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MB Upgrade - Did not go as planned...
Bruce Coryell bcory...@chesco.com alt windows-xp Pat Glenn wrote: I have recently purchased a new computer and received an OEM copy of windows XP. 3) SInce I can't transfer my licence without ending up with an expensive coffee coaster, I may consider a dual boot arrangement on the old machine, but that would

XP and 98 Dual Boot
For example, I can't run an XP VM on a machine that is only licensed for Windows 98. When I want a "Linux Only" machine, I'll buy a "white box" machine, Even then, it took the Linux community less than a month to figure out how to reconfigure Windows 95 as a "dual boot" configuration under Lilo and later Grub.

vista upgrade back to xp
chinolam chino...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Had trouble getting Vista to install properly and now I can't boot back to my old XP or do a Windows Roll back. Just got Vista Ultimate, tried to dual boot with XP on a different partition. First install problem: When

NTLDR and associated problems.
Paul Mooney wrote: I've read many posts about creating a dual boot system by adding 98 (or ME) after installing XP. It doesn't I may be missing something because I don't fully understand the boot process, but once the jumpers are switched back wouldn't boot be through the XP multiboot menu from the NTFS drive.

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
I hate to have Vista messing with drives that don't need any attention and from now on will just de-frag my C: drive and recording drive G: Your tip will save me the cost of buying a 3rd Hey gang, Have been messing around with Vista 64 bit Ultimate since getting installed yesterday to dual boot with XP Pro.

Can't even boot into windows xp, please help
I set up a dual boot system with Win98 and XP, so when I need to programm the CH set up, I boot into Win 98, load the programming for what ever sim and then boot back to XP. I don't switch out sims that much, so this is my solution to a $500.00 USB upgrade. I know this sounds like a lot of hassel, but it works for

Vista Defrag
Big mistake(on my part) Went right back to XP. However if you are ready for a change and challenge then by all means go for it. Just be sure to run the compatibility test on your system before you sink the money/Time into XP. You can download the test off of MS's web site. Don't know the exact link.

Can't boot into win2000 on 2nd partition
Currently I have it set to boot XP. So everytime my machine boots it goes straight to XP, not dual boot menu. I can't even see my Win98 partition from inside XP. At that point my system will boot straight into Win98 each time I start my computer, well until i tell it to go back to XP. This method while at first

Back from XP..what a nightmare
I'm using an AIW128 and a Xpert128 in a dual boot system. The problem only appeared after installing SP1, and no amount of toying with drivers helped. I've since gone back to XP without SP1. Missed the start of this thread. What problem are you having my ATI 8500 works flawlessly.

is there a service upgrade to Windows me?
This method can be made to work, but it's not particularly straight-forward. I certainly wouldn't advise anyone to try this for his/her first attempt at dual-booting. Once the hard drive bearing WinXP has been "transplanted," you'll need to perform a repair installation. Normally, and assuming a retail license

Hiding Vista volumes from XP (volsnap.sys issue revisited)
I really need help. Everything's great except I need SP4 so I can - Use more current applications - (esp for my enduser app --- Matlab !) - upgrade to XP or Vista before it's too late! My suggestion was the run the manufacturer's diagnostic on the drive... looks like you never did that. If the drive is bad,

Avoiding program duplication with XP and Vista
There are users who actually don't like using System Restore anyway. Or, they rarely boot back to XP and don't really see it as a problem. I'm sure that clear answers to the above would help us to understand the problem better and avoid numerous repeat threads. Any user who wants more information on this can simply

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
After fdisking and formatting I then installed XPhome with no problems,and finally, after fdisking and formatting again I installed an ME\XP Dual boot with no problems. Still can't agree with that. Sounds odd to me...IE6 didn't install? You said Full Install....but was it a Clean install on a formatted drive?

Back to multi-booting the RAID - again. . .
Open Office 2.0 is awesome and the logical course of action if you need compatability with newer versions of .doc or .xls etc. </m$ft rant> =========== Dual boot: I use partition magic and boot magic so I can't tell you the 'hard 'n' dirty way' to do it. No problem. I have Partition Magic 7. There ya go.

Cubase SX3 Performance with Core 2 Quad Q6600
Why aren’t you doing this? Thank you for pseudo-updating the default selection of backgrounds / wallpapers. However, where’s the dual monitor support? .... Egad, if you can’t even get it right in the same area - what hope does the rest of Windows have? The separator bar between “All Programs” / “Back” changes

just found another reason to go back to XP
(I know you can change the look, but I still don't like the 3D icons and shit like that. Besides, I don't need the log in screen. After fdisking and formatting I then installed XPhome with no problems,and finally, after fdisking and formatting again I installed an ME\XP Dual boot with no problems.

emergency: can't boot! please help
I can just do more with it. You can dual boot, but that's not needed anymore. Using Parallels (http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/) on the Mac will .... You can't do that on a notebook. My laser printer doesn't have mac drivers, and neither does my (antiquated) smartphone, old parallel port zip drives

XP installtion for a lenovo x61 laptop through external USB drive.
But the screen at boot remains (even thought it can't load linux properly anymore). Can anybody give me clear instructions for what do i have to do to have my Athough I would hate to see you give up on linux, (perhaps you could try mandrake 9.1, or slackware 9.1; anything would be better than going back to XP.

Should I use 64 bit Windows XP?
But since getting Linux installed I don't think I've booted into Windows once in the last two months except to install software, just in case I need it. doesn't work with Linux. -- "After I had Windows XP working - and it's always best to install Windows first on a dual-boot Linux computer - I turned to Linux.

Linux Loaded Lenovo Laptop..More Linux Slopware..This is ...
Awesome I finally was able to boot back to my XP Pro, with all parition letters intact as they should be. Many thanks Lance! I sure don't want to scredw anything up, I can live with it like it is if I need to. Btw, no I did not have my main drive that XP is on unplugged when installing the Vista Ultimate full