Re: Multiple boot

Hi Francisco,

Microsoft has never really advocated or provided for multi-booting. The
tools it provides are based on a single OS in a system, which in truth is
what most users have. Personally, I use BootIT NG from
www.terabyteunlimited.com for tasks such as the ones you are referring to,
but there are others that are equally effective (but not usually as cheap).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Francisco" <> wrote in message
news:EDC19674-4A19-4F5E-8225-...
> As a trainer, I work in academies and often find the hard disks of the
> computers with 4 or 5 different partitions, each containing different
> Microsoft and non-Microsoft OS.
> I have seen in the VistaBootPro.org the command for restoring older OS (XP
> OR W2K3) in a dual boot (ntdetect /60all). The question is what to do in
> case that for example, one partition has xp, another w2k3, another Vista,
> and
> then we want to install xp or w2k3, in another partition of if, for
> example,
> we want to delete one of the existing partitions and re-install xp or w2k3
> or
> Vista.
> In some places it is possible to use virtual machines but in most of them
> still have 512 mbram and it is too slow
> I cannot believe that Microsoft has not a solution for working with
> several
> OS including Vista and make it so difficult to do so.
> Any solution will be welcome

Hello Rick:
I had a look at that tool and found that a disquette is needed. My laptops
have no disquettes and most of the new PCs haven`t one either. Is it possible
to use a pen drive instead?


"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Francisco,
>
> Microsoft has never really advocated or provided for multi-booting. The
> tools it provides are based on a single OS in a system, which in truth is
> what most users have. Personally, I use BootIT NG from
> www.terabyteunlimited.com for tasks such as the ones you are referring to,
> but there are others that are equally effective (but not usually as cheap).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Francisco" <> wrote in message
> news:EDC19674-4A19-4F5E-8225-...
> > As a trainer, I work in academies and often find the hard disks of the
> > computers with 4 or 5 different partitions, each containing different
> > Microsoft and non-Microsoft OS.
> > I have seen in the VistaBootPro.org the command for restoring older OS (XP
> > OR W2K3) in a dual boot (ntdetect /60all). The question is what to do in
> > case that for example, one partition has xp, another w2k3, another Vista,
> > and
> > then we want to install xp or w2k3, in another partition of if, for
> > example,
> > we want to delete one of the existing partitions and re-install xp or w2k3
> > or
> > Vista.
> > In some places it is possible to use virtual machines but in most of them
> > still have 512 mbram and it is too slow
> > I cannot believe that Microsoft has not a solution for working with
> > several
> > OS including Vista and make it so difficult to do so.
> > Any solution will be welcome
>
>

Hi Francisco,

I don't know, but if nothing else you could use a USB floppy drive. You
might ask the author of the program (David F.), he can usually be found in
the newsgroups he has, described here:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/support.html

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Francisco" <> wrote in message
newsC2F5ADA-3462-46F9-9697-...
> Hello Rick:
> I had a look at that tool and found that a disquette is needed. My laptops
> have no disquettes and most of the new PCs haven`t one either. Is it
> possible
> to use a pen drive instead?
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Francisco,
>>
>> Microsoft has never really advocated or provided for multi-booting. The
>> tools it provides are based on a single OS in a system, which in truth is
>> what most users have. Personally, I use BootIT NG from
>> www.terabyteunlimited.com for tasks such as the ones you are referring
>> to,
>> but there are others that are equally effective (but not usually as
>> cheap).
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Francisco" <> wrote in message
>> news:EDC19674-4A19-4F5E-8225-...
>> > As a trainer, I work in academies and often find the hard disks of the
>> > computers with 4 or 5 different partitions, each containing different
>> > Microsoft and non-Microsoft OS.
>> > I have seen in the VistaBootPro.org the command for restoring older OS
>> > (XP
>> > OR W2K3) in a dual boot (ntdetect /60all). The question is what to do
>> > in
>> > case that for example, one partition has xp, another w2k3, another
>> > Vista,
>> > and
>> > then we want to install xp or w2k3, in another partition of if, for
>> > example,
>> > we want to delete one of the existing partitions and re-install xp or
>> > w2k3
>> > or
>> > Vista.
>> > In some places it is possible to use virtual machines but in most of
>> > them
>> > still have 512 mbram and it is too slow
>> > I cannot believe that Microsoft has not a solution for working with
>> > several
>> > OS including Vista and make it so difficult to do so.
>> > Any solution will be welcome
>>
>>