I understand that booting into XP will cause loss of Vista restore points;
however, according to MS a new system restore point will be
created on the next Vista boot. Is this not true?
"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:30:21 -0800, tsm21
> <tsm21@discussions.microsoft.com> spake thusly:
>
>>It might be better if you start the Vista installation from the Vista DVD
>>(ie
>>not from within XP) as this will allow which ever OS you are booting from
>>to
>>run from the "c" drive (XP will be on "c" when it is running and Vista on
>>"c"
>>when it is running - the physical drives stay the same, just the
>>nominclature
>>the drives is changed to reflect the operating system being used. Doing
>>it
>>this way means that the operating system that is booting is always going
>>to
>>show up as "c" which is good for programs that need to start from the c
>>drive. This is the way I setup dual boot and it works like a charm.
>
> Just don't expect system restore to work. :-)
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>
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