At 11:37 AM 11/12/2008, you wrote:
Have you tried shrinking the existing partition within Disk Management? You could then create a new one. XP's install is going to jack your BCD though, so you'll have to fix it after the installation. Not sure how, but it should be possible. Note that every time you boot XP, it will also wipe out all system restore points, etc. within Vista, since it doesn't understand the new VSS mechanism.
I don't use restore points, if I am worried about something I image with Acronis. I wouldn't even be thinking twice about using PM except it is a brand new laptop.
Your right about the boot screen....I don't know why MS changed it in the first place. the old way is easy to deal with. But I may have to use a boot manager to do this.
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> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:28 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Vista 64 partitioner > > Well, Partition Magic 9 in DOS does support VISTA, I have used it > with Vista 32.Of course I am not suggesting running it in Vista. > > After all, a NTFS drive is a NTFS drive. I just don't have much > experience with Vista 64 although I don't see why it wouldn't work as > well. > > And I want to resize and create a new partition to install XP32 on. > > So what does work with Vista 64 > > At 06:03 AM 11/12/2008, you wrote: > >Depending on what you're trying to accomplish, you may be able to do > what > >you're looking for without any third party tools. Basic partition > shrinking > >and extension capabilities are built in to Disk Management in Vista. > It does > >have some limitations (it won't shuffle around data to allow you to > shrink > >more, so you may need to do a defrag to consolidate data). > > > >And no, don't use any software to re-partition unless it explicitly > supports > >Vista. > > > >Greg
