Can you leave XP installed

[Guest]

Can you install the Vista Beta to another directory

 

[Travis King]

You can install Vista on another Partition.

 

[Guest]

Does the installer offer the choice of directories (Folders)

I don't understand why, when a company issues a beta, why they don't do a
fresh new install and leave other things alone.

BTW if you install the Beta, does it expire and I think I read that you have
no other choice but to buy it or reinstall the old op system.

Doesn't really sound too fair to me

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Yes, the installer gives the user the choice of what partition or drive to
install Vista to. A directory would not be a choice.

The user has the choice of doing a fresh install or upgrading an XP
installation. Take your pick.

The beta will expire (timebomb). You would then have the choice of buying
or deleting Vista. Since Vista runs fine on a machine that is also running
XP (dual boot), there should be no reason to reinstall the old OS. It
should still be there.

What is unfair? There is no charge for the beta software and it is not
intended for production use or to be the primary OS.

Does the installer offer the choice of directories (Folders)

I don't understand why, when a company issues a beta, why they don't do a
fresh new install and leave other things alone.

BTW if you install the Beta, does it expire and I think I read that you
have
no other choice but to buy it or reinstall the old op system.

Doesn't really sound too fair to me

 

[Guest]

Colinj Barnhorst wrote in part:

The beta will expire (timebomb). You would then have the choice of buying
or deleting Vista. Since Vista runs fine on a machine that is also running
XP (dual boot), there should be no reason to reinstall the old OS. It
should still be there.

Is anybody absoutely sure that XP will still be there and easily accessible?
Contact me on (e-mail address removed) as well, if desired.

Axel in Hong Kong

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Hello,

As long as you install Windows Vista on a seperate partition than your
Windows XP installation, you will be able to choose between booting Windows
XP or Vista when you start, and both will remain seperate. Then, when
Windows Vista expires, you can start booting into your Windows XP
installation.

 

[Guest]

What exactly is a separate partition? Or does this lack of knowhow mean I
really shouldn't try it? Can you send me to link so that I can see how put
Vista in a separate partition?

Best,

Axel

 

[Guest]

How do I install Vista on a separate partition? Can you send me to a link
where I can find out?

Best,

Axel

 

[Will]

it means creating two seperate drives on the one HDD C drive would become C
and D drive
This can be done with a program called partition magic
Or you may find it easier to install a second HDD that will work too

 

[Jimmy Brush]

What exactly is a separate partition? Or does this lack of knowhow mean I

really shouldn't try it? Can you send me to link so that I can see how
put
Vista in a separate partition?

A partition is a way of slicing up a single hard drive into multiple slices,
where each slice acts like a completely seperate hard drive. If you are
unsure what a partition is, you should spend some time learning about
partitions and dual-booting before attempting the procedure. This may
require that you either buy comercial software (such as Partition Magic) or
use a freely available tool to do the same thing (although not as easily).

These websites will provide a starting point for your research:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(computing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-boot
http://muckyfeet.com/2006-dual-xp-vista-install/

 

[Dennis Gordon]

Charlie Russel has a nice blog on this:

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64/search.aspx?q=dual+boot&p=1