XP + Vista

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Is it possible to have both XP and Vista existing at the same time?
I intend to install Vista on another hard disk and there will be a list to
select either XP or Vista to be loaded when bootup.
How can I achieve this?
Any idea would be appreciated.
 
I setup my system by installing XP, then putting in the Vista DVD while
running XP and starting the installer.
I told it to install to the second hdd. I did not allow it to upgrade or
replace my existing OS.
i select the OS to boot to from the menu provided.
Vista
Older Windows
are the choices I have
I am told you need to hide the OSes from each other or you lose your system
restore points.
Read further down the newsgroup for more details.
 
Is it possible to have both XP and Vista existing at the same time?
I intend to install Vista on another hard disk and there will be a list to
select either XP or Vista to be loaded when bootup.
How can I achieve this?
Any idea would be appreciated.
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That's been a standard feature since Win2000.

Dual-booting different windows version:

1) Always install the OSes in order from older to newer (important!!)

2) When you boot from the newer OS's CD or DVD, select another drive
or partition to install it on than where you installed the older.

Setup handles everything automatically (assuming you're dual-booting
with another windows version, linux won't work).
The next time you boot, you'll get an OS selection menu.


Win2000 could dual-boot with DOS, NT4 and Win9x, but I don't know if
Vista still supports all of those, or even if it supports anything
besides XP.


Never try to install two different OSes on the same partition. There
are ways to do it, but a lot of stuff will stop working in the oldest
one.
 
Is it possible to have both XP and Vista existing at the same time?
I intend to install Vista on another hard disk and there will be a list to
select either XP or Vista to be loaded when bootup.
How can I achieve this?
Any idea would be appreciated.
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Yes it is possible - I have done exactly that because Vista does not support
some graphics programs that I use regularly.

You will need to partition your drive (if not already) and install vista on
one and xp on the other. You will need to use a program like VistaBootPro to
get the list at startup. There are lots of sites showing you step by step
how to so it by going into google with the words 'vista xp vistabootpro'. It
is very easy and worked for me with limited experience and nobody to help
me.

Hope that helps.
 
Is it possible to have both XP and Vista existing at the same time?
I intend to install Vista on another hard disk and there will be a list to
select either XP or Vista to be loaded when bootup.
How can I achieve this?
Any idea would be appreciated.
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You can:

1. Dual/Multi-boot. That is, at boot time you choose which operating system
you want to run either XP or Vista.

2. Single boot, but once up and running start a "virtual machine" and run
the second operating system on top of the first. Microsoft offers virtual
machine software as no-charge download:

[Microsoft Virtual PC 2007]
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

Saucy
 
/Elliot/ said:
Is it possible to have both XP and Vista existing at the same time?
I intend to install Vista on another hard disk and there will be a list to
select either XP or Vista to be loaded when bootup.
How can I achieve this?
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I do that without a boot manager. That's not to say that this is the
best method, but it works well.

Vista is the default O/S. The alternate XP can be loaded by simply
pressing F8 during boot, and choosing its hard drive.

One caution: Restore points and shadow copies in Vista will be lost
every time XP is loaded. That is not a concern here, because other back
up strategies are used.
 
Elliot

I suggest you look at BootIt NG as it makes setting up a dual
booting system a lot easier.
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Most commercial (and other third-party) boot managers give you some options
the built-in boot manager in windows doesn't offer. Usually that means
better support for booting a non-MS OS (read 'linux'), a possibility to add
Win9x /after/ W2k or XP, etc.


But I still have to see the first one that makes it easier than this (which
is how it works with windows's own):

* Create at least 2 partitions
* Install 1st OS on first partiton
* Install 2nd OS on another partition
* Done.

They all require at least one additional step: "install boot manager".

Furthermore, they often try to hide one OS's presence from the others by
making partitions invisible, which isn't always what the user wants, etc.
 
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