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RE-INSTALLING XP ALONGSIDE EXISTING VISTA
I run Vista Home Prem , Runs great. I have vista installed on one hard drive by itself , XP Home on a second Hard Drive,with 2 other storage partitions. No Duel boot setup. I installed Vista Boot Pro on the Vista drive,set vista as default drive and added xp and drive path. But I get the duel boot option when I

Windows XP -Windows Vista Duel Boot
There are ways to avoid this to hide the Vista partition such as using Bitlocker (only in Vista Business or Ultimate) or use a 3rd party boot manager I plan to use Partition Magic's BootMagic, hiding the non-current boot partitions. One way is to install Vista second and let the Vista boot loader set up the dual

from Vista to XP
Or Make a duel boot, Vista & XP I don't know how to do this yet, but it sounds like the best option. Maybe I can save my entire XP installation on a partition. But this notebook has a funny partition for recovery. It's in FAT and called the Recovery Partition. I don't know what complications that would cause.

installing XP as duel with vista
Jeff J...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup YUP! full version.. tnx Jeff "BIGDADDY51" wrote: As long as the Vista OEM version is a full version, and not an upgrade version, you can do a dual boot of MCE and Vista "Jeff" wrote: Sorry Colin I must be extra thick this morning.

How to duel boot?
Timothy Daniels NoS...@SpamMeNot.com microsoft public windowsxp general "Matt320" wrote: hi everyone... i have xp home on one hard drive on my computer and i just brought vista ultimate and installed it on a different hard drive. both drives run off the same ide slot and configured as xp home = master,

duel boot with vista??
Think about it, a Mac that can truly run *any* pc software its' owner wants to without having to duel boot or run some sort of emulation; because the program actually converts the software into a Mac program. Sugien That would be excellent - cause - finding the educational software for my little guys

restore points
Not capable to have duel boot, because of modified spam filled ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Packard Bell customised OS using the "recovery", no cds or anything. - Not Capable to run the basic functions of Vista - IF YOU DO UPGRADE IT VOIDS YOUR WARENTY!!! `---- http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic4458-41-1.aspx

XP MCE & Vista OEM duel boot?
Or Make a duel boot, Vista & XP WARNING: Do not create a dual boot Vista/XP PC. There are many reports that each screws the others configuration files on drives that are accessible to both. I don't know how to do this yet, but it sounds like the best option. Maybe I can save my entire XP installation on a partition

With duel boot -- what is best place to put Vista
... Donald L McDaniel wrote (in article <rf63v29v2vmuaig2dif17j00uc5cd4c...@4ax.com>): Why "duel-boot" (sic), when its not even NECESSARY to use BootCamp to If all one wants is to run Vista... go buy a PC with Vista preinstalled. The fact you have to still understand is that Apple is not in the business of

With duel boot -- what is best place to put Vista
I still have Vista x86 on another drive in the same system and duel boot it still works there. Is there a way to install x86 and x64 as one install. I have it like that on my new laptop but when I installed Vista on my main system it only installed x64 How do I install it as x86 and x64 Thanks.

An end to the Vista blues?
My old desktop Master ISA 40GB primary drive has modified programs that won't work at all on my new Gateway Vista notebook. I'm thinking of buying a USB to IDE adapter for hooking up my old desktop HD as a duel boot hookup, and just plug in my old desktop drive to Vista. Before I do so I could use opinions on

Apple issues warning on Vista
Maybe it is because Apple can't get Vista loaded and running either. -)) I never had any problems installing Vista on my Apple Intel PC. In fact, it went on as easy as it was to wipe OS X off the HD -- that is, EXTREMEMLY easy. But what for? The object is to dual boot. Right now it is duel booting.

Duel Boot XP & Vista
enter en...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Hi Ken, I understand. I wasn't aware Vista require atleast 1GB RAM now manufacturer is charging too much to upgrade RAM. so I've no alternative left either to format or install XP as duel boot. Can I hope for better performance in xp

With duel boot -- what is best place to put Vista
"Jeff" wrote: Currently have XP MCE 2005 installed on c:\ and am running Vista RC2 on e:\ (separate drive and partition) and would like to know if I can use a Vista OEM DVD to replace my RC2 and maintain my systems duel boot configuration. Any ideas? I do understand that OEM versions cannot be transferred to a new

With duel boot -- what is best place to put Vista
Hi all Well I finally bought vista ult. the 64bit OEM version and I would like to duel boot between that and xp. I've two sata hdd drives I would think I must instal vista first on a clean drive as it's OEM then do I install xp on the other both drives will be formatted? James -- They think it's all over.... it is

Dual Boot - will clean install of Vista upgrade kill my ...
Timothy Daniels TDani...@NoSpamDot.com microsoft public windowsxp general "Rock" wrote: "Timothy Daniels" wrote: "Rock" wrote: Yes the way to prevent it is to hide the Vista partitions from XP. The restore points for each OS are kept in the same folder structure. When XP runs it's version of volsnap.sys sniffs all

With duel boot -- what is best place to put Vista
I don't remember choosing the option of a duel boot system or an overwright, but I would rather just go for an overwrite. I did an upgrade. Boot into Vista installation DVD 2.. Choose your language settings and click Next 3.. Click Repair your computer 4.. Choose your operating system and click Next.

With duel boot -- what is best place to put Vista
In re-reading the MS Vista help file on dual boots, they suggest a MS 2000 could work as a duel boot on the same harddrive as MS Vista. And MS 2000 is a son of MS ME I think: they must be closely alike, and to their grandson XP. What I don' t know is how would the 16bit MS ME OS 2000-era and application software on

On the Fasttrack, 27 May 2007
Jon non...@peoplepc.com microsoft public windows vista general Thanks. I believe in Vista BIOS I can have it duel boot off a USB drive. I don't know if the ME OS would balk if booted w/ a VISTA CPU. I'd suspect it would just see a faster CPU. The ME OS would not be on a NTFS-formatted drive (rather on FAT 16 or FAT

duel boot with vista??
Jim H...@ujj.net microsoft public windows vista general Well... I'm duel booting XP and Vista right now and I have downloaded the live CD and I'm considering Download and burn a live CD and then run it by setting your BIOS to boot from the CD and check to see if you like it and if it recognizes your hardware.