How do I dual boot?

[Incomplete Spork]

As the title says

[Robbi]

What two OS's are you looking to Dual Boot with?

[Incomplete Spork]

xp and vista

[space]

Heres a thread with some advice on how to do it:

http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f66-...a-problem.html

This guide from Ghostdance was extremely helpful:

How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots


One tip to save you some hassle - if you put them both on the same drive, make sure you give each partition enough room for the OS's and all the other crap - its a pain resizing them later

And seriously think about if you need both. Since I set up XP, I've literally never used Vista since. ( It might be useful for DX10 though )

[Incomplete Spork]

Thanks alot space, The only thing is I lost my freakin XP cd key when I was looking for it to do this

[Robbi]

I'll PM yer later Spork

[MadTommy]

Originally Posted by [R-CON]space

And seriously think about if you need both. Since I set up XP, I've literally never used Vista since. ( It might be useful for DX10 though )

Agreed.. except i never used XP


By far the easiest, if you want both, is to install XP 1st, then install Vista as a clean install, not an upgrade. Vista will see your XP installation and give you prompts on what to do. Very easy.

After installing both.. at boot you will be given a choice between 'Old version of Windows' (XP) and 'Vista'.

The other way round is more complicated.. (Vista then XP), but possible. See above links..

[[R-CON]creepin]

Originally Posted by [R-CON]space

Heres a thread with some advice on how to do it:

http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f66-...a-problem.html

This guide from Ghostdance was extremely helpful:

How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots


One tip to save you some hassle - if you put them both on the same drive, make sure you give each partition enough room for the OS's and all the other crap - its a pain resizing them later

And seriously think about if you need both. Since I set up XP, I've literally never used Vista since. ( It might be useful for DX10 though )

thanks!


i needed that right now


because the BF2 editor is a betch when it comes to vista

[[DVB] TRIggS]

if you are starting with vista, make sure to find and install the right drivers for xp or it will cause problems later like not being able to use the internet or recognizing peripherals.

[space]

Originally Posted by [DVB] TRIggS

if you are starting with vista, make sure to find and install the right drivers for xp or it will cause problems later like not being able to use the internet or recognizing peripherals.

Each install has its own drivers. You partition the disc, and choose which OS to boot at startup, so its like having 2 separate computers - you can still transfer files between the partitions though.

I recently formatted my harddrive and just installed XP64 on its own. After setting up the dual boot, I think I only bothered using Vista about twice in six months, and even then it was to get around a trial period on some software. If I had a few DX10 games, then it may have been worth keeping Vista, but overall I'm glad I've chosen XP64 as now I dont have crashes on map changes when I play PR