Dual Boot XP and Vista

BluesMan1 · May 4th, 2006, 05:53 AM

Does anyone know if it's going to work?

filipino · May 4th, 2006, 05:55 AM

i have tried it with xp and win2k i installed winxp first then install win2k on option menu when you insert the disk choose new installation not upgrade

This link might also help you
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...02000&SiteID=1

I just google it

BluesMan1 · May 4th, 2006, 06:06 AM

Thanks filipion, i will try it sometimes this weekend. I have to reinstall XP first because i'm on Vista build 5365 for now and would like to have it dual booting with xp mainly because vista is not up to the task yet and still having some issues.

filipino · May 4th, 2006, 06:16 AM

Why not try to install XP while on vista? i haven't tried it yet but maybe its possible?

BluesMan1 · May 4th, 2006, 09:29 AM

I would like to do it but my C drive is 10 Gig and Vista is taking 7.3 gig on it. I formated my drive this morning, well i formated my entire 120 gig because i was having 3 partitions on it, did a 30 gig for the C drive and the rest for the D drive.

I will try tonight to install XP first and Vista second hoping that it will be possible to dual boot them. With Vista Ultimate 5365 nothing is sure for now, some options are not working within the OS so i don't know if it's going to work.

I want to start with XP first because i need a full operational OS to work with and actually Vista is not giving me what i need.

My audigy 2 Platinum can not be install, no drivers for it yet, my board is an Asus A7N8X Deluxe and no drivers for it either so there is some problems. I have programs that won't work also on Vista so i need a full operational OS to be able to do my things.

Thanks filipino

BluesMan1 · May 4th, 2006, 09:33 AM

By the way, interesting reading following the link that you posted filipino. It seems that there is some issues in Dual Booting XP and Vista.

I will try it anyway because my version seems to be more recent and see what it does.

I'll post the results here when it's done working or not.... lol

BluesMan1 · May 4th, 2006, 09:36 AM

And do you know if Nero 6 is working on Vista....oh anyway i'll google it.

BluesMan1 · May 5th, 2006, 06:08 AM

Update on Dual Booting XP and Vista.....it's working

My C drive was 30 Gig so i decided to give 10 Gig for XP and 20 for Vista.

By splitting the C drive i have now on my first HD: C for XP, D for my programs and F for Vista. The E drive is a second 120 Gig HD that i have for backups and other stuff ( I have 2 x 120 Gig HD).

On bootup i have this black screen which let me choose which OS i want to bootup to so i can decide XP or Vista.

Some people were having problems with the internet connection going back to XP when Vista is install but for me it's working. The new IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) does not seem to affect my connection which is from my router.

Vista is not having any drivers for my Audigy 2 Platinum and same for my Asus A7N8X Deluxe board and some yellow spots are in the Device Manager in Vista but internet is working, i can not change Aero Glass for another color but it's fine.

Mainly it's working and that's what i want.

Makaveli_786 · May 5th, 2006, 07:33 AM

Why are you guys using Vista anyway?

You just playing around with it for fun or is there some other reason?

BluesMan1 · May 6th, 2006, 05:03 AM

Makaveli, Vista was suppose to be out in january 2007 but will be out most likely later than that. Microsoft wants to make sure that it will be a good working OS and doesn't want to make the same mistake than ME so if there's no testing there will be more to fix even if there will be fixes anyway.

Testing is the only way to improve the software. Any recommendations made by people that are testing it are important because there is a whole lot range of users that can feel and work with this software so they can see if there's anything that can be change or fix.

I'm also having a small computer repair workshop and for people like me it's important to see what Vista is going to be. I already fix some problems with my version and i'm glad that the information is actually out there so that it's possible to learn from it.

The 5365 build is a lot better than the other ones and i just can't wait for the definitive version next year. Ultimate looks to me a bit crowded and i'm not too crazy about some of the options but it is going to be the next one so i'll enjoy it for now.