Re: dual boot: Windows Vista + Windows XP

Laptops require specialized drivers provide by the laptop manufacturer.
You'll need to check with Sony and see if Windows XP drivers are
available before considering installing different operating systems.

Did you download and install Windows Vista drivers for your Lexmark?
http://support.lexmark.com/index?pag...N_US&locale=en


John Goche wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an all-in-one which used to work fine
> under Windows XP but ever since I have
> upgraded to Windows Vista even though
> I have installed the drivers the device still
> does not work very well. So now I want
> to install Windows XP on the same
> hard drive on my Sony VAIO laptop.
> How can I proceed to do this?
> I would also like to have one
> or more linux distributions
> on the same hard drive so
> I want four operating systems
> altogether on my laptop which
> comes with a large 500GB
> harddrive which should make
> things easy to host all these
> operating systems.
>
> Any ideas on how to go about
> installing these four OSs?
> And will XP work on my new
> laptop?
>
> My all-in-one is a Lexmark X5470
> and I would like to keep using the
> scanner perhaps even under Linux.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Goche