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delete xp in dual boot
There is no downside to trying them, and MSFT did a great disservice when they incorrectly named "Startup Repair" and state that it is only for problems that involve Vista not booting. It potentially can fix major components of Vista that are broken when you can boot as well. ***SFC as a Remedy***: SFC or System

Dual boot Vista / WinXP
Ghost Vista to an image file using partition only. Do not close the entire disk. Install Windows XP as your Primary OS on the C:\drive. "peter" wrote: In the normal course of setting up a dual boot the older OS would need to be installed 1st..XP then Vista. This way no matter which OS you start with it would be

Dual boot Vista over XP problem.
Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com linux debian laptop Anders Ellenshřj Andersen wrote: Vista sets the hardware clock to local time. Yes. Annoying. And trouble making. They should only be trying to set the system time and the system time is already in UTC and so should not be an issue. But let's not forget them.

System Restore and Dual Boot problem
moto re...@newsgroup.com microsoft public windows vista general This question is for anyone that has sucessfully dual booted vista and ubuntu linux. Here's my scenario: AMD Athlon64 3400+ (running overclocked at 2.6 Ghz) 1 GB PC3200 2 x 232.88 GB IDE Hard Drives GeForce 7600GS 512 mb AGP I have vista installed on

Dual-booting With Vista Made Easier (But Only Thanks to ...
Vista will setup the dual boot. OR, use one of the "new" boot managers (Boot It Next Generation (Bootitng) or others that do know about Vista's boot scheme. In any case, there are a few issues with dual boot; if either partition can see the other, system restore won't work for either OS. The only way around this is

Can't boot XP after installing Vista
But, after I restarted my computer and tried to boot into XP, I got a message about "cannot find ntldr" How do I set up my dual boot without formatting and reinstalling in the proper order? Remove the dual-boot from the vista-loader and use a 3th-party bootmanager. If you use only primair partitions and 1 drive you

Dual boot Vista and XP
My conclusion is that dual booting must be the answer, but how? I have 4 SATA internal disk drives, one with a WinXP boot partition, one with a Vista boot partition There is a supplier in Florida who has everything I want - but they only supply in the USA. (www.satagear.com) The items which interest me are SATA

Dual boot Vista and XP?
I just installed 64 bit Vista Ultimate, retail full version, in what I thought was a dual boot environment. I added a new sata hard drive, and installed Vista on it. Now, I do not get an option when I boot to choose wich OS to boot to, it only boots into Vista. Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion

Vista partition recognition / windows xp partition recognition?
Michal Kawecki kkwi...@o2.px pl comp os ms-windows winnt Dnia Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:49:48 -0800 (PST), Mikołaj Bartnicki napisał(a): On 27 Lut, 06:43, Michal Kawecki <kkwi...@o2.px> wrote: warunki początkowe: (...) Full access dla wszystkich z dziedziczeniem na podfoldery. Już jestem pewien: tytuł MVP jest gówno

Dual boot Vista and XP?
The only alternative right now is to carry two laptops with me every time I travel! How about a less painful alternative? AFAIK Acronis Disk Director comes with the necessary instruments for hiding partitions and safeguarding the Vista system by this. Rainald Paul Kraemer wrote: My PC has a dual-boot setup that

Dual boot with WinXP
Keep in mind that it's only going to be an issue if you have Vista creating restore points for that volume. If it's not monitored by Vista, .... Advice please: I have installed 2nd 250 G HDD and plan to install XP on it, and then do a dual boot configuration with Vista Home Premium (which came installed on new Dell

Trouble with drive letters on dual boot with Vista
"John Barnes" wrote: Vista installs the boot files on the 'system partition'. The only way to get the boot files on the Vista partition would be to make Vista, in a dual boot setup, installs boot files on "C" in additon to files on "D". Removing XP will result in Vista being unbootable - however all may not be

Need advice on setting up a dual boot vista / xp?
Subject: Re: Dual boot Vista over XP problem. Hey guys, Thanks all for the advice. Firstly I did what Tom suggested and partitioned my drive to accept the All in all a painless experience and I'm pleasantly surprised at how well Vista is behaving. My only gripe is that Windows Boot Manager still has an entry

Dual Boot Vista and Ubuntu Linux
I had blue screens and unrecoverable system error crashes Since then I got Vista Business, installed it as a dual boot despite the earler headaches and Closely read the second sentence (RTM, NOT RC2 anything) from jimmuh's previous Post of things and stuff learned the difficult method, not only learned by

Dual boot Vista over XP problem.
Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org PE wrote: I have installed Vista as another OS on my XP machine and now when I boot the computer Vista is offered as the default OS which would

Dual boot - remove one OS.
Anyways, any tips from those of you that have set up a dual boot between Vista and XP would be greatly appreciated. Computer now starts and with Vista's boot manager it gives me 10 seconds to select XP else it boots into Vista. As it is only a 10 second thing I didn't bother with any 3rd party boot managers.

Dual Boot Vista and XP - Partition Magic not compatible with ...
Bert Kinney b...@NSmvps.org microsoft public windows vista general Hi Paul, Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP: Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org paul wrote: I want to install XP on my Vista machine but I hear this can cause problems with the boot loader.

OT dual boot Vista and XP
ray r...@zianet.com alt linux On Tue, 01 May 2007 19:01:28 +0200, Walter Mautner wrote: ray wrote: On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:29:29 -0700, Ike wrote: New laptop with 120GB hard drive and Vista Premium. I've been planning to set up Linux - possibly Ubuntu - but someone just told me that if I dual boot I lose Windows

Dual boot Vista & XP cant read xp drive
Is it possible to dual boot Vista 32bit and Vista 64bit? If installed on their own separate hard disks (I have 2), I'm almost sure it is possible, The Vista Ultimate package includes 2 disks - but only a single product key. The PK will work for either version, but you can't install x64 with that PK until you've

Vista only 2 days away!
...winston merlin@druid9#.com microsoft public windows vista general Without having provided information on how you installed Vista you might consider installing Vista Boot Pro, EasyBCD, or BootItNG.(The first two are free, the latter fee based). http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1