XP+Vista

billypnats · 04-19-2009, 02:10 PM

One day, I saw the growing list of DX10 games, and I realized that I wanted vista. The thing is, I also heard bad things about it. So I thought why not compromise? I googled and this came up
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vi...ots.htm?page=2

Now I have no doubts around the validity of that tutorial but I have some questions first

Actually before that, here's my rig

AMD X2 4000+ OCed to 2.5ghz
2gigs of Mushkin 800mhz DDR2 ram
M2V-MX mobo
ATI HD4850 512mb no OC
22inch moniter
80gigabytes of HDD with 10gigs of free space
DVD drive and accessories

With that said, if I was to create a virtual partition and install vista on that partition(separate from XP)

When I use vista, will I be able to access partition with XP installed? Will I be able to run the games on that partition?

If it helps both the XP and the vista OS are/will be 32 bit

Thanks for your help ^_^

joeten · 04-19-2009, 02:33 PM

hi maybe this will help answer some questions http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02/21/virtual-pc-2007

**wrench97** · 04-19-2009, 02:34 PM

Your best bet would be to add a second hard drive and install Vista on that since your current drive only has 10Gig free. You will be able to access the XP drive or partition however you will have to reinstall the programs you want to run in Vista, you may alsp want to add more ram for Vista 2Gig is the minimum I recommend.

billypnats · 04-19-2009, 05:46 PM

alright thanx all

04-19-2009, 02:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
billypnats Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 124 OS: win XP	XP+Vista One day, I saw the growing list of DX10 games, and I realized that I wanted vista. The thing is, I also heard bad things about it. So I thought why not compromise? I googled and this came up http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vi...ots.htm?page=2 Now I have no doubts around the validity of that tutorial but I have some questions first Actually before that, here's my rig AMD X2 4000+ OCed to 2.5ghz 2gigs of Mushkin 800mhz DDR2 ram M2V-MX mobo ATI HD4850 512mb no OC 22inch moniter 80gigabytes of HDD with 10gigs of free space DVD drive and accessories With that said, if I was to create a virtual partition and install vista on that partition(separate from XP) When I use vista, will I be able to access partition with XP installed? Will I be able to run the games on that partition? If it helps both the XP and the vista OS are/will be 32 bit Thanks for your help ^_^

04-19-2009, 02:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,181 OS: vista	Re: XP+Vista hi maybe this will help answer some questions http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02/21/virtual-pc-2007 __________________

04-19-2009, 02:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,527 OS: Win7	Re: XP+Vista Your best bet would be to add a second hard drive and install Vista on that since your current drive only has 10Gig free. You will be able to access the XP drive or partition however you will have to reinstall the programs you want to run in Vista, you may alsp want to add more ram for Vista 2Gig is the minimum I recommend. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

04-19-2009, 05:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
billypnats Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 124 OS: win XP	Re: XP+Vista alright thanx all