate, which i install with Casper cloning
my volume.. Everything seems to be working, except that i don't see the windows HD in Starup Disk in system preferences!! only the OSX. The disk appears in disk utility and i can boot using the option key...
Any idea?
Daniel

Hi!
I finally solved my problem, what i did was erase and create a partition with BootCamp on the new HD, Format and reinstall windows, than i copy my old vista
volume to the new HD.. and every thing is showing where it's suppose to be..
The problem was with the format procedure, in Disk utility when i selected
the windows HD it showed in Partition Map Scheme: MBR and now it shows
GUID PARTITION Table and the volume format is (NTFS) of course.
Daniel

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