I have Win Xp Home, Trying to Install Vista Extreme Edition R2

Is there Any way that I can Install Vista without losing my XP Home
Edition, What Im trying to say here, is if I can install Vista, and in
case I dont find it good for me, i Can totally Erase it and then without
a problem go Back to my XP
I just dont want to lose my Xp Because I have it set up really good and
it has taken me a while to Set it up as Vista (Appearance)

Please help me out here, since I dont know what to Do


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VoiceKillaz

Hard disks are cheap now. Buy an external and make an image backup, or just
swap disks and try Vista on the new one.

Earle

"VoiceKillaz" <> wrote in message
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>
> Is there Any way that I can Install Vista without losing my XP Home
> Edition, What Im trying to say here, is if I can install Vista, and in
> case I dont find it good for me, i Can totally Erase it and then without
> a problem go Back to my XP
> I just dont want to lose my Xp Because I have it set up really good and
> it has taken me a while to Set it up as Vista (Appearance)
>
> Please help me out here, since I dont know what to Do
>
>
> --
> VoiceKillaz

Alternatively, you could go for a dual boot system.

But more importantly, there is no such thing as "Extreme Edition R2" as far
as I know. If you downloaded this from elsewhere than the Microsoft site, it
probably is an illegal copy (and infested with malware).

Yves

"Earle Horton" <> wrote in message
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> Hard disks are cheap now. Buy an external and make an image backup, or
> just swap disks and try Vista on the new one.
>
> Earle
>
> "VoiceKillaz" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Is there Any way that I can Install Vista without losing my XP Home
>> Edition, What Im trying to say here, is if I can install Vista, and in
>> case I dont find it good for me, i Can totally Erase it and then without
>> a problem go Back to my XP
>> I just dont want to lose my Xp Because I have it set up really good and
>> it has taken me a while to Set it up as Vista (Appearance)
>>
>> Please help me out here, since I dont know what to Do
>>
>>
>> --
>> VoiceKillaz
>
>

Well, I have an External Drive of 500 GB and my Internal One is 200 Gb
So in this Case what should I do? What do you mean By Image Back up
I just dont want to Re install XP


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VoiceKillaz

VoiceKillaz wrote:
> Well, I have an External Drive of 500 GB and my Internal One is 200 Gb
> So in this Case what should I do? What do you mean By Image Back up
> I just dont want to Re install XP
>
>

Buy a new hard drive. Remove the hard drive in your case. Replace it
with the new hard drive and install Vista, although you'll probably be
sorry you did. I would recommend trying a real operating system, not
Vista the Pig. Check out http://www.ubuntu.com/. It's free and much more
user friendly than Vista.

Alias

If you have a copy of "Vista Extreme Edition R2", I can assure you
it is 100% bogus! Microsoft has never released a "Vista Extreme Edition
R2". Where did you come across this bogus version?


VoiceKillaz wrote:
> Is there Any way that I can Install Vista without losing my XP Home
> Edition, What Im trying to say here, is if I can install Vista, and in
> case I dont find it good for me, i Can totally Erase it and then without
> a problem go Back to my XP
> I just dont want to lose my Xp Because I have it set up really good and
> it has taken me a while to Set it up as Vista (Appearance)
>
> Please help me out here, since I dont know what to Do
>
>

Leroy wrote:
> If you have a copy of "Vista Extreme Edition R2", I can assure you
> it is 100% bogus! Microsoft has never released a "Vista Extreme Edition
> R2". Where did you come across this bogus version?

A simple Google search reveals this:

http://www.h33t.com/details.php?id=0...855075f64e4b0a

and this:

http://www.katzforums.com/showthread.php?t=203477

More here:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...earch&aq=f&oq=

Alias
>
> VoiceKillaz wrote:
>> Is there Any way that I can Install Vista without losing my XP Home
>> Edition, What Im trying to say here, is if I can install Vista, and in
>> case I dont find it good for me, i Can totally Erase it and then without
>> a problem go Back to my XP
>> I just dont want to lose my Xp Because I have it set up really good and
>> it has taken me a while to Set it up as Vista (Appearance)
>>
>> Please help me out here, since I dont know what to Do
>>
>>

Well, its just a Trial of 3 days
after that I have to buy the original, and I downloaded it i dont
remember from where, but this is not an illegal version cause they said
it was for 3 days just to try it


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VoiceKillaz

You can either buy another internal hard drive and install Vista to that new
internal drive (Windows will not install to external USB/Firewire drives).
Alternatively you can create another partition on your hard drive, assuming
you have enough room and then install Vista to the second partition.

There is one other option which may actually be best for you; use a virtual
machine. Install Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (which is free - Google for
Virtual PC 2007) and then install Vista onto the virtual PC. You must have
at least 2GB of RAM to do this though. Obviously, because Vista will be
installed on a virtual machine you will not see all the 'bells and whistles'
or 'eye candy' (things such as AERO etc). This is because the virtual PC
only uses emulated drivers but it will give you an idea of what Vista is
like.

I dual boot and also use a virtual machine, although I use VMware
Workstation (this isn't free). So that you can see what I mean take a look
at this link from my website, admittedly it refers to VMware workstation but
all virtual pc software works on the same principle:
http://www.winuser.co.uk/Guides/crea...rkstation.html


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"VoiceKillaz" <> wrote in message
news:...
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> Is there Any way that I can Install Vista without losing my XP Home
> Edition, What Im trying to say here, is if I can install Vista, and in
> case I dont find it good for me, i Can totally Erase it and then without
> a problem go Back to my XP
> I just dont want to lose my Xp Because I have it set up really good and
> it has taken me a while to Set it up as Vista (Appearance)
>
> Please help me out here, since I dont know what to Do
>
>
> --
> VoiceKillaz

VoiceKillaz, I've only just noticed that you refer to 'Vista Extreme Edition
R2'. There is no such edition in the Vista range. The only available
versions are:

Home Basic
Home Premium
Business
Enterprise
Ultimate

If you have downloaded Vista Extreme Edition R2 then it is an illegal
'modded' copy. It certainly is 'not' supported by Microsoft.


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Windows XP Associate Expert
Windows Desktop Experience

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"VoiceKillaz" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Is there Any way that I can Install Vista without losing my XP Home
> Edition, What Im trying to say here, is if I can install Vista, and in
> case I dont find it good for me, i Can totally Erase it and then without
> a problem go Back to my XP
> I just dont want to lose my Xp Because I have it set up really good and
> it has taken me a while to Set it up as Vista (Appearance)
>
> Please help me out here, since I dont know what to Do
>
>
> --
> VoiceKillaz