NEED HELP. DUAL BOOT ON VISTA.

Hi guys.

I was gonna ask if is it possible to do a Dual Boot under Vista that is
Windows XP being the second operating system?

If yes, what to install first? Vista or XP?

Many Thanks.

If you are starting fresh it is always desirable to install the older
operating system first.

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"jhong" <> wrote in message
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> Hi guys.
>
> I was gonna ask if is it possible to do a Dual Boot under Vista that is
> Windows XP being the second operating system?
>
> If yes, what to install first? Vista or XP?
>
> Many Thanks.

jhong wrote:
> Hi guys.
>
> I was gonna ask if is it possible to do a Dual Boot under Vista that is
> Windows XP being the second operating system?
>
> If yes, what to install first? Vista or XP?
>
> Many Thanks.

Be aware that every time xp is booted, the vista restore points will be
lost. Here is one of many articles on working around the issue:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/prevent...windows_xp.htm

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norm

What I did is install Windows XP SP2 on my primary drive and then
installed Vista on my 2nd hard drive...when I boot up my computer ask m
what operating system I want to boot to

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http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

Vista is the 1st microsoft OS that allows you to dual boot with an older OS
2nd!
The above link gives you the how-to.

"jhong" wrote:

> Hi guys.
>
> I was gonna ask if is it possible to do a Dual Boot under Vista that is
> Windows XP being the second operating system?
>
> If yes, what to install first? Vista or XP?
>
> Many Thanks.

Thanks so much guys.

I'm going to check each and every link.

This will be a lot of help.

"jhong" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks so much guys.
>
> I'm going to check each and every link.
>
> This will be a lot of help.


Don't forget what bootpart and the 'active' partition can do for you.

Saucy

Hi jhong-

Be aware that once y ou have a dual boot, it's ***rarely necessary to
actually have to boot to XP so that dealing with the restore points becomes
a minimal problem written about a lot. You can make a shortcut to the XP
desktop and from that access your XP files and folders, etc. by simply
typing

XP Drive letter\Documents and Settings\Jhong's XP Profile\Desktop

If on XP you type

Vista Drive letter\Users\Jhong's Vista Profile\Deskktop.

You simply drag the small icon that then shows up in the address bar of the
particular file path and you have a shortcut to the XP desktop or any other
location on the Vista desktop, or you can drag that shortcut into a folder
you choose to make anywhere on your Vista boot.

You can reach other locations by typing the appropriate file path. You can
move or copy files and folders. You may have to take ownership of the file
or folder at times to do so.

Some time many months ago, on dual boot boxes, my Win Mail emails began
showing up in my OE XP in box as well. It's very easy to merge Outlook
accounts.

CH




"jhong" <> wrote in message
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> Hi guys.
>
> I was gonna ask if is it possible to do a Dual Boot under Vista that is
> Windows XP being the second operating system?
>
> If yes, what to install first? Vista or XP?
>
> Many Thanks.

The information you provided guys really did help me in many ways.

I'll try to experiment further with this one.

Many Thanks.