Marque opened this issue on Dec 08, 2008 · 14 posts
Marque posted Mon, 08 December 2008 at 8:26 AM
Sure someone here has done this, can you put XP pro on a Vista machine and dual boot? Or do you have to start with an XP machine and add Vista?
Thanks
Gareee posted Mon, 08 December 2008 at 8:36 AM
http://www.syschat.com/dual-boot-vista-xp-vista-already-1946.html
Google is your freind.. ;)
I googled "adding xp dual boot to vista", and used the first hit.. ;)
Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.
Marque posted Mon, 08 December 2008 at 9:41 AM
lol thanks Gareee, got it going about 5 minutes ago. 8^)
Gareee posted Mon, 08 December 2008 at 9:48 AM
Marque posted Mon, 08 December 2008 at 2:21 PM
Crap, followed the instructions but can't get to Vista now. You have to have a Vista disk and I don't have that, only have the restore disks for my laptop, not sure if they will work. I give up.
Gareee posted Mon, 08 December 2008 at 2:38 PM
Hmmm maybe the files you need are on the restore discs?
Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.
Marque posted Mon, 08 December 2008 at 2:54 PM
Hoping so going to try it now.
Marque posted Tue, 09 December 2008 at 5:48 PM
They were and it worked, thanks for the link! I now have my Vista 64 and XP Pro 64 on the same system.
Dead_Reckoning posted Tue, 09 December 2008 at 6:42 PM
Quote - http://www.syschat.com/dual-boot-vista-xp-vista-already-1946.html
Google is your freind.. ;)
I googled "adding xp dual boot to vista", and used the first hit.. ;)
How about the oposite?
Dual Boot Vista 64 and XP with WinXP Pro already installed
"That government is
best which governs the least, because its people discipline
themselves."
Thomas Jefferson
Gareee posted Tue, 09 December 2008 at 7:22 PM
Actually that same link had a link to that alternate dual boot installation! ;)
Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.
Dead_Reckoning posted Wed, 10 December 2008 at 5:18 AM
Quote - Actually that same link had a link to that alternate dual boot installation! ;)
Many Thanks
I shall go back and read through there again.
"That government is
best which governs the least, because its people discipline
themselves."
Thomas Jefferson
bluecity posted Wed, 17 December 2008 at 12:22 PM
I dual boot XP pro (32-bit) and Vista (64-bit) on all my machines.
It's actually pretty easy to do, the only big thing to keep in mind is that when installing Windows XP on top of an existing Vista install, it will screw up Vista's bootloader, preventing Vista from loading (it will just go straight to XP as XP's bootloader cannot see Vista).
There are a couple of free utilities that will restore Vista's bootloader (I use EasyBCD - just do a google search for it) and set up the dual boot options properly.
chimera46 posted Sun, 28 December 2008 at 8:59 PM
Quote - They were and it worked, thanks for the link! I now have my Vista 64 and XP Pro 64 on the same system.
I'm thinking of getting either Vista 64 or XP Pro 64. If I may ask, which do you prefer for rendering or in general? Any problems with either so far?
The strong do as they can while the weak do as they must.
fls13 posted Sun, 28 December 2008 at 10:54 PM
I've done it. My favorite graphics apps just didn't run with it. I partitioned my hard drive, installed my copy of XP, and it's been smooth sailing ever since. I hate Vista.