Re: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP
To avoid any questions of any kind of which/what media to boot from, you could use a boot manager. Google is you friend, use the most popular one. IRL, it's a matter of taste. If going back from a boot manager to XP, @ command promt /fixmbr usually does the job. //soren Steve Tomporowski wrote: Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP
http://www.standbydisk.com/XV/index.html try this, even a trial version available I think I use their backup sw for years now. Saved me more then once. fp At 01:47 PM 7/28/2009, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
Re: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP
That looks interesting. Thanks! FORC5 wrote: http://www.standbydisk.com/XV/index.html try this, even a trial version available I think I use their backup sw for years now. Saved me more then once. fp At 01:47 PM 7/28/2009, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4296 (20090801) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
[H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP
Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP
Installing on separate drives is a good idea but you would have to go into the BIOS every time you want to boot from the other drive. AFAIK Steve Tomporowski wrote: Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP
Oh yeah forgot that when I upgraded my game box from XP Home to Vista Home Premium Upgrade I was no longer able to boot into XP (not that I wanted to). It used to irk me that every time I booted that I had to choose Vista or wait the default 30 seconds before the process continued. I came across an interesting little tip about that: http://windows7center.com/tutorials/skip-the-boot-selection-screen-and-boot-right-into-windows-7/ Steve Tomporowski wrote: Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP
Nice to know that that is there, I usually found myself just editing the Boot.ini file in a text editor. The thing I was wondering about, if XP and say, Vista overwrite each other's system restore files, if you install each operating system on a different drive, do they still try to put there system restore files in the same place? I suspect so, as most Windows are pretty anal about that. Steve swzaske wrote: Oh yeah forgot that when I upgraded my game box from XP Home to Vista Home Premium Upgrade I was no longer able to boot into XP (not that I wanted to). It used to irk me that every time I booted that I had to choose Vista or wait the default 30 seconds before the process continued. I came across an interesting little tip about that: http://windows7center.com/tutorials/skip-the-boot-selection-screen-and-boot-right-into-windows-7/ Steve Tomporowski wrote: Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP
Hello Steve, This is how I did it. I reduced the size of the volume XP was on. I think I used Bootlt to do it. Then installed Windows 7 on it. I have 2 volumes on the primary hard drive and use the boot manager to boot between the 2. Although, Booting into Windows XP is no longer needed since I use Windows XP in a virtual Machine now for programs that refuse to work with Windows 7. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:47 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP
When you boot the Vista or Win7 DVD, setup will find your XP installation on one of the drives it detects. Just install on the other drive and there shouldn't be any cross-pollination. Steve Tomporowski wrote: Nice to know that that is there, I usually found myself just editing the Boot.ini file in a text editor. The thing I was wondering about, if XP and say, Vista overwrite each other's system restore files, if you install each operating system on a different drive, do they still try to put there system restore files in the same place? I suspect so, as most Windows are pretty anal about that. Steve swzaske wrote: Oh yeah forgot that when I upgraded my game box from XP Home to Vista Home Premium Upgrade I was no longer able to boot into XP (not that I wanted to). It used to irk me that every time I booted that I had to choose Vista or wait the default 30 seconds before the process continued. I came across an interesting little tip about that: http://windows7center.com/tutorials/skip-the-boot-selection-screen-and-boot-right-into-windows-7/ Steve Tomporowski wrote: Sorry to break up the echoes, but I gotta question! I've been thinking about this for a while. Both my machines here have XP installed. I would like to play around with Vista and/or 7, but at least in Vista's case, 'they' say that it cannot coexist with XP due to the erasure of System Restore Files. But I'm always skeptical of what 'they' say, mainly because 'they' generally have a very narrow viewpoint of the world. HOWEVER Is there a way for either or both to exist with XP. The first and most obvious ploy is to swap hard drives on a tray, but what about installing each on their own drives and going from there? Just looking for some cute ideas. Thanks...Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4286 (20090728) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
