Vista & XP on same C:\

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did anyone tryed installing Vista and XP on same drive? would something like
C:\Windows C:\Program Files and C:\Documents and Settings conflict between
XP and VISTA?
 
Not recommended, at the least they should be on separate volumes/partitions
on the same physical drive.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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A whole lot of things would conflict if you don't put them on a separate
partition or at least folder. Give Vista a clean install on another new
partition or drive and avoid a number of problems. Vista's Users is more
than just a name different that Documents and Settings in XP. If you like,
you can easily dual boot Vista and XP on the same hard drive and that will
work fine and you can access the XP desktop from the Vista desktop with a
shortcut that would be C:\Documents and Settings\Unknown's Profile\Desktop.

CH
 
Known. It will overwrite XP. XP and Vista can be on the same drive but not
in the same partition.

You may see C: when you are in each OS, but they will not be referring to
the same physical partition. Each may see its own partition as the C: drive
when running.
 
I have actually done that, I installed an earlier release of Vista in the
same partition as XP. But if you wish to delete Vista from the XP partition,
you can have a lot of problems with permissions and protected operating
system files. Not recommended.
 
It is never a good idea to install two operating systems on the same
partition. It is guaranteed to give you trouble and slim to no chance of
both OS's booting and working properly. It's called a parallel install and
is only ever done for data backup purposes when you cannot boot to a desktop
in the original OS, and usually ends up with an unstable system, broken
software pointers, etc etc etc
On top of that, it would be pretty frustrating to try to rip one OS off the
drive leaving the other intact.
 
I have actually done that, I installed an earlier release of Vista in the
same partition as XP. But if you wish to delete Vista from the XP
partition, you can have a lot of problems with permissions and protected
operating system files. Not recommended.
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Even if you can get it to work, it's not a scenario supported by MS...in
other words, if it screws something up (and it probably will sooner rather
than later), you're on your own.
 
LOL Homer "On your Own" is English for MSFT. That puts a huge smile on my
face.

It's a beta and a lot doesn't work and although these groups will help,
you're on you're own lol anyway. When Vista RTMS, XP is now the support
provided to the public who are not part of an enterprise is outsourced to
India by the cheapest possible contract MSFT has been able to buy so they
aren't involved. It's Convergys of Ohio in India whose trademarks are 1)
they can't speak intelligible English 2) Most of them would do well finding
the start button if it were magnified 150 X on a good day.

I know you meant this to be even funnier than the Homer J. Simpson comic
strips didn't you?

"On your own" Like what the hell is the definition of "not on your own with
MFST." Reparations for SFC not working? Reparations because SR won't
manufacture restore points when it should? Reparations because the Volume
Shadow service has not been configured to maintain Vista Restore Points when
someone goes to an XP booot on a dual or multiboot--which is not just a Beta
phenomenon any more?

If we're not "on our own" can you please show me any comprehensive
documentation where MSFT has lifted a finger to put anything on their site
on the major modality to fix Vista Windows RE? Do you see any documentation
on System Restore which btw can be reached outside of Windows via Win RE but
has not been mentioned in this context once by anyone helping on this group
because they don't know how or where to find out what Win RE is in depth?

Beam up all the links for documentation on Vista SFC that can destroy your
registry, Vista System Restore, and Windows Repair Environment since Homer,
lol MSFT doesn't have Homer on his own!!!

CH
 
i did two OSes on the same partitions once. day by day a t=drive or a port
would stop working on one OS or another to the point were every port or
drive stopped working but i fixed it. it was an interesting experience.
 
I understand some people wanting to push the envelop--and I always get a
kick out of people who do, and its interesting when they succeed. There are
a subset of Windows enthusiasts, Mac lovers, and Linux devotees who try to
see how they can run different software on considerably older hardware and
what performance they can get out of the hardware. Often these same users
also own cutting edge hardware, and they do this because they just love
tinkering and they enjoy the challenges. To me that's one interesting thing
to do,

But if you're going to take a Beta part way throughj its course to RTM, like
Vista 5384.4 (B2), I'd at least give it a clean install in its own space so
that it can have a reasonable chance to perform as well as it can at the
current point in time when you try it. You'll find enough interesting
things you'd like fixed or changed without risking mixing it up with XP.

CH
 
and the pc i did it on was 7 years old too.
i did it with xp and 2000.
when i install an app on one os it transfered over to the other when i tried
running on the os it was not installed on.
it was easier to install it on the other one like that then to have to do a
new install for the same app with a installer.
the program even transfered properly to with still being on the other os.
i took advantage of that and moved features from 2000 to xp.
maybe i should try that with vista and move vista stuff to xp and xp stuff
to vista.
maybe i should test vista a bit more and try to make it soi that my
technologies will work with vista.
then sell it to a big company and make a lot of money off of it.
 
one guy from ms did though.
i know people from within the company, well one or two.
i sent them error reports for the dual booting.
and just general issues about xp alone.
and they sent them to the proper people in the company so that they would be
put to use.
i stopped doing after the release of sp2 though because in my opinion it
made more issues.
i lost support for my custom RAM.
i had to fix that issue on my own.
at least i got a free copys of windows xp home and pro with embeded sp2 from
microsoft out of the inquiry.
 
Gee man, all I said was that it wasn't an officially supported scenario as
per the standard definition in the software world. Chill already.
 
I'm sure you have to partition it, even the lowliest OSes like Ubuntu Linux
and Debian need partitioning now. And BTW, how much free space do you need
for the Vista Install? I heard it was around 15 gigs but I need to verify.


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