An alternative would be virtual machine software. You could then run XP on a
virtual machine within the host operating system. That's what I do now. I'm
running Vista Ultimate with XP running as a guest using VMware Workstation
6.0. Obviously VM workstation 6.0 is not free (costs around $200) but it
does have the advantage of having USB support for the guest operating
system. If you are not bothered about USB support (unfortunately my current
HP printer doesn't work well with Vista, hence needing USB support on the
guest OS) then you could always try Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 which is free.
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John Barnett MVP
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Windows - Shell/User
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"Tel" <johndoe@johndoe.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks John I tried what you said and still no go. Like I said I use too
> be able to do it the way I mentioned in my first post the only thing that
> is different is that iI replaced my motherboard with an asus P5b-vm do it
> use to be an acer motherboard but that one went on me. I noticed that the
> Asus motherboard supports a TPM Module forwhich I do not have therefore
> that is why I still use the USB Flash. I thank you for your help and your
> reply in this problem I guess I will just have except the fact that
> everytime I boot in to Win XP I will loose my restore points, I must admit
> it's very rare I use Sysytem restore anyway. Once again many thanks.