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Linux Loaded Lenovo Laptop..More Linux Slopware..This is ...
It came with DishTV and the installation was only $1000 6 years ago. Feh! I'm done with both. When Qwest finally allowed us DSL last April, I jumped and can't be happier. I see that WIFI doesn't service your little city, either. Mine's around the corner with a wee 2000' peak between me and town.

Does this dual-boot installation plan work?
Also, there is a lot of software The only native commercial games I am aware of are are UT, Doom and Quake. See other post. to run DOS and Windows games on Linux, but these are not very effective for the most recent games. You could always have a dual boot set up so that you can load Windows just to play games,

How do you repair windows entirely using your Windows Vista DV
Dan D...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I have dual booted server 2003 and Vista. Server 2003 is on C:\ Vista is on D:\ I wanted to Install XP in place of server but I know this will wipe out Vista's Boot record. What could I do to restore Vista's boot record so I could

Dual boot Vista with XP Pro?
algae garybo...@gmail.com microsoft public windows vista general I have just about finished setting up, tweaking, etc. a new Vista pc. I would like to ( for a short time ) set it up so that my xp installation is still available should I run into any unforseen software issues. The XP installation is on another pc so

Can't dual boot Vista Home Premium & Win XP Pro
If Vista is installed after XP, the installer will kludge things for XP's boot manager if you ask it to, but if you don't have software dual boot now, just keep using the BIOS's HD Boot I'd only use it if I had multiple OSes on the same HD because the BIOS's HD Boot Order can't select among partitions on a HD.

Dual Boot Vista and XP - Partition Magic not compatible with ...
Choosing the latter only produces an error since there is NO XP installed on D:. Once I wade through this boot mess and get to Vista it thinks it's using the (at least it does not on my dual boot system.) You may need to reduce the size of the current partition on the disk you wish to install on to create some

Installing Windows XP after Vista in Dual Boot Configuration
Kinda worried about some programs working under Vista, maybe a solution is to set up a dual-boot Vista/XP system? Does that create hassles on bootup, having to choose each time? Can it be set up to default to Vista? If everything's working ok, is it a problem to then delete the XP partition?

Dual Boot Vista & Windows XP
My Boot Time came out to be 116 seconds which is in fact not all that bad. I only had a total of 7 event ID's listed after rebooting and from them saw my issue. Compared to when I dual boot it to XP and it is sitting at the desktop for me in under 1 minute. I understand that Vista is a more demanding OS than XP

Duel Boot XP & Vista
... dysk twardy podzielony na trzy partycje podstawowe - na pierwszej partycji Windows XP Pro - na drugiej partycji Windows Vista Home Premium - trzecia partycja na dane użytkowników co chcę osiągnąć: - trzymane na trzeciej partycji dane użytkowników dostępne z obu systemów w sposób dla użytkowników przezroczysty.

Dual boot with Vista = no System Restore?
So far, I have been unable to install Vista in dual boot mode. I start the installation, but on the first reboot I get the message “DISK READ ERROR, press Ctrl/Alt/Del to restart". Pressing Ctrl/Alt/Del only restarts the install process but encounters the Disk Read Error again on the first reboot.

dual boot vista
Mac (Croatia) MacCroa...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup But my C Partition is already "active" one ! .... And I'd turned off the dual-boot feature; it's back on again. I feel like I'm back in the same boat I was in before, though. What next? Should I try the whole thing

Dual booting Vista Ultimate 64 bit with XP Pro
Mac (Croatia) MacCroa...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Stephen! Thank your for your attempt but I can not change any drive letter .... And I'd turned off the dual-boot feature; it's back on again. I feel like I'm back in the same boat I was in before, though. What next?

Duel-Boot install mess
On a similar system I did recently did the linux boot menu set up linux and the restore partition - I had to add a stanza for the real MS partition - three entries. The only way the restore partition activates is if it's selected from the grub boot menu. I realize the bios could be set up to detect that and start

OT dual boot Vista and XP
"peter" wrote: Vista will always overwrite the XP MBR........and in so doing creates the dual boot that you are looking for. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) "Chris" <Ch...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

How to achieve actual use of my full 4 GB RAM,
You generally have to install the 2 OSes sequentially in different folders (or disks), so that the single preboot (there can only ever be one, on the active partition) handles them sensibly. You can install Vista in the presence of XP and dual boot them (provided that you install Vista on a different partition),

dual boot vista xp ?
It is also trickier to install XP after Vista is already installed. I'll give you links for all these things. Whether you use virtual computing or a dual-boot depends on what you want to do in the guest operating system (in your case, XP). If you only need to run 2D programs in XP, virtual computing is most

Dual boot Vista Debian Unstable hardware clock read incorrectly
Dual-boot is when you run two operating systems on separate partitions or hard drives on the same machine. I am currently running WinXP Pro and Vista Ultimate. The operating systems run independently of one another and both must be maintained with updates, security programs, etc. just as though it was your only OS.

Best Way to partition for dual boot XP
I'd only use it if I had multiple OSes on the same HD because the BIOS's HD Boot Order can't select among partitions on a HD. (Vista International UK). And other than I can read here I get a standard Vista dual boot system: It displays a screen with the choice: - earlier windows installed - windows vista If I

Dual boot - remove one OS.
Glad we cleared that up! --: Original message follows :-- "John" <n...@spam.com> wrote in message news:OPYB1RkdGHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... Hi, Two questions: 1) Can you dual boot Vista with Linux using bce (or whatever the Vista bootloader is called) 2) Can you boot Vista using grub (a linux bootloader) Thanks.

Dual boot to Vista
The letters are only temporary and get reassigned from time to time, but the names are written to the hard drive and will be the same, no matter which Windows I want to dual boot the two operating systems? Un able to change drive letter to D: in windows vista home basic? Believe this is reason I can't boot both