You're very welcome. Good luck with it.
Richard
"leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Richard. Info will be very helpful if I cannot install directly from
DVD to the partition setup for Vista.
RickC
"Richard Eagle" wrote:
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> On this computer with XP (32 bit) w/SP2 , I installed the full retail
> version of Vista HP (32 bit) on a second hard drive. My XP drive has C, D
> and E partitions on it. I setup a new 2nd hard drive while in XP with F
> and
> G on it. Then I copied all the files and folders from the Vista HP DVD to
> a
> temp folder that I created on the F drive and then ran the Vista setup
> from
> there while in XP. It installed fine and now on bootup I see the boot
> manager screen and can select Vista (default) or XP (listed in the boot
> manager as 'earlier version of windows'). F is now the boot drive for
> Vista
> and of course C is still the boot drive for XP.
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> One reason I did it this way was because Vista would not install from my
> DVD
> drive even though XP did install just fine from it previously. Apparently
> there's a Vista bug that causes this problem with some DVD drives. In any
> case, the way I ended up installing Vista HP was extremely easy: copy the
> files from DVD to hard drive and then run Vista setup from hard drive
> while
> in XP. Couldn't be easier. I would think that it would also work fine if
> you
> copy the files from the Vista DVD to a partition that you're going to use
> for Vista on the same physical hard drive.
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> Of course if it will install from your DVD drive you can still install it
> from XP or you may want to boot from the DVD and do it that way.
>
> Richard
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> "leoram" <leoram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8CD5309C-DBE7-47CE-BB6D-3B7557169F3B@xxxxxx
> I currently have XP-32Bit (Media Center) as OS on my computer. What I
> would
> like to do is install Windows Vista Home Premium-32Bit on a separate disk
> partition in a dual boot configuration so that I will be able to switch
> between the XP and Vista. The processor and MB on my computer will allow
> the
> dual boot configuration and I have 4 GB of Memory which I believe will be
> sufficient. Appreciate if anyone can tell me if the setup of Vista Home
> Premium will allow me to install it on a particular disk partition to
> accommodate the dual boot. Thanks.
> RickC
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