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Dual booting Vista Ultimate 64 bit with XP Pro
The boot disk thing probably would have worked if the boot was in a format besides related to Windows Vista, like my Windows XP install disk does. So again, although I was technically able to solve my own problem, (think instead of freak out), I appreciate everyone taking a second or two to try to help me,

Dual-Boot XP & Vista
Hi All. My pc was originally built to Vista....However, due to some compatability issues, I created a dual boot Vista/XP and this worked a treat....All was okay.... However, after some issues with Vista I rebuilt this partition and put a clean Vista install and all is fine with it.....However, I can no longer

OT: Open Office? Any opinions?
I am planning on using it on a dual boot XP/Vista setup with plenty of beef to run it, so how is it, anyone?? I've been using it at work for the last few years since The only things I have issues with are sometimes complex formulas are easier in Excel and I haven't figured out how to do a merge doc in Writer.

Dual Boot 32bit 64bit vista
Now for those who have installed Vista while XP was plugged in and have the Volume shadow copy issue and restore points can't be seen, Copy this command into notepad. for each drive that you If you don't have dual boot, it usually means that the Vista installation did not see your XP drive (was it unplugged?

Does Windows Vista "Play Nice" with Linux?
Ridesy Rid...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Phil, Pop along to the Pronetworks forum and download the Vista Boot pro programme then post on their forum, as these guys no more about dual/multi boot issues with vista than anyone I know! It sounds like the BCD path needs

Vista MBR vs. XP MBR
Jeff T "Brian Tillman" wrote: Jeff T <Je...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: In that case , what are the long term issues of continuing with my current configuration? As long as the caches are updating okay , what other difficulties am I looking at? Nothing I can think of. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Hiding Vista volumes from XP (volsnap.sys issue revisited)
Some things are different, though: Microsoft Management Console now recognizes the Vista partition as the Active one, and as pretty much everything else. XP is merely a primary partition. And I'd turned off the dual-boot feature; it's back on again. I feel like I'm back in the same boat I was in before, though.

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 01-05-07
Hey gang, I have just received Vista Ultimate, along with a new hard drive to put it on, to dual boot with my current XP Pro 32 bit. I did a google search to try and do some reading on this. I have read , of an issue with restore points being deleted with this configuration, but believe there is a way to edit the

ActiveSync ruined my dual-boot - how to restore Vista boot order?
Should I use the program to install XP or just directly install it in Ultimat? Thanks. It is incorrect that "Vista does not allow dual boot". You can dual-boot Vista and another operating system. However, there are issues with XP wiping out Vista's System Restore points if you don't use a third-party boot loader

Dual-Boot XP & Vista
I don't have the technical skills to uninstall Vista and install XP. I understand there are driver issues in trying to downgrade to XP. I dont think you should get rid of Vista yet, what would be best would be to dual boot with XP and Vista on the same machine, OR you could install XP in a free virtual machine like

Hiding Vista volumes from XP (volsnap.sys issue revisited)
You may be following this as a boot issue. It isn't. It's about hiding volumes. "Lance Le Claire" <l...@videotron.ca> wrote in message news:%23$PsAQ1dIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl. I multi-boot XP Pro x86, XP Pro x64, Vista x86, and Vista x64 so the example in the Greypaper is for more than just dual-booting.

Need advice on setting up a dual boot vista / xp?
Don burnet...@clotheshotmail.com microsoft public windows 64bit general Hey gang, I have just received Vista Ultimate, along with a new hard drive to put it on, to dual boot with my current XP Pro 32 bit. I did a google search to try and do some reading on this. I have read , of an issue with restore points being

Vista startup slow on high end pc
Hey gang, Just curious, anyone dual booting , say XP Pro and Vista, and have one copy of FSX installed and running on both OS's? Can this be done, or will there be problems with activation? I ordered Vista Ultimate today, and plan on installing 64 bit Vista to dual boot with XP Pro and play around with it.

Dual Boot Problems
For me I have to press F8 in the BIOS screen and select the XP drive as boot drive if I want to use XP - I set the BIOS to boot Vista first. This way you don't have to I have been fighting Vista compatibility issues since my Feb 3 installation and am desperate to find some solution. I just discovered that F11

Avoiding program duplication with XP and Vista
See my blog for details of how I did it. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64/archive/ 2006/09/28/Fixing-Dual-Boot-Problems-with-XP-x64-and-Vista-x64.aspx -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 "Lee Steele" <rleeste...@comcast.net> wrote in message news:15171788-236A-4CD3-8C12-56A44A90A229@microsoft.com.

Double OS installation
Replacing an MBR pointing to Grub with something Windows recognizes seems to be the thing to do in case an Ubuntu install bars access to Vista. Be aware that XP, when you boot it, deletes Vista's restore points: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html.

Dual boot from separate drives
Jeff T Je...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public outlook general In that case , what are the long term issues of continuing with my current After furious head scratching, Jeff T asked: I have recently installed Vista with Outlook 2007 on the second partition of my XP (w/Outlook 2003) macine as many have

How to delete XP partition
The problem is boot partition is the same as XP partition, because you format that partition, you'll kill Vista's Boot. "Mac (Croatia)" <MacCroa...@discussions.microsoft. com> escribió en el mensaje news:6387516B-D9B0-4B0B-AFF0-05CC0713D1DB@microsoft.com... I have dual boot XP and Vista on same disk , different

XP/Vista dual boot XP won't start from Vista boot manager
But Vista ran great. Back to Square1. I'm just running XP Pro. It's flying, but I'd like to dual boot. But has anyone else had these dual boot problems? Any advice? On this Dell Dimension 9100, I use Vista's dual boot mgr to boot between two copies of Vista RTM, XP Home, XP Pro, and two copies of Win2k3 server.

Any way to replace WIN98 with Vista in dual boot?
The registry edits in the procedure I gave in the attachment allows you to use the computer in a normal dual boot setup without risking anything in Vista when you boot XP. It is the resolution for that issue. Use it and you will not have to use the escape key or special boot managers or anything else other than the