Vista Noob Question

[pvdg42]

I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig
partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the
Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the
partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free
space is available.

I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the
installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose to
format that partition prior to installation?

 

[AMDX2]

I have Beta 2 burned to DVD-R and intend to install it on a spare 25 gig
partition on my hard drive, creating a dual boot system. I noted that the
Upgrade Advisor seemed to assume I would be installing Vista on the
partition that currently has Win XP Pro, and indicated the not enough free
space is available.

I do not intend to install Vista over XP. Is there a place in the
installation process where I can choose the install partition and choose
to format that partition prior to installation?

No. Currently in Vista the installer is dumb as hell. It will not even let
you install on a good hard drive as it says no suitable volume is available
or whatever it says. It has format and delete and create partition etc, but
nothing works because even after doing that it still says no capable volume
type error. So if it only gives you 1 option you're not able to change it
because currently it won't let you add anything it does not see in the list
already. (((

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

Received that message also when I rand upgrade advisor from the XP partition
which had 5 GBs of Space left, although I had a partition which 20 GBs free
space. I recommend you launch Vista setup from within Windows XP, type in
your product key, accept the EULA, click Next, click Custom > select the 25
GB partition and setup will install to that partition just fine.
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[Jeff]

If you boot from the DVD, you can create a partition in the 25GB free area
and install there. You will need to press the Advanced button on the disk
information screen, and click New.

Note, that Vista will call this new partition drive C: if you dual boot, but
Windows XP will call it's home patition drive C: when XP is running. This
is normal and is a feature.

If you run Setup from within Windows XP, there is no option to do partition
work. You will need to create a partition in Disk Manager in Windows XP,
assign it a drive letter, then install Vista onto that partition.

Jeff

 

[Tony]

Hey AMDX2 you are wrong it does work just fine and you can and always been
able to pick what drive.
So check your info before you give it.
All you do is pick custom and it will give you the drives. you dont even
have to format the drive

Tony

 

[AMDX2]

Hey AMDX2 you are wrong it does work just fine and you can and always
been able to pick what drive.
So check your info before you give it.
All you do is pick custom and it will give you the drives. you dont even
have to format the drive

Tony

Sorry Tony, I just meant that I've never had it givew me a hard drive
choice. and sometimes when I click on the drive to install it says it can't
find any whatever it was I said before. Even after delete, format etc. I've
installed it fine on 1 pc and sort of fine on the second, but mostly
problems with it saying there's no viabvle partition hard drive or whatever.

 

[Guest]

If you have raid I found windows 2003 drivers work well you may not want to
trust vista to format the partition if it fails In Vista and you boot into
windows XP to format it may change the size of the partition to mis-report
the size. If it dose do not delete the partition you will loose the raid
drive. I was able to restore my partitions.

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

I think the OP wants to install on the entire 25 GBs.
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