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Vista MBR vs. XP MBR
"infoseeker" wrote: Hi, I am planning to buy a new PC with Windows XP, Home or PRO, or Vista Home Premium installed and I would like to install my existing copy of Windows 98SE on it with a Dual Boot option at startup. I need 98SE's option to run a few DOS-based programs like AutoCAD v11 which cost me $2500 back in

Dual-boot XP-Vista
I had it dual-booting, where BIOS booted off Disk1. I am not sure if this was the way things were meant to be because I had to install XP first before I installed Vista, or what. So whatever it was doing, the boot file on the XP disk was what caused it to ask me each startup whether or not I wanted to boot Vista or

Anyone try Vista/XP dual boot?
Did the same thing with Win98 and XP worked pretty well.. If you download *vista boot pro* you will have no problem with installing vista on a new drive. The potentials for problems are that vista doesn't use the XP boot.ini, it changes the c: drive mbr and when you remove vista xp won't boot. vista boot pro can

Dual boot WinXP+Vista
Is that correct with Vista? Seems XP and Vista are quite capable of destroying each other if you dual boot without hiding them from each other. If you install them both on the same partition, there's trouble with overlapping files. If you have XP on the first partition and install Vista on a second (leaving them

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Mikołaj Bartnicki mikolaj.bartni...@gmail.com pl comp os ms-windows winnt Hej, Krótko i na temat, bez zbędnego pieprzenia. warunki początkowe: - dysk twardy podzielony na trzy partycje podstawowe - na pierwszej partycji Windows XP Pro - na drugiej partycji Windows Vista Home Premium - trzecia partycja na dane

Dual boot Windows XP oraz Vista a kwestia uprawnień do katalogów
For example, there are some very nasty surprises with Vista much closer to home for those who wish to build a dual-boot Vista/XP environment. Here are the results of my researches so far:- One that you will immediately find in a full dual boot XP/Vista environment:- Every time you boot into XP you will immediately

Dual boot Windows XP oraz Vista a kwestia uprawnień do katalogów
I have Xp on the original drive and now Vista on a new internal drive How do I set my pc to give me the boot option, besides f12 And how can I get some of my personal settings on over.. Internet Explorer and Outlook express my first priority.. Maybe sounds schemes ? I'm sure there's other I'm not thinking of at the

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
GreenieLeBrun GreenieLeB...@hotmail.com alt sys pc-clone dell Steve wrote: Kinda worried about some programs working under Vista, maybe a solution is to set up a dual-boot Vista/XP system? Does that create hassles on bootup, having to choose each time? Can it be set up to default to Vista?

Need advice on setting up a dual boot vista / xp?
lbbss labi...@yahoo.com 24hoursupport helpdesk I just got a new computer with vista that I am not too crazy about (even with the extra ram I am getting). So I still have my win xp cd, so I am just wondering if it's a bad idea to partition the 300gb drive after the fact. or is it a better idea to format first and

Can't dual boot back to xp need help
Hero.34q...@no-mx.forums.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Hi everyone! I searched all over the internet for this simple (I think) problem, but I couldn't find any solutions. This is my problem: I have installed Vista on my C:\ disk. After that I installed XP on D:\ disk. Now I can't boot Vista

Can't dual boot vista on primary partion and XP on logical partion
I wish to install vista 64 on my computer that has Windows XP Pro as dual boot. Drive C would have XP Pro Drive G Vista 64. But when you boot vista it calls changes drive G and calls it drive C. Can this be stopped or can I install windows XP and Vista 64 to the same drive?

Does this dual-boot installation plan work?
ullim nos...@no.no it comp os win vista mhmhhmhm vistabootpro? capisco only bahnhof :) What's vistabootpro? utility scaricabile?

RAID 1 Vista and XP dual boot (posted on Vista Instln forum)
RC -- RC White, CPA San Marcos, TX r...@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64) "Sam Crawford" <s...@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:ed#h2YT3HHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... I'm trying to figure out how to dual boot Vista and XP. I have XP Professional x64 on

Dual Boot Vista and XP - Partition Magic not compatible with ...
Then you'll have to repair the Vista boot files. This KB Article (not for the faint of heart) explains how to repair the Vista boot process after installing WinXP: Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration

Dual boot Vista and XP
Some things are different, though: Microsoft Management Console now recognizes the Vista partition as the Active one, and as pretty much everything else. XP is merely a primary partition. And I'd turned off the dual-boot feature; it's back on again. I feel like I'm back in the same boat I was in before, though.

Dual Boot Vista and XP - Partition Magic not compatible withVista!
Kinda worried about some programs working under Vista, maybe a solution is to set up a dual-boot Vista/XP system? Does that create hassles on bootup, having to choose each time? Can it be set up to default to Vista? If everything's working ok, is it a problem to then delete the XP partition?

OT dual boot Vista and XP
Subject: Dual boot Vista and XP? Kinda worried about some programs working under Vista, maybe a solution is to set up a dual-boot Vista/XP system? Does that create hassles on bootup, having to choose each time? Can it be set up to default to Vista? If everything's working ok, is it a problem to then delete the XP

How to delete XP partition from dual boot
Piotr Krzyżański pi...@it-faq.pl pl comp os ms-windows winnt Użytkownik "Mikołaj Bartnicki" <mikolaj.bartni...@gmail.com> napisał w wiadomości news:f68d375f-06d4-4f0d-8d01-c745c624f229@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com... On 27 Lut, 06:43, Michal Kawecki <kkwi...@o2.px> wrote: Co to u diabła znaczy: "przekombinowane"?

dual boot vista xp
Michal Kawecki kkwi...@o2.px pl comp os ms-windows winnt Dnia Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:49:48 -0800 (PST), Mikołaj Bartnicki napisał(a): On 27 Lut, 06:43, Michal Kawecki <kkwi...@o2.px> wrote: warunki początkowe: (...) Full access dla wszystkich z dziedziczeniem na podfoldery. Już jestem pewien: tytuł MVP jest gówno

format vista to xp, OR partition vista, dual boot with xp?
When I restarted the computer it booted from Vista and my computer was back to the way it was. However I still can't get the dual boot option. Now whenever I boot the computer by default it boots from vista. The boot menu or dual boot option with two OS haven't shown up yet. I have both the OS (ie Vista and XP)