Dual Boot XP Pro SP2 and Vista Business 32-bit?

[Mark \(MCP\)]

I asked this question previouly in this newsgroup and wanted to know if its
even possible to dual boot between Windows XP Pro SP2 and Windows Vista
Business 32-bit version? Just wondering if other users found a dual boot
method that works without Vista messing up XP SP2. XP SP2 exists in the
first partition on the hard drive.

Scenario: laptop running a single SATA 120GB hard drive, Intel Duo Core
1.6GHz with 1.5GB ram.

I would like to find a way to dual boot these two operating systems on the
laptop where I can make sure Vista and other programs will run in Vista
without problems.

Thanks.

 

[Puppy Breath]

I haven't done it with the Business Edition. But I don't think that matters.
The way I've always done it is to install XP one one partition first. Then
boot to XP, insert the Vista DVD, and then clean install Vista to a
different partition.

 

[Brian Bradley]

It is indeed possible to dual boot "between Windows XP Pro SP2 and Windows
Vista Business 32-bit version," but there is a known issue of "Vista messing
up XP SP2" under those circumstances.

Search for "Dual Boot" in this very newsgroup for hoards of information and
solution(s) that may work for you.

Personally, I hope Microsoft will issue its own fix for Vista in this
regard, but posters in this newsgroup whom I trust indicate that such a fix
is not in the works.

Updates or news in that regard, anyone?

Brian Bradley

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

As far as dual-booting, it doesn't make any difference which
flavor of Vista is used. Vista doesn't mess with XP but XP
messes with Vista in that XP tends to delete Vista restore points.
For a workaround you can use TweakUI in XP to hide the Vista
drive.

Gary VanderMolen