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I wish to re-install XP Pro on a 250 GB Hard Drive that consists of two
partitions. I could not find a built-in partitioning facility in XP and so I
actually installed Vista on my 'c' Drive and then created the second
partition from within Vista.
I wish to re-install XP Pro onto the new freshly-formatted partition and I
have tried it several times. Immediately XP Setup detects the Vista
installation, it aborts with a message saying the OS already installed is
newer than the XP I am trying to install. I have even tried Microsoft
Virtual PC. I honestly don't know which OS Virtual PC 2007 was designed for,
but it doesn't work on Vista and doesn't work on XP. Everything looks good -
the Virtual PC starts but when running it on Vista and attempting a virtual
installation of XP Pro, the XP Setup freezes within a minute or so of
beginning.
All I want is a dual-boot configuration with Vista and Windows XP Pro but it
seems so difficult to achieve this
partitions. I could not find a built-in partitioning facility in XP and so I
actually installed Vista on my 'c' Drive and then created the second
partition from within Vista.
I wish to re-install XP Pro onto the new freshly-formatted partition and I
have tried it several times. Immediately XP Setup detects the Vista
installation, it aborts with a message saying the OS already installed is
newer than the XP I am trying to install. I have even tried Microsoft
Virtual PC. I honestly don't know which OS Virtual PC 2007 was designed for,
but it doesn't work on Vista and doesn't work on XP. Everything looks good -
the Virtual PC starts but when running it on Vista and attempting a virtual
installation of XP Pro, the XP Setup freezes within a minute or so of
beginning.
All I want is a dual-boot configuration with Vista and Windows XP Pro but it
seems so difficult to achieve this