Dual-Boot Problem

  • Thread starter Thread starter David Webb
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Vista is on my system drive (primary partition). XP is on my secondary
partition. Also, XP was already installed when I had to format reinstall my
Vista partition.
 
I was aware of the normal routine for dual-booting. The issues I'm confronted
with are the fact that my friend's laptop is an HP product with Vista
preinstalled and it doesn't come with an installation DVD, nor does HP offer any
WinXP device drivers for critical components of this laptop. This seems to be a
common scenario nowadays.
 
It is common and a deal breaker. New systems are designed around the new OS
since that is what most buyers want. If you want an older os, you are
better off staying with your equipment designed for that os when possible
 
All very true, but my friend needed a new laptop for his business. I had his old
laptop working like a Swiss watch until it had a sudden hardware failure. There
was no time to wait for delivery of a new laptop with WinXP installed. He had to
take what was offered off-the-shelf, which is not always what "buyers want". I,
mistakenly, assured him that I could either do a clean install of WinXP Pro or
setup a dual boot arrangement in order to avoid the learning curve required for
Vista. How wrong I was.
 
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