Double-Install XP And Vista
It is possible to have both Windows XP and Vista installed and run simultaneously. But it is not only to install, but some special fixande needed.
Many people like to have two operating systems on your computer, perhaps to keep the old safe while they are testing a new, or for maintaining full compatibility with older programs too.
It was easier before - to have dual installations, for example, Windows XP and Windows 98 was not a major problem. Windows offered even a menu where it went to select systems. With Vista, it has become a little tricky. And the reason for that is that Vista uses a completely new starting system that differ drastically from the past. Boot sector and others see simply very different and if Vista is installed disappears every opportunity to start an earlier system.
But it is possible to arrange a dual-boot systems including Vista, and is not even particularly difficult. But one important condition is that the two systems are installed on different partitions, or different hard drives.
XP FIRST
There are two scenarios, first XP installed or Vista installed first. The simplest method is that XP is already installed and starts as it should. Installing Vista on a separate partition (the partition to create the appropriate program if it does not exist). When you restart the computer after installation, you get a menu where you can choose between Vista and an earlier version of Windows. It works, but the look is not that much fun out.
To correct the menu, you can use Vistas built-in software boot loader, Bcdedit.exe. The only problem is that there is a messy and complex command. Instead, you can download and install EasyBCD, which adds a Windows interface to Bcdedit and make the process much simpler. Downloaded free here: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
Start the program, so you can easily clean up your boot menu and give the elections proper name.
VISTA FIRST
If Vista is installed first, it will be a little tricky. The procedure is similar - to install XP on a different partition. But in this case XP writes over all Vistas startup information and Vista becomes inaccessible - you can boot XP, as usual, and you access your Vista partition, but you can not start Vista.
Now the boot sector must be repaired and Vistas start system restored. Restart the computer with Vistas installation disk. Click past the first screen, then select "Repair your computer" on the next screen. The installation program scans the computer for Vista installations - and should find only one. Select this and go ahead with next. In the "Options System", select Startup Repair. Windows will be scanned and repaired. When it is finished, close with Close and finish with Finish. The system restarts and now it's running Vista - you will not be able to XP.
Time to go to EasyBCD as above. In the "Add an entry, select" Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3 "and the drive letter for the XP partition, and write a name. Once you have saved is XP with the start menu and can be selected as the first option above.
Many people like to have two operating systems on your computer, perhaps to keep the old safe while they are testing a new, or for maintaining full compatibility with older programs too.
It was easier before - to have dual installations, for example, Windows XP and Windows 98 was not a major problem. Windows offered even a menu where it went to select systems. With Vista, it has become a little tricky. And the reason for that is that Vista uses a completely new starting system that differ drastically from the past. Boot sector and others see simply very different and if Vista is installed disappears every opportunity to start an earlier system.
But it is possible to arrange a dual-boot systems including Vista, and is not even particularly difficult. But one important condition is that the two systems are installed on different partitions, or different hard drives.
XP FIRST
There are two scenarios, first XP installed or Vista installed first. The simplest method is that XP is already installed and starts as it should. Installing Vista on a separate partition (the partition to create the appropriate program if it does not exist). When you restart the computer after installation, you get a menu where you can choose between Vista and an earlier version of Windows. It works, but the look is not that much fun out.
To correct the menu, you can use Vistas built-in software boot loader, Bcdedit.exe. The only problem is that there is a messy and complex command. Instead, you can download and install EasyBCD, which adds a Windows interface to Bcdedit and make the process much simpler. Downloaded free here: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
Start the program, so you can easily clean up your boot menu and give the elections proper name.
VISTA FIRST
If Vista is installed first, it will be a little tricky. The procedure is similar - to install XP on a different partition. But in this case XP writes over all Vistas startup information and Vista becomes inaccessible - you can boot XP, as usual, and you access your Vista partition, but you can not start Vista.
Now the boot sector must be repaired and Vistas start system restored. Restart the computer with Vistas installation disk. Click past the first screen, then select "Repair your computer" on the next screen. The installation program scans the computer for Vista installations - and should find only one. Select this and go ahead with next. In the "Options System", select Startup Repair. Windows will be scanned and repaired. When it is finished, close with Close and finish with Finish. The system restarts and now it's running Vista - you will not be able to XP.
Time to go to EasyBCD as above. In the "Add an entry, select" Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3 "and the drive letter for the XP partition, and write a name. Once you have saved is XP with the start menu and can be selected as the first option above.
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