Installing Vista on a partion other than C:\

[Brahman]

Have XP Pro installed on a Raid 0 pair of samsug hd.During installation
created a partitions of 15gb C:\ System, f 40gb D:\ Programs and a third
70gb E:\ Data unassigned 140gb.
Because the C:\ has turned out to be too small and causes XP problems -
cannot expand C:\, therefore not practical to conduct a upgrade.
Plan to install a new Sumsung 1Tb ( faster) Hd and install Vista Ultimate
on that disc.
2 questions,-
1.0 The pros and cons of partitioning the new HD
2.0 Any problems associated with keeping Xp installed with Vista installed
Thanks

 

[Peanya]

I'm running both XP and Vista on my computer without issue. I've installed
Vista after XP, and upon boot, I get an option to boot to "older version of
Windows" or Windows Vista.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Brahman.

I endorse dzomlija's suggestions.

I've been dual-booting for a decade or more, since WinNT4/95, and especially
all through the Vista beta period, with as many as 8 OSes at one point. But
now I'm down to just Vista Ultimate x64 - and 3 others (VU x86, WinXP x86
and WinXP x64) that I seldom boot at all anymore. If I were in your
situation, I might well follow djomlija's plan so that, after a "getting
acquainted with Vista" period, I could delete WinXP without having to
reorganize my Vista setup.

I've always used Microsoft's dual-boot system, which always begins the
startup process in the System Partition (usually the first partition on the
first hard drive), then branches to the Boot Volume (where the big \Windows
folder is) for the chosen OS. That way, I don't have to change my BIOS
settings in order to boot the other OS; they both start in the same System
Partition.

My new mobo BIOS lets me choose to boot from a different HD by pressing
<Esc> during POST. With this BIOS, I can use two System Partitions and
easily choose between them on each reboot, so dzomlija's suggestion to keep
using the old HD to boot into WinXP would make sense for my system now - and
maybe for yours, too.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Brahman]

Hi Dzomlija, Peanya and RC White
You all seem to be on the same page - thanks I will follow your suggestions.

Since I posted this question on "Windows Vista General Discussion" and on
"Installation & Setup" I will Cross Post as suggested by RC.

I have one remaing question - how to /or should I partition the 1Tb Samsung
HD.

From NT beta to XP I partitioned C:\ DOS and each OS on a separate
partition( some times 4 or more formated in MSW) and data on a separate
partition for multi boot, failure and backup considerations.

Since Vista will be installed like on a new computer should I create a small
-2gb C:\ paritition which would be System and hold boot files and second
large partition for Vista OS say 200GB and other partitions depending on data
type.
Or
No partitions/
Any suggestions

Thanks again to all

 

[UnswoleLilDude]

Here's a guide on how to dual boot XP and Vista.
http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-dual-boot-windows-vista/

 

[Brahman]

Thanks!

Here's a guide on how to dual boot XP and Vista.
http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-dual-boot-windows-vista/