Vamsi said:
I would like to know, how to Install Windows XP (SP2) on Windows Vista
(Dual-Boot).
I have purchased HP Compaq Notebook which came Pre-Installed with Windows
Vista Home Basic. I want to Install Windows XP on it.
Normally, the older OS must be installed first unless you wish to
acquire and use some 3rd-party partition and boot management utility.
(In which case you have to follow the instructions provided by whatever
3rd party solution you select.) However, this KB Article (not for the
faint of heart) explains how to repair the Vista boot process after
installing WinXP:
Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of
the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529
However, dual-booting is no longer necessary in most situations.
Why not download a Virtual Machine application, such as Microsoft's
VirtualPC 2007 (
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp?) or
Innotek's VirtualBox (
http://www.virtualbox.org/) and run Win2K and your
legacy applications within a virtual computer. Both are free and work
with Vista.
NOTE: Microsoft does not support the use of VirtualPC 2007 on Vista
Home editions, but several people have reported that it works. Your
results may vary.
I have created a Partition D (by Shrinking Volume C) to have Windows XP on
it. But when I start the computer with Windows XP Install CD inside, the
Windows XP Set-Up does'nt open at all. I have set the Boot Order
appropriately, i.e, to Boot from CD Drive first.
Are you using a true (either retail or unbranded, generic OEM) WinXP
installation CD, or some OEM Recovery CD from some other brand of
computer? If the former, it should work. (You may have to watch the
display and press the indicated key to boot from the CD when prompted,
though.) If the latter, it won't work, anyway.
Could any one please help me to Install Windows XP (SP2) over Windows Vista.
Not without more information, I'm afraid. All you've told us is what
_doesn't_ happen when you try to boot from the WinXP CD. You haven't
told us what does happen. You haven't even told us if the computer even
boots up from the CD.
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