Vista - Booting from DVD?

Hi there

I have an HP dv5094 notebook, with 1GB RAm, an AMD Turion 64 and 100GB ard
memory.
I have Windows XP home (32) as an OS.

Can I save the ISO to a DVD and boot from there? Or do I have to wipe my XP
to try Vista.

I have downloaded the 64 bit, but on reflection think that 32bit would cause
less hassle with the software i have etc. (Norton, etc.)

I don't really want to loose where my laptop is at the moment and would like
not to install on the notebook if avoidable.

I f I do, can anyone tell me the steps to take for a paralell install so
that i can boot with either XP or Vista?

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Cheers

Any help or advice would be appreciated

Poopsie.............

Try this - all the install methods can be found here - option 4 )
http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?getstarted

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"Poopsie" <Poopsie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5325D705-B32D-4C90-B102-1992F4622CA8@microsoft.com...
> Hi there
>
> I have an HP dv5094 notebook, with 1GB RAm, an AMD Turion 64 and 100GB ard
> memory.
> I have Windows XP home (32) as an OS.
>
> Can I save the ISO to a DVD and boot from there? Or do I have to wipe my
> XP
> to try Vista.
>
> I have downloaded the 64 bit, but on reflection think that 32bit would
> cause
> less hassle with the software i have etc. (Norton, etc.)
>
> I don't really want to loose where my laptop is at the moment and would
> like
> not to install on the notebook if avoidable.
>
> I f I do, can anyone tell me the steps to take for a paralell install so
> that i can boot with either XP or Vista?
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> Any help or advice would be appreciated
>
> Poopsie.............

"Poopsie" wrote:
> Can I save the ISO to a DVD and boot from there? Or do I have to wipe my XP
> to try Vista.

you can boot from the dvd and install it, but you will no longer be able to
boot XP.
an alternative option would be to use a partition manager to resize your XP
partition, giving you room to create a seperate partition for vista. then
boot from the dvd, and install to the new partition.

> I have downloaded the 64 bit, but on reflection think that 32bit would cause
> less hassle with the software i have etc. (Norton, etc.)

Norton causes enough problems with XP. I assume it will cause even more with
Vista. be sure to check out
http://www.symantec.com/vista/index.jsp

> I don't really want to loose where my laptop is at the moment and would like
> not to install on the notebook if avoidable.

you always run a risk of losing data when you run a beta. if you want to
avoid it, just don't install it. be sure to back up your hard drive before
installing if you choose to go ahead with it. and I strongly recommend not
installing it on a computer you need for work.

> I f I do, can anyone tell me the steps to take for a paralell install so
> that i can boot with either XP or Vista?
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> Any help or advice would be appreciated
>
> Poopsie.............