setting up dual boot windows xp pro, and windows 64 bit

[Guest]

Like the title says, Im wanting to dual boot these two operating systems. Im
very comfortable with xp pro, and Im wanting to see how the 64 bit OS runs.
What I need to know, is which OS I need to have installed first, and should I
do a clean install of my xp pro, or can I use what I have already. Ive got 5
other partitions I can use to load xp 64 on, as Ive heard you need to install
it on a separate partition. This is my first attempt at dual booting, so I
wanna make sure I do this correctly. Thank you all ahead of time for your
help.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The first question is: do you have a 64-bit CPU installed?

Newsgroup Support for Windows for 64-Bit Extended Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/64bit/extended/trial/support.mspx

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems Customer Preview Program
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/evaluation/upgrade.mspx

List of Limitations in 64-Bit Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282423&Product=winxp

Cannot Install Some Programs on Windows XP for 64-bit Platforms
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298218&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Like the title says, Im wanting to dual boot these two operating systems. Im
| very comfortable with xp pro, and Im wanting to see how the 64 bit OS runs.
| What I need to know, is which OS I need to have installed first, and should I
| do a clean install of my xp pro, or can I use what I have already. Ive got 5
| other partitions I can use to load xp 64 on, as Ive heard you need to install
| it on a separate partition. This is my first attempt at dual booting, so I
| wanna make sure I do this correctly. Thank you all ahead of time for your
| help.

 

[Guest]

I loaded Win64 onto another hard drive that was partitioned into two logical
drives. Once that was done, Win64 became the default OS. To change it so
WinXP32 was the default, you need to RIGHT click on the My computer icon,
select PROPERTIES, select ADVANCED, select SETTINGS (Startup & Recovery). In
the first box you can choose which OS you want to be the default. I switched
it back to WinXP32 as I share my PC with my family.
The biggest problem I've had so far is finding 64 bit drivers. Not everyone
has the, I know Marvel and Tealtek do (I'm using a Gigabyte mobo) but I
haven't found any for my Canon printer or scanner. The ATI Radeon card works
fine with Win64.

 

[Guest]

Do not use your hard drive with XP Pro .. Later on after you install the Beta
Edition of Window XP 64bit.. You will incounter lot of problem
Including software incompatibilities , If you rely want to try make it
safe.. if you have a extra hard drive use this hard drive on trial version
of microsoft window xp 64bit edition..
But don't use your good hard drive with Windows XP Pro..

Fyi,
Rcarls

 

[Guest]

That's what I'm doing.I have a 30 gig older drive I've setup with x64
version, and I just change the pointer in BIOS to that drive to switch to x64.

 

[Guest]

Had all sorts of problems trying to dual boot 32 bit XPpro on one drive and
64 bit version on slave drive. This resulted in two default drives during
boot sequence and I could not change this in boot.ini. Neither would boot
properly and I had to re-install frm scratch to get the 32 bit version going
again. I can dual boot two 32 bit XPpro OS's but seemingly somewhere in
"ntdlr" there is an error and I don't know how to fix in "CMD".

Soon I will wish to dual boot Vista Ultimate 32 and 64 bit. I cannot get
ant sense from Microsoft, so if anyone can help, I would be very grateful

 

[gs]

I have not tried on 2 deferent drives but I have tried this:
- install xp pro 32 bit first on a primary partition, make sure it works
properly and updated completed,
- install xp pro 64 bit on another primary partition. this will overwrite
the ntldr on the first primary partition but will be ok, update it also

so far both boots correctly and works.. I did some registry tweak to allow
both OS to refer the same logical drives with same letters

In general, you have to install the oldest released product first and add
the next relapsed product

For some PC you can use the F8 to choose which disk to boot from. IN that
case you can install OS in different hard drive, one at a time without the
presence of other drive ( enable, disable hard drive in BIOS, or actually
physically removed). In this scenario, the each OS is totally unaware of
he presence other OS and possibly not even other hard drive. However, you
get the least problem if each window OS use only one partition. Otherwise
you could end up with wrong drive assignments and cause boot failure or
other problems

 

[Timothy Daniels]

I have not tried on 2 deferent drives but I have tried this:
- install xp pro 32 bit first on a primary partition, make sure it works
properly and updated completed,
- install xp pro 64 bit on another primary partition. this will overwrite
the ntldr on the first primary partition but will be ok, update it also.

Bravo! I suspected that, but I didn't have the resources to try it.
I expect that it would also work with the OSes on different hard
drives, just as it would work for two 32-bit installations on different
hard drives.

...I did some registry tweak to allow both OS to refer the same
logical drives with same letters

Would you give the details on how to do that?

*TimDaniels*

 

[s]

Arbib,

Can you give details about the ''registry tweak ''

Thank you very much