Dual boot Vita and XP

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I'm about ready to open a new computer 2.8Ghz Core duo, 20" monitor 300G
drive, 1.9Ghz Bus and 2Gig ram AND, VISTA - I didn't buy the comp to suit
Vista, I bought it because my 550Mhz, though does what I need it to, is
showing it's age.

What I want to do, is install XP on the new VISTA machine along side Vista
as a Dual boot machine.

I found tips on adding Vista to a existing XP machine, but not the reverse.

Can someone suggest the process?

S
 
From what I understand it will not work that way without third party
software. XP has to be installed first. BootIt NG from Terabyte Unlimited
will allow the dual-boot.

Boot Manager, Partition Manager, and Drive Image Utility - BootIt Next
Generation:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

BootIt Next Generation - Videos and Tutorials
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html

The following page addresses the issue of restore points and shadow copies
being deleted in after booting into XP.
Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org
 
Bert Kinney said:
From what I understand it will not work that way without third party
software. XP has to be installed first. BootIt NG from Terabyte Unlimited
will allow the dual-boot.

Boot Manager, Partition Manager, and Drive Image Utility - BootIt Next
Generation:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

BootIt Next Generation - Videos and Tutorials
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html

The following page addresses the issue of restore points and shadow copies
being deleted in after booting into XP.
Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org
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When will Microsoft fix this problem ?

Regards
 
Microsoft probably won't fix it, there is no reason for them to. The dual
boot install procedure has always been the same 'oldest operating system
first, then the newest.' In other words XP first followed by Vista.

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Associate Expert
Windows - Shell/User

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I'm about ready to open a new computer 2.8Ghz Core duo, 20" monitor 300G
drive, 1.9Ghz Bus and 2Gig ram AND, VISTA - I didn't buy the comp to suit
Vista, I bought it because my 550Mhz, though does what I need it to, is
showing it's age.
What I want to do, is install XP on the new VISTA machine along side Vista
as a Dual boot machine.
I found tips on adding Vista to a existing XP machine, but not the reverse.
Can someone suggest the process?

S:

Leave the existing Vista installed and create a new primary partion.
After you create the new primary partition continue with the "Boot via XP
CD" line from my previous post (adjust the drive letters as necessary).

My previous post was intended to list all the steps taken during my test to
see if it was possible to install XP after Vista, not to suggest that Vista
needed to be reinstalled.

My previous post:

These are the steps I used to successfully install XP after Vista RTM.

Disk was clean (no partitions)
Boot via Vista DVD
Create C:
Install Vista into C:
Boot into Vista, create E: via Disk Mgr
(D: is the CD/DVD drive)

Boot via XP CD
Select E: as target
Install XP into E:

When XP install is finished, computer will only boot into XP
Copy ntldr file from Vista vol into root of XP vol

Boot via Vista DVD
Select Repair Your Computer
Select Vistal vol
Select Startup Repair
(no notice of finding an error)
Reboot per prompt

Boot into Vista
Install VistaBootPro v3.1 beta
Do the BCD backup
Select "Manage OS Entries"
Select "Add new op system entry"
Select "Windows Legacy"
Enter a name (to show in the Vista boot mgr menu)
Select drive letter E:
Select Apply

Reboot
Select XP op system from the Vista boot mgr menu

Done
 
More info - the newer OS (Vista) includes new and updated files - installing
XP after Vista can "mess' the newer versions.
 
It's actually not too difficult. What I ended up doing was creating a
second primary partition, and installing XP to that. The trick is the Vista
Bootloader. I used EasyBCD to edit the bootloader to enable it to "see" the
XP install. No issues!

"Hurricane" Andrew
Milford, DE
 
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