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Installing XP on Vista Machine
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:36 pm
by theugdude
Is it possible to install XP on a Vista Machine without wiping the HDD. I just got a vista laptop but some programs that I would like to use can not run on the vista OS. Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:29 am
by Dragon_Cooler
there is no way to install XP without formatting the drive unfortunately.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:52 am
by KnightRid
http://lifehacker.com/software/top/wind ... 179906.php
EASY -
http://blog.tokash.org/2006/01/20/xp-an ... dual-boot/
well it sounds easy..lol...hopefully this will work for you
Mike
If all else fails, just swap hard drives
but the dual boot shoudl work, I have read some people say you have to have XP installed first, but if you seperate the partitions I dont see why it matters??
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:50 am
by theugdude
Thanks for the posts. From everything I see the dual boot works only if you have XP running. But because I have vista I just have to wipe the HDD. I hope it will be an "easy" ride.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:02 pm
by KnightRid
I think xp has to be the first installed because Vista uses a new boot manager
Mike