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10-02-2007
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| | dual boot: xp with oem-vista dear vista gurus, i have a lot of laptops with preinstalled oem vista installed. i'd like to install xp as an alternative os. do you have a good -> how to <- link on that subject. most laptops dont even have a vista installation medium. thanx alto tim |
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10-02-2007
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| | Re: dual boot: xp with oem-vista Yes but what about those restore points ??? "Tiberius" <Tibery@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:47023e6d$1@xxxxxx-privat.org... Quote: > LOL nice to see my predictions verified each day.... > > I have said that 18% of Vista users will dual boot with XP and use XP > instead of vista, because vista is crapista.. > It would be more.. but most people dont even know that this is possible or > how to do it! > > The steps are easy IF the laps site provide the drivers for XP (not all > do). > 1) Create new parition with a partition manager like acronis > 2) install XP on the new parition > 3) Do one of the following to restore the vista bootloader: > > a)Boot into XP and reinstall the vista bootloader with this free app > http://www.vistabootpro.org/ > > OR > > b) Use the vista dvd to repair the vista bootloader so that xp and vista > will be listed. > > > "tim braun" <tim.braun@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:1191328715.352102.284520@xxxxxx Quote: >> dear vista gurus, >> i have a lot of laptops with preinstalled oem vista installed. i'd >> like to install xp as an alternative os. do you have a good -> how to >> <- link on that subject. most laptops dont even have a vista >> installation medium. >> >> thanx alto >> tim >> > |
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10-02-2007
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| | RE: dual boot: xp with oem-vista Windows Vista does everything Windows XP can do.... only better! Take a little time to learn Windows Vista and you'll see for yourself. Attempting to dual-boot Windows XP with a preinstalled version of Windows Vista is not recommended. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Microsoft Community Newsgroups news://msnews.microsoft.com/ "tim braun" wrote: Quote: > dear vista gurus, > i have a lot of laptops with preinstalled oem vista installed. i'd > like to install xp as an alternative os. do you have a good -> how to > <- link on that subject. most laptops dont even have a vista > installation medium. > > thanx alto > tim > > |
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10-02-2007
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| | Re: dual boot: xp with oem-vista Windows XP does everything Windows Vista can do.... only better! Dont waste your time fiddling with Windows Vista and you'll see for yourself. Attempting to dual-boot Windows XP with a preinstalled version of Windows Vista recommended. Then after you see how faster and better XP is you can forget about vista forever! "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F1D590AB-87FD-4897-B434-6D9D21C5E7ED@xxxxxx Quote: > Windows Vista does everything Windows XP can do.... > only better! Take a little time to learn Windows Vista > and you'll see for yourself. Attempting to dual-boot > Windows XP with a preinstalled version of Windows > Vista is not recommended. > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows - Shell/User > Microsoft Community Newsgroups > news://msnews.microsoft.com/ > > > > "tim braun" wrote: > Quote: >> dear vista gurus, >> i have a lot of laptops with preinstalled oem vista installed. i'd >> like to install xp as an alternative os. do you have a good -> how to >> <- link on that subject. most laptops dont even have a vista >> installation medium. >> >> thanx alto >> tim >> >> |
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10-09-2007
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| | RE: dual boot: xp with oem-vista Carey, Can you tell me then please what I should do because Pro Tools still does not work on Vista and I NEED IT. I also have several thousand dollars in waves plugins and programs that I can't afford to update and that don't work in Vista. What do you recommend?? besides going back in time and kicking my own ass before I was dumb enough to have it installed? "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > Windows Vista does everything Windows XP can do.... > only better! Take a little time to learn Windows Vista > and you'll see for yourself. Attempting to dual-boot > Windows XP with a preinstalled version of Windows > Vista is not recommended. > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows - Shell/User > Microsoft Community Newsgroups > news://msnews.microsoft.com/ > > > > "tim braun" wrote: > Quote: > > dear vista gurus, > > i have a lot of laptops with preinstalled oem vista installed. i'd > > like to install xp as an alternative os. do you have a good -> how to > > <- link on that subject. most laptops dont even have a vista > > installation medium. > > > > thanx alto > > tim > > > > |
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10-09-2007
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| | Re: dual boot: xp with oem-vista If I were in your situation, I would purchase a new hard drive and a "full version" of Windows XP Professional (if you do not have an unused license). Remove the current hard drive that has Windows Vista installed and then install the new hard drive. Then proceed to install Windows XP: Clean Install Windows XP http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------- "Auri" <Auri@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A7206E73-6963-4D58-B8DB-BC1F6B3B92A0@xxxxxx Carey, Can you tell me then please what I should do because Pro Tools still does not work on Vista and I NEED IT. I also have several thousand dollars in waves plugins and programs that I can't afford to update and that don't work in Vista. What do you recommend?? besides going back in time and kicking my own ass before I was dumb enough to have it installed? "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > Windows Vista does everything Windows XP can do.... > only better! Take a little time to learn Windows Vista > and you'll see for yourself. Attempting to dual-boot > Windows XP with a preinstalled version of Windows > Vista is not recommended. > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows - Shell/User > Microsoft Community Newsgroups > news://msnews.microsoft.com/ > > > > "tim braun" wrote: > Quote: > > dear vista gurus, > > i have a lot of laptops with preinstalled oem vista installed. i'd > > like to install xp as an alternative os. do you have a good -> how to > > <- link on that subject. most laptops dont even have a vista > > installation medium. > > > > thanx alto > > tim > > > > |
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07-26-2008
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| | Re: dual boot: xp with oem-vista Thank you Carey; at last a simple, effective answer to my 17 months of hell with Vista Business, and I get to put an axe through the Vista infected hard drive. Now if only I could sue Microsoft for selling an operating system unfit for purpose. "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > If I were in your situation, I would purchase a > new hard drive and a "full version" of Windows > XP Professional (if you do not have an unused license). > Remove the current hard drive that has Windows Vista > installed and then install the new hard drive. Then > proceed to install Windows XP: > > Clean Install Windows XP > http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Auri" <Auri@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A7206E73-6963-4D58-B8DB-BC1F6B3B92A0@xxxxxx > Carey, > > Can you tell me then please what I should do because Pro Tools still does > not work on Vista and I NEED IT. I also have several thousand dollars in > waves plugins and programs that I can't afford to update and that don't work > in Vista. What do you recommend?? besides going back in time and kicking my > own ass before I was dumb enough to have it installed? > > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > Quote: > > Windows Vista does everything Windows XP can do.... > > only better! Take a little time to learn Windows Vista > > and you'll see for yourself. Attempting to dual-boot > > Windows XP with a preinstalled version of Windows > > Vista is not recommended. > > > > -- > > Carey Frisch > > Microsoft MVP > > Windows - Shell/User > > Microsoft Community Newsgroups > > news://msnews.microsoft.com/ > > > > > > > > "tim braun" wrote: > > Quote: > > > dear vista gurus, > > > i have a lot of laptops with preinstalled oem vista installed. i'd > > > like to install xp as an alternative os. do you have a good -> how to > > > <- link on that subject. most laptops dont even have a vista > > > installation medium. > > > > > > thanx alto > > > tim > > > > > > |
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