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11-20-2006, 07:12 AM
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Vista partition question...
is there a way i can add a partition to my hard drive to put vista on without disrupting any of the stuff that is on there currently?
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11-20-2006, 07:16 AM
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If you have a third party partitioning program like Partition Magic, then yes you can create another partition on that already loaded harddrive and do what you wish with it.
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11-20-2006, 07:39 AM
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how hard is partition magic to use?
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11-20-2006, 07:55 AM
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Quite simple but the point is that it is capable of making a new partition on an existing drive without harming any of the data on the rest of the drive.
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11-20-2006, 08:03 AM
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ok so after i make a partition using that program i will be able to add vista and dual boot?
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11-20-2006, 08:26 AM
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Yeah .. Vista will be able to detect your previous installation of XP and allow you to dual boot with it quite intuitively.
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11-20-2006, 09:43 PM
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ok now is there anyway to default the selection to XP rather than vista? that way if i dont select an operating system before the 30 seconds it will automatically boot XP?
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11-21-2006, 06:25 AM
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Control Panel > System & Maintenance > system > Advanced System Settings > Startup and recovery settings
And select earlier version of windows and set the time you want it to. |
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