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Post subject: Dual boot machine  Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:31 am |
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ive heard that it is possible to have to installs of 2 seperate OS's. I have XP and want to install vista when i get it next week, but i want to stay with XP for a short while, can someone guide me through how to do this.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:45 am |
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I think I want to do the same as well although it will mean moving some stuff around..... _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:47 am |
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well i have 3 HDD,
C:160GB
D:250GB
E:200GB
i think i have about 65GB on my C free
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:54 am |
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I can walk you through this tomorrow but sorry not now, suffice to say that you will need a separate partition ie the d drive to install it on.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:55 am |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:58 am |
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summat wrong with your link there casp
if you don't have a partition put aside for it yet then you'll need to resize one to make room - partition magic is great for this and can be...aquired...from various sources. After that, you just install the new OS like normal in the blank space you've made and hey presto it works =]
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:57 pm |
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send me partition magic 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:16 am |
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o-iii<0 8ilbo=GCHQ= wrote: summat wrong with your link there casp if you don't have a partition put aside for it yet then you'll need to resize one to make room - partition magic is great for this and can be...aquired...from various sources. After that, you just install the new OS like normal in the blank space you've made and hey presto it works =] Uhh~ yeah, when I dual booted with Vista, I hadto do some update for the version I was using, so do be prepared to get a headache with research on which update and where, not to mention why_________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:19 pm |
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done it, Vista installed, used linux and a partition software that was free to do it, thanks all
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:20 pm |
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im getting a free vista upgrade from Compaq and i was thinking of doing the samething like that because of all the DRM on vista.
use XP for coping CDs and DVDs vista for everythin else
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:36 pm |
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sylent wrote: im getting a free vista upgrade from Compaq and i was thinking of doing the samething like that because of all the DRM on vista.
use XP for coping CDs and DVDs vista for everythin else
My idea was to use WinXP as a backup plan... but then that backfired when I had to format the WinXP Partition, and for some reason I lost the dual-boot menu on startup, so I have 20GB of space doing nothing because I'm too darned lazy to merge the two or figure out how to access the Vista OS. _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:42 pm |
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well, XP uses a boot ini, but vista doesnt, so you'll have to get the boot config from someone, i have vista, if u find out what u need i will give it to you
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:47 pm |
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ONE wrote: well, XP uses a boot ini, but vista doesnt, so you'll have to get the boot config from someone, i have vista, if u find out what u need i will give it to you
Yeah, I knew that part, dunno where the Vista boot file is or what I'd be looking for, for that matter. Either way, I'm still running the RC1, perhaps I should just format and merge them when needed, lol _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:54 pm |
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Kimck 098 wrote: ONE wrote: well, XP uses a boot ini, but vista doesnt, so you'll have to get the boot config from someone, i have vista, if u find out what u need i will give it to you Yeah, I knew that part, dunno where the Vista boot file is or what I'd be looking for, for that matter. Either way, I'm still running the RC1, perhaps I should just format and merge them when needed, lol Not spamming, but can you send me your Boot.ini from WinXP Partition please? ^ ^;; _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:57 pm |
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;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
thats what is in my boot ini
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