Vista - Vista beta 2

Pardon my ignorance;but when Vista Beta 2 does arrive; will I be able to set
it up on my laptop that has XP Pro already installed? Run 2 O.S.'s? It will
have only 1Gb of RAM for the laptop.

Yeh, you can partition it using the Disk Management software in MMC, also
with Partition Magic - then when installing Vista, just stick it on the
empty volume.

Please note though - you can't install on a RAW volume, so best just stick
it as a Logical NTFS drive )

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"Jeff" <jeffwhat41@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Pardon my ignorance;but when Vista Beta 2 does arrive; will I be able to
> set it up on my laptop that has XP Pro already installed? Run 2 O.S.'s? It
> will have only 1Gb of RAM for the laptop.
>

Yes, you will need to install it on a separate physical partition though.
But dual booting is just fine.
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"Jeff" <jeffwhat41@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Pardon my ignorance;but when Vista Beta 2 does arrive; will I be able to
> set it up on my laptop that has XP Pro already installed? Run 2 O.S.'s? It
> will have only 1Gb of RAM for the laptop.
>

Again fellas;you come to my rescue;when it becomes available and when I get
that new laptop; I'm definitely trying it. Just like Jason; I didn't get in
soon enough or have the resources to afford an MSDN subscription. If you
guys can tolerate me;then I'll definitely have more questions as how to set
it up when the time comes, Again you guys have been GREAT:-)
"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Yeh, you can partition it using the Disk Management software in MMC, also
> with Partition Magic - then when installing Vista, just stick it on the
> empty volume.
>
> Please note though - you can't install on a RAW volume, so best just stick
> it as a Logical NTFS drive )
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Jeff" <jeffwhat41@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:eZphPZ%23ZGHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Pardon my ignorance;but when Vista Beta 2 does arrive; will I be able to
>> set it up on my laptop that has XP Pro already installed? Run 2 O.S.'s?
>> It will have only 1Gb of RAM for the laptop.
>>
>
>

Does it HAVE to be on a seperate partition? I've installed two OSs on the
same partition before (just changing the name of the install folder slightly
eg "windows2" Will this not work for Vista?

cheers
gerry


"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, you will need to install it on a separate physical partition though.
> But dual booting is just fine.
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> "Jeff" <jeffwhat41@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:eZphPZ%23ZGHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Pardon my ignorance;but when Vista Beta 2 does arrive; will I be able to
>> set it up on my laptop that has XP Pro already installed? Run 2 O.S.'s?
>> It will have only 1Gb of RAM for the laptop.
>>
>
>

Gerry;
It will probably work for a time.
But no one that I know recommends more than one OS on a partition.
In fact, whenever I see the question, it is strongly recommended against
putting more than one OS on a partition.
To many possibilities for conflicts.
Since Vista is still an unfinished products, that just adds to the possible
complications.

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"gerryR" <gerryrminus@thisgerryr.com> wrote in message
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> Does it HAVE to be on a seperate partition? I've installed two OSs on the
> same partition before (just changing the name of the install folder
> slightly eg "windows2" Will this not work for Vista?
>
> cheers
> gerry

From a "new" user-Could you possibly point me to the KB or resource that
shows how to set up partitions;so that I'm ready when Vista Beta 2 does
arrive?
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
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> Gerry;
> It will probably work for a time.
> But no one that I know recommends more than one OS on a partition.
> In fact, whenever I see the question, it is strongly recommended against
> putting more than one OS on a partition.
> To many possibilities for conflicts.
> Since Vista is still an unfinished products, that just adds to the
> possible complications.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "gerryR" <gerryrminus@thisgerryr.com> wrote in message
> news:els2glIaGHA.5088@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Does it HAVE to be on a seperate partition? I've installed two OSs on
>> the same partition before (just changing the name of the install folder
>> slightly eg "windows2" Will this not work for Vista?
>>
>> cheers
>> gerry
>
>

gerryR wrote:
> Does it HAVE to be on a seperate partition? I've installed two OSs on the
> same partition before (just changing the name of the install folder
> slightly eg "windows2" Will this not work for Vista?

That only hides potential conflicts. There are a number of shared files
under the Program Files folder. Installing two different versions of the OS
can easily cause problems when versions of those files get out of sync. It
is never recommended to install two versions of Windows on the same
partition.
--
Tom Porterfield

"It is never recommended to install two versions of Windows on the same
partition."

Not exactly so - parallel (same partition) installations are a recommended
procedure for troubleshooting an initial/original OS installation.




"Tom Porterfield" <tpporter@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> gerryR wrote:
>> Does it HAVE to be on a seperate partition? I've installed two OSs on
>> the
>> same partition before (just changing the name of the install folder
>> slightly eg "windows2" Will this not work for Vista?
>
> That only hides potential conflicts. There are a number of shared files
> under the Program Files folder. Installing two different versions of the
> OS can easily cause problems when versions of those files get out of sync.
> It is never recommended to install two versions of Windows on the same
> partition.
> --
> Tom Porterfield

AJR wrote:
> "It is never recommended to install two versions of Windows on the same
> partition."
>
> Not exactly so - parallel (same partition) installations are a recommended
> procedure for troubleshooting an initial/original OS installation.

No it's not. Parallel (different drive or partition) installations can be
used, but never on the same partition.
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Tom Porterfield