XP Vista Help

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I want to get Windows Vista BETA 2 but i also want to be able to have windows
xp and not lose my files, my hard drive is partitioned (am i using that word
right) and my D: drive is my HP_RECOVERY disk, what can i do?

Thanks
habs6091
 
First of all, do you feel comfortable with dealing with installing hardware
with Windows? You must be prepared to troubleshoot lots of
hardware/programs. Secondly, right now it probably not a good time to try
to download Vista because almost everyone here's struggling to get it.
(Because so many people are trying to get it at once.) I would make a
minimum of a 20GB partition. Wait for Zack or Andre (or someone else) to
come around and assist you more about partitions as there are a lot of
things to know about making partitions.
 
I agree with you Travis, you made some important points I would like to
emphasize on some of those points.

Who is the Windows Vista BETA 2 for?
IT Professionals, Developers, Enthusiast, people who like to back up their
data and try out new things and don't have issues just in case something
goes wrong installing the software.

You can install Windows Vista in a dual boot configuration with Windows XP
and have not problems at all, but it is always important you back up any
important data before you install pre-release test software on your
computer. Windows Vista is still in an early stage of development and there
is always a risk system failure.

So the first thing you need to do is create a logical partition on which you
will install the operating system, I use Partition Magic. The minimum hard
disk space required is 11.3 GBs of free disk space. But if you plan on
testing the operating system thoroughly you might might want to make a
partition size of 20 GBs.

Setup is fairly easy, you can launch setup from within XP or boot off the
DVD, I recommend launching setup from within XP, type in your product key,
accept the EULA, click Custom and select the partition you created and
dedicated to Windows Vista. Setup will do the rest.
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Andre,
I don't know what time zone you are in but maybe you better knock off early.
I think you are going to be very very busy tomorrow! <g>
dotcom
 
Thanks for your help, is there any way i can delete a partition once i create
it and how many can i have

habs6091
 
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