Dual Installation of Win Xp and Win Vsita

donnie_b2007 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008

Hi
I have a laptop with windows vist home premium preloaded.My old desktop had Windows xp prof . Now i want dual booting. Can i proceed like this.
I format the entire drive. Load XP with the Bootable Windows Xp Installation CD on on e partition . Then I run the recovery Disks and load The vista on another partition .( i have a question here , i dont know whether with recovery disk i get to choose where i will install Windows Vista ).Then i run EasyBCD or a softwre like that to register both the OS in Boot Loader.
Thanks

kemical · #2 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008

Hi Donnie, concerning the recovery disks for vista... I don't think they will be a full copy of the vista os, as they are often a disk that resets the installation back to it's 'factory state'. So you first need to make sure that they are indeed a full copy of vista..
You could run 'Disk management' create another partition and install xp into that..

03hdfatboy · #3 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008

I duel boot and love it. But found myself hardly ever using XP LOL

kemical · #4 (**permalink**) 05-01-2008

Hardly surprising really.. Just what would you use it for?

03hdfatboy · #5 (**permalink**) 05-01-2008

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Originally Posted by kemical

Hardly surprising really.. Just what would you use it for?

The only thing I still use it for mostly is cell phone seem editing.

superbill · #6 (**permalink**) 05-01-2008

Hi donnie_b2007

I have to confess that I am not a big fan of dual booting Vista and XP.
If you must, have a look at the links below that give important advice on what to look for:

How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide

Dual Boot: Dual boot Windows XP on a pre-installed Vista PC

kemical · #7 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008

I have to confess that I am not a big fan of dual booting Vista and XP.

ditto

03hdfatboy · #8 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008

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Originally Posted by kemical

I have to confess that I am not a big fan of dual booting Vista and XP.

ditto

whats wrong with duel booting?

kemical · #9 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008

Nothing really just personally never felt the need but if someone feels that it benefits them in some way then more power to em...

03hdfatboy · #10 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008

Well ya gotta point. I have been thinking sense I run 2 PCs now.. I really don't need to duel boot anymore. I can put all my XP only software on my old one and single boot with the new (cough) the never finished one.