Hav u been finding difficult 2 install windows vista nd xp on 1 system... If yes u r few steps away from dual booting ur p.c witout issues.>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Got a Vista PC and
want to install XP so you can
dual-boot between them?
Here's how to do it, in an easy,
step-by-step format.
Page 1 - Intro
Scenario: You want to install
Vista on your PC alongside your
XP installation, on the same
drive. You have installed Vista
already. (If you have XP installed
first, dont read dis wait til I post d procedures 4 dose dat hav Xp installed 1st)
Lets move one, by now I presume u hv already created d partion were u wil instal ur XP. We'll then install
XP. Afta instalin d windows XP, d vista bootloader is automatically overwriten, so we wil install EasyBCD to
reinstate the Vista bootloader
which will be overwritten
during the XP installation, and
then use EasyBCD to configure
Vista's bootloader to boot the
XP partition.
After written the 1st that tutorial,
I notice dat
EasyBCD has been updated and
can now restore the Vista
bootloader from within the
application. Also, it can be
installed on Windows XP, so this
means that there's no need for
any more reboots or playing
with recovery DVDs.
The former tutorial will work on any windows installation (just pay utmost attention on how 2 use d EasyBCD)
Once the XP system is up and
running, download and install
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0,
and then download and install
EasyBCD (version 1.7.2 at the
time of writing)
But if ur O.S is vista just download only EasyBCD
Launch the application. EasyBCD
isn't looking at the XP
bootloader (this implies that easybcd sees the bootloader of the installation that is already on) - it has found the
bootloader on the Vista
partition, so this is what you're
directly editing.
Go to the "Add/Remove Entries"
tab. You'll see that there's only
one option available in the Vista
bootloader at the moment (This can be Windows XP depending on where u installed it). In
the "Add an Entry" section,
change the Drive in the
dropdown menu from C:\ to E:\.
Change Type to "Windows
NT/2k/XP/2k3", and the Name
to "Microsoft Windows XP".
Then click "Add Entry" and
"Save".
Then go to the "Manage
Bootloader" tab. Make sure that
"Reinstall the Vista Bootloader"
is selected and then click "Write
MBR" and restart the system.
On reboot, the Vista bootloader
is now active and you'll see two
boot options.
Got a Vista PC and
want to install XP so you can
dual-boot between them?
Here's how to do it, in an easy,
step-by-step format.
Page 1 - Intro
Scenario: You want to install
Vista on your PC alongside your
XP installation, on the same
drive. You have installed Vista
already. (If you have XP installed
first, dont read dis wait til I post d procedures 4 dose dat hav Xp installed 1st)
Lets move one, by now I presume u hv already created d partion were u wil instal ur XP. We'll then install
XP. Afta instalin d windows XP, d vista bootloader is automatically overwriten, so we wil install EasyBCD to
reinstate the Vista bootloader
which will be overwritten
during the XP installation, and
then use EasyBCD to configure
Vista's bootloader to boot the
XP partition.
After written the 1st that tutorial,
I notice dat
EasyBCD has been updated and
can now restore the Vista
bootloader from within the
application. Also, it can be
installed on Windows XP, so this
means that there's no need for
any more reboots or playing
with recovery DVDs.
The former tutorial will work on any windows installation (just pay utmost attention on how 2 use d EasyBCD)
Once the XP system is up and
running, download and install
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0,
and then download and install
EasyBCD (version 1.7.2 at the
time of writing)
But if ur O.S is vista just download only EasyBCD
Launch the application. EasyBCD
isn't looking at the XP
bootloader (this implies that easybcd sees the bootloader of the installation that is already on) - it has found the
bootloader on the Vista
partition, so this is what you're
directly editing.
Go to the "Add/Remove Entries"
tab. You'll see that there's only
one option available in the Vista
bootloader at the moment (This can be Windows XP depending on where u installed it). In
the "Add an Entry" section,
change the Drive in the
dropdown menu from C:\ to E:\.
Change Type to "Windows
NT/2k/XP/2k3", and the Name
to "Microsoft Windows XP".
Then click "Add Entry" and
"Save".
Then go to the "Manage
Bootloader" tab. Make sure that
"Reinstall the Vista Bootloader"
is selected and then click "Write
MBR" and restart the system.
On reboot, the Vista bootloader
is now active and you'll see two
boot options.
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