Dale \Mad_Murdock\ White

One thing that has been noted before, if you have the upgrade version of
Vista, you will not be allowed to dual boot, as Vista will disable your XP
boot. Do a search in the newsgroup\forums and you'll see some work around
for that.

If you have the full install version of Vista, all you need is a separate
partition or 2nd hard drive. When you install Vista it will automatically
setup a dual boot menu. One will be Vista, the other will be "earlier
version of windows" why it can't just say Windows XP, is beyond me.

If you have the upgrade version and you don't like the work around, another
option is to buy another hard drive. $50 will get you an 80GB these days.
And you could physically swap out drives. Vista never knows about Xp and
vice versus. You will need to install a base XP on this drive first, since
the upgrade will look for it. If that sounds like too much work, I'd go back
to searching this forum for the Dual boot work around

"ColTom2" <nomailaddress@none.com> wrote in message
news:eOI84YdVHHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi Dale:
>
> Thanks for your informative input. My biggest question that I have now is
> how do I select to dual boot in the Vista upgrade process. What options
> should I look for in the upgrade to be sure and implement the ability to
> dual boot?
>
> There is no doubt now as to whether I will elect to dual boot, but only
> how?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Dale "Mad_Murdock" White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
> news:kKqdnU6VftUV7UHYnZ2dnUVZ_r-onZ2d@insightbb.com...
>> As with any new OS, there is going to be problems. People on these forums
>> took the plunge and upgraded and then found out, they had some problems
>> and then didn't have a way to go back.
>>
>> In my work, I have to use a VPN client and PCanywhere. I finally got a
>> working VPN client, but PCanywhere isn't available for Vista yet.
>>
>> If I dual boot, I get to fiddle around with Vista and learn it's quirks
>> and problems and if by some chance I have a really daunting problem, I
>> can always go back to XP. If nothing else, when I'm testing out games
>> under vista, I can go back and see how it behaves in XP. Sometimes, both
>> OSes show the same problem. Here in this forum, some people would scream
>> how Vista sucks and Microsoft screwed them !
>>
>> I'm actually triple booting, XP, Vista32 and Vista64. Because I'm hearing
>> all this flap about 64bit and how it's the future and all that and so I
>> wanted to see was there in advantage or extra problems. Being able to go
>> back to Vista32, I can see whether it's a problem with Vista64 or if both
>> have the problem.
>>
>> In 6-9 months from now, there won't be much need in dual booting, as
>> Vista will stabilize, Applications, drivers and hardware will get caught
>> up and Vista will run on par with XP in a generic sense. Right now, going
>> pure Vista is just too much of a unknown gamble.
>>
>> If nothing else, Dual booting lets you find out, if you're going to have
>> any compatibility problems. You may find out you do, at which time you
>> revert back to XP and delete your Vista boot. If everything runs fine,
>> you delete your XP boot and go pure vista.
>>
>> How does dual booting making your OS complicated ? You get a menu, before
>> you ever boot your OS, you choose your OS and off you go. There is
>> nothing complicated about it.
>>
>>
>> "ColTom2" <nomailaddress@none.com> wrote in message
>> news:OK6CZEdVHHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> Why would or what advantage is it to upgrade to Vista Premium with dual
>>> booting capabilities? If one is going to upgrade then why not just
>>> upgrade.
>>>
>>> Frankly I don't see the purpose or advantage of dual booting other than
>>> making you OS more complicated. Maybe someone can explain why?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>>
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