Can WinXP be installed on a pre-loaded Vista PC?

[Bruce Chambers]

Thanks, Bruce, for your advice about Virtual Machine. I looked up both
the references you have quoted and confess that a lot of it went over my
head at first reading. I will study them again but just a quick question
here. Am I right in thinking that with Virtual Machine I can install
Windows XP on my Vista PC, despite the problem of XP not recognizing the
motherboard drivers?

Yes. When installed within a virtual machine, an OS has no direct
"contact" with the computer's hardware. Everything is "translated" by
the virtual machine software, so there is no need to install most drivers.


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[Bruce Chambers]

Bruce

I was interested in your suggestion re virtual PC 2007, but my initial
reading of the link seems to indicate it is not suitable for Vista Home
Premium.

I upgraded my XP Home machine (no windows.old visable) and was thinking
of reverting to XP Home, and Virtual PC sounds like a better option.

Is my reading of the system requirements correct?

Bill

It's true that Microsoft does not support the use of VirtualPC 2007 on
Vista Home editions, but several people have reported that it works just
fine. However, if this is a concern for you, I'd recommend using
InnoTek's VirtualBox. It has no such "limitation," and supports a much
wider variety of guest operating systems.


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[Ram]

W Burchnall
I have created a new partition for Windows XP Pro but when I try to install
Win XP from its CD the first option to install Windows XP is grayed out. I
am perhaps missing a few essential intermediate steps which I will be
grateful for if you can elaborate. I have installed Virtual PC and created a
Virtual Machine but thereafter I am stumped as to how to install Windows XP.

 

[Mac]

You need to create a Virtual PC session with adequate RAM and define its
disk space (on any drive you like:\ if you like) and then mount the CD in
the Virtual PC session.

This guide should help...

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Installing-Configuring-Virtual-PC-Part2.html