Thanks again! One more thing and I'll leave you alone. I plan on using
partition magic to create my new partition for vista. When I'm done using
the beta, can I just format that partition and fuse it together with the
other partition on the drive to go back to one large partition, or will I
have to backup that other partition and format the whole drive? Thanks.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
> No, the Windows Vista boot manager takes over everything, XP is located
> under Earlier Version of Windows entry which you will see when you boot your
> PC. Select that and press enter.
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> "Sheep" <Sheep@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F6D7B931-55FF-440C-A3EF-5C269EF161FF@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the swift reply! I was reading something about the vista dual
> > boot screen, if I have the XP as my C: drive, will the regular old dual
> > boot
> > screen show up at startup and let me pick the OS? Also, I'm using the
> > microsoft MCE remote, and my TV tuner is a Happauge PVR-150. Thanks
> > again!
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, just make sure you launch setup from within XP and Custom when the
> >> option is made available and select partition on the other drive you
> >> created
> >> for Vista. The remote should work if your tuner is compatible with Vista.
> >> Which brand and model is the remote?
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> >> "Sheep" <Sheep@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:80BE79DE-53F8-4A3F-AC47-8F24C7B639AB@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have four physical hard drives, and I want to make a partition on my
> >> >D:
> >> > drive specifically for vista. If I have my XP on my C: drive, and put
> >> > vista
> >> > on its own partition on a different hard drive, will get a dual boot
> >> > screen
> >> > when my computer boots up? I'd rather not make a new partition on the
> >> > drive
> >> > that has XP on it. Also on a side note, does the media center remote
> >> > work
> >> > with vista media center? Thanks.
> >>
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