For example, I wanted to have XP and Vista installed on one hard drive, with XP being on a smaller partition which I planned on eventually using for a different operating system. However, setting up this dual-boot proved to be somewhat more complicated than I had imagined.
Install Vista, install XP, and repair Vista's boot loader. No go. This is the method I tried after I figured out that the other one didn't work for me.
I installed XP on the smaller partition, and then I installed Vista on the larger one. However, this didn't work for me, because Vista installed its boot files on the XP partition. Why is this bad? It doesn't matter to a good amount of people, but for me, this caused problems. If I wanted to delete the XP partition at some point in the future, I didn't want to go through the hassle of repairing Vista. Also, it didn't seem quite right in my opinion. I faced a dilemma. But how could I do this?
In this tutorial, it is assumed that you have a single hard disk in your computer, and your computer meets Windows Vista's system requirements. If you have more than one hard drive, you will need to disconnect all drives but the one on which you will be installing XP and Vista.
It is also assumed that you have a certain degree of computer literacy. The first thing to do when preparing a dual-boot is to plan how you will configure your hard drive.
For a dual-boot configuration, you need 2 partitions for your operating systems you may have more then 2 partitions if you want to keep your data files on another partition, for example. It doesn't matter how big you make each partition XP and Vista will be, but it is a good idea to think carefully about the future when partitioning your drive.
It is fairly difficult to change this configuration once you've installed Windows. The order of partitions is somewhat more important: if you put the XP partition after the Vista partition, you can later delete it and extend the Vista partition to reclaim the space, but if you reverse this order, you will not be able to extend the Vista partition. I have partitioned the disk as illustrated below:. Or, you may use your favorite partitioning tool GPartEd, for example.
I will not cover the usage of these tools in this tutorial. Click "Install Now". You will be asked for a product key. Type diskpart and then list disk. Type select disk 0 to select the disk, and clean to delete any existing partitions on it. Keep in mind that when you create a partition in diskpart, you must enter its size in megabytes. To calculate the size of the Vista partition that you need to enter in the following step, take the size in gigabytes and multiply by A calculator will definitely help Verify that the steps worked by typing list partition.
Now, we must make the XP partition active. Type select partition 2 , and then type active to make it active. Type exit to exit diskpart.
Insert the XP CD and boot from it. When prompted to select the location to which to install Windows, choose "C: Partition2". Add your comment to this article. You need to be a member to leave a comment.
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