Dual boot vista and xp

Jabes · 09-19-2007, 04:35 PM

how would I dual boot vista and xp cuz I already have xp installed but I want to have vista installed as my second boot option (yea I'm gonna try vista) would I use partion magic and create a new partition or do you need to do a fresh install (please no

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[-0MEGA-] · 09-19-2007, 06:53 PM

AFAIK you cant use Vista as a secondary OS in terms of boot selection. Vista has it's own boot.ini file, so no matter what order the OS's are installed, Vista's boot.ini will appear first on the list. For instance, in your case every time you boot up the PC Vista will be the primary option, and you need to manually scroll down to the second option which is something like "boot from an older version", and then choose XP.

But you can dual-boot both OS's. If you only have one hard drive then you will need to create a new partition, and you can do so with a program such as Partition Magic.

Jabes · 09-19-2007, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

AFAIK you cant use Vista as a secondary OS in terms of boot selection. Vista has it's own boot.ini file, so no matter what order the OS's are installed, Vista's boot.ini will appear first on the list. For instance, in your case every time you boot up the PC Vista will be the primary option, and you need to manually scroll down to the second option which is something like "boot from an older version", and then choose XP.

But you can dual-boot both OS's. If you only have one hard drive then you will need to create a new partition, and you can do so with a program such as Partition Magic.

ok thx so yea I need to create a new partition with partition magic does it know where free space is or do I have to tell it?

[-0MEGA-] · 09-19-2007, 08:43 PM

You would need to "take" free space from the current partition in order to create a second one. Unless you already have some unallocated space.

Jabes · 09-19-2007, 08:50 PM

ok I just installed it and it says that it wants to create rescue disks what should I do?

[-0MEGA-] · 09-19-2007, 08:59 PM

You dont need rescue disks, so just click cancel.

Jabes · 09-19-2007, 09:05 PM

what do I want to make the partition ntfs right?
or should I just click install new operating system cuz it sets it to fat32

StrangleHold · 09-19-2007, 10:04 PM

Ntfs

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	AFAIK you cant use Vista as a secondary OS in terms of boot selection. Vista has it's own boot.ini file, so no matter what order the OS's are installed, Vista's boot.ini will appear first on the list. For instance, in your case every time you boot up the PC Vista will be the primary option, and you need to manually scroll down to the second option which is something like "boot from an older version", and then choose XP. But you can dual-boot both OS's. If you only have one hard drive then you will need to create a new partition, and you can do so with a program such as Partition Magic. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

09-19-2007, 08:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	You would need to "take" free space from the current partition in order to create a second one. Unless you already have some unallocated space. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	You dont need rescue disks, so just click cancel. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

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