does the beta2 installation safely create a dual boot with C:Winxp and D:Vista?

If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D:
and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use
my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D
partition and

1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition
and
2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me
having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or
3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just
observing what the installation already did correctly.

Thank you. -hazz

otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to
Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and
graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the
next 9 months.

Being that this is beta software, no one can be certain how it will react.
Always back-up before installing. As far as installing it onto your D
drive, you shouldn't have to much problems.

--
Jason

http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878




"hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
news:%...
> If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my
> D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I
> can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my
> logical D partition and
>
> 1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition
> and
> 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without
> me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or
> 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just
> observing what the installation already did correctly.
>
> Thank you. -hazz
>
> otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to
> Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and
> graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the
> next 9 months.
>
>

Windows Vista recommends you have a minimum of 11.3 GBs free disk space on
the target drive.
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Andre
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"hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
news:%...
> If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my
> D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I
> can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my
> logical D partition and
>
> 1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition
> and
> 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without
> me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or
> 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just
> observing what the installation already did correctly.
>
> Thank you. -hazz
>
> otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to
> Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and
> graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the
> next 9 months.
>
>

Have setup several dual boot computers e,g, XP/Server 2002 and XP/Vista.
Installed Vista from within XP - dual boot prompts automatically created -
first option is Windows Boot manager providing option of "legacy (XP)" or
"Vista" - select "legacy" and boot.ini offers option of "XP" or (in my case)
"Lonhorn".

"hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
news:%...
> If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my
> D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I
> can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my
> logical D partition and
>
> 1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition
> and
> 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without
> me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or
> 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just
> observing what the installation already did correctly.
>
> Thank you. -hazz
>
> otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to
> Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and
> graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the
> next 9 months.
>
>

Thank you Jason. Have you accomplished this yourself with no problem? Yes, I
am currently saving all my files onto the external drive I thought would
become the drive I dedicated to Vista. -Greg

"Jason" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Being that this is beta software, no one can be certain how it will react.
> Always back-up before installing. As far as installing it onto your D
> drive, you shouldn't have to much problems.
>
> --
> Jason
>
> http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878
>
>
>
>
> "hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my
>> D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I
>> can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my
>> logical D partition and
>>
>> 1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition
>> and
>> 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without
>> me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or
>> 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just
>> observing what the installation already did correctly.
>>
>> Thank you. -hazz
>>
>> otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to
>> Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and
>> graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the
>> next 9 months.
>>
>>
>
>

Fantastic. Thank you so much for letting my know. -Greg

"AJR" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Have setup several dual boot computers e,g, XP/Server 2002 and XP/Vista.
> Installed Vista from within XP - dual boot prompts automatically created -
> first option is Windows Boot manager providing option of "legacy (XP)" or
> "Vista" - select "legacy" and boot.ini offers option of "XP" or (in my
> case) "Lonhorn".
>
> "hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my
>> D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I
>> can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my
>> logical D partition and
>>
>> 1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition
>> and
>> 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without
>> me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or
>> 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just
>> observing what the installation already did correctly.
>>
>> Thank you. -hazz
>>
>> otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to
>> Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and
>> graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the
>> next 9 months.
>>
>>
>
>

Thank you Andre. I have 40 gig now available in addtion to the 33 gig
available for the WinXP C: partition.
-Greg

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Windows Vista recommends you have a minimum of 11.3 GBs free disk space on
> the target drive.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my
>> D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I
>> can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my
>> logical D partition and
>>
>> 1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition
>> and
>> 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without
>> me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or
>> 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just
>> observing what the installation already did correctly.
>>
>> Thank you. -hazz
>>
>> otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to
>> Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and
>> graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the
>> next 9 months.
>>
>>
>
>

I have installed Vista 5308 build on a 2nd partition listed as drive D and
my primary has XP Pro. I had no problems with the install.

--
Jason

http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878




"hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
news:%...
> Thank you Jason. Have you accomplished this yourself with no problem? Yes,
> I am currently saving all my files onto the external drive I thought would
> become the drive I dedicated to Vista. -Greg
>
> "Jason" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Being that this is beta software, no one can be certain how it will
>> react. Always back-up before installing. As far as installing it onto
>> your D drive, you shouldn't have to much problems.
>>
>> --
>> Jason
>>
>> http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from
>>> my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that
>>> I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on
>>> my logical D partition and
>>>
>>> 1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C
>>> partition and
>>> 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt
>>> without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or
>>> 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just
>>> observing what the installation already did correctly.
>>>
>>> Thank you. -hazz
>>>
>>> otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to
>>> Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and
>>> graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the
>>> next 9 months.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Great ! Thanks Jason. I'll be careful. The Vista installation process was
good about asking where you want to install it and putting the files where
it said it was going to put them.....

"Jason" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have installed Vista 5308 build on a 2nd panrtition listed as drive D and
>my primary has XP Pro. I had no problems with the install.
>
> --
> Jason
>
> http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878
>
>
>
>
> "hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Thank you Jason. Have you accomplished this yourself with no problem?
>> Yes, I am currently saving all my files onto the external drive I thought
>> would become the drive I dedicated to Vista. -Greg
>>
>> "Jason" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Being that this is beta software, no one can be certain how it will
>>> react. Always back-up before installing. As far as installing it onto
>>> your D drive, you shouldn't have to much problems.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jason
>>>
>>> http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from
>>>> my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume
>>>> that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install
>>>> Vista on my logical D partition and
>>>>
>>>> 1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C
>>>> partition and
>>>> 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt
>>>> without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or
>>>> 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just
>>>> observing what the installation already did correctly.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you. -hazz
>>>>
>>>> otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to
>>>> Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers
>>>> and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically
>>>> over the next 9 months.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>