XP to Vista Upgrade using Fdisk

[newguy]

Has anyone succeeded in using Fdisk to create one active partition for each
OS on one drive without deleting XPs restore points or interfering with the
programs and data for each OS?
If so, please tell me how.
Thanks for your replies.
newguy

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Newguy

Go to the following website. There is information there for setting up a
dual boot with XP and Vista that solves all of problems. This makes dual
booting a treat.

Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thanks Ronnie, but is it possible with Fdisk? Thanks ng

No. FDisk is an old MS-DOS utility that is neither available or needed
in WinXP or Vista. All legitimate WinXP installation CDs and Vista
installation DVDs are bootable and have the capability of deleting,
creating, and formatting partitions.


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[newguy]

Thanks Ronnie, but is it possible with Fdisk? Thanks ng

 

[Roedy Green]

Has anyone succeeded in using Fdisk to create one active partition for each
OS on one drive without deleting XPs restore points or interfering with the
programs and data for each OS?

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/bootmanager.html

Boot-It works, but chances are you will wreck the boot stuff dozens of
times before you nail it. Have backups.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Thanks Ronnie, but is it possible with Fdisk? Thanks ng

No it's not possible. Vista will only install on a NTFS partition. Fdisk
can't create an NTFS partition.

 

[newguy]

Thanks everyone for your replies newguy

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/bootmanager.html

Boot-It works, but chances are you will wreck the boot stuff dozens of
times before you nail it. Have backups.

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