Dual Boot Vista Ultimate & Windows XP (Essential Edition

Hi, im a newb to dual booting, i was just wondering how i dual boot my computer with built-in vista so that i can run XP essental edition (upped by TheDA) aswell? also, will this allow me to transfer files from the vista OS into the XP OS? i really want to move over to XP but i dont want to lose all my data and it will save me the time of backing everything up to CD
Answer #1
Hi, im a newb to dual booting, i was just wondering how i dual boot my computer with built-in vista so that i can run XP essental edition (upped by TheDA) aswell? also, will this allow me to transfer files from the vista OS into the XP OS? i really want to move over to XP but i dont want to lose all my data and it will save me the time of backing everything up to CD
Yes you can. What you need to do is follow this guide exactly and you will be fine.
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_vista_and_xp_with_vista_installed_first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm
and yes you will be able to access the files from the other OS while using either XP or vista.
Answer #2
thx
Answer #3
I just used EasyBCD but I did install Vista after XP. But EasyBCD should be able to backup the Vista bootloader and settings before installing XP and then if EasyBCD is installed in XP, the bootloader could be restored and the dual booting setup.
Answer #4
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:40 am
Answer #5
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:40 am
lol so it is. I don’t know why people bump old topics. What use is there posting a thanks to an old topic.