If you want to keep Vista in a dual-boot configuration, you can activate your license online anytime you want. If you decide to make Vista your main operating system, you can repartition your hard disk, reinstall Vista on the main partition and activate the new installation in the process.
You can just click No to continue. Since, I'm working with the Ultimate edition, I selected that edition, checked the box, and clicked Next. To move on, just click the Custom icon. I created a second partition on which to install Windows Vista, so my page looked like the one in Figure I. Once the select a partition or disk and click Next, the rest of the installation will continue as it normally would. This menu will appear on the screen for 30 seconds before Windows Boot Manager launches the default operating system, which is Windows Vista.
Since I described installing Windows Vista without activating it for testing purposes, I wanted to point out that the Windows Vista will indeed keep track of your 30 day trial on the System screen, as shown in Figure K.
In addition, it will regularly display. As I mentioned, the Windows Boot Manager menu will appear on the screen for 30 seconds before Windows Boot Manager launches the default operating system -- Windows Vista. However, if you wish to adjust the countdown or change the default operating system, you can do so from within Windows Vista.
In the System Startup pane, you can change the Default Operating System setting from the drop down list as well as use the spin buttons to adjust, up or down, the number of seconds to display the menu before launching the default operating system. Installing Windows Vista in a dual-boot configuration along side Windows XP is a great way to experiment with the new operating system until you get comfortable with it. Greg Shultz is a freelance Technical Writer. Previously, he has worked as Documentation Specialist in the software industry, a Technical Support Specialist in educational industry, and a Technical Journalist in the computer publishing industry.
The location options In order to install Windows Vista in a dual-boot configuration along with Windows XP, you need to have either a second partition on your existing hard disk or a second hard disk in your system. The installation options. However, setting up this dual-boot proved to be somewhat more complicated than I had imagined. Install Vista, install XP, and repair Vista's boot loader.
No go. This is the method I tried after I figured out that the other one didn't work for me. I installed XP on the smaller partition, and then I installed Vista on the larger one. However, this didn't work for me, because Vista installed its boot files on the XP partition.
Why is this bad? It doesn't matter to a good amount of people, but for me, this caused problems. If I wanted to delete the XP partition at some point in the future, I didn't want to go through the hassle of repairing Vista.
Also, it didn't seem quite right in my opinion. I faced a dilemma. But how could I do this? In this tutorial, it is assumed that you have a single hard disk in your computer, and your computer meets Windows Vista's system requirements. If you have more than one hard drive, you will need to disconnect all drives but the one on which you will be installing XP and Vista. It is also assumed that you have a certain degree of computer literacy.
The first thing to do when preparing a dual-boot is to plan how you will configure your hard drive. For a dual-boot configuration, you need 2 partitions for your operating systems you may have more then 2 partitions if you want to keep your data files on another partition, for example. It doesn't matter how big you make each partition XP and Vista will be, but it is a good idea to think carefully about the future when partitioning your drive.
It is fairly difficult to change this configuration once you've installed Windows. The order of partitions is somewhat more important: if you put the XP partition after the Vista partition, you can later delete it and extend the Vista partition to reclaim the space, but if you reverse this order, you will not be able to extend the Vista partition.
I have partitioned the disk as illustrated below:. Or, you may use your favorite partitioning tool GPartEd, for example.
I will not cover the usage of these tools in this tutorial. Click "Install Now". You will be asked for a product key. Type diskpart and then list disk. Type select disk 0 to select the disk, and clean to delete any existing partitions on it.
Keep in mind that when you create a partition in diskpart, you must enter its size in megabytes. To calculate the size of the Vista partition that you need to enter in the following step, take the size in gigabytes and multiply by A calculator will definitely help Verify that the steps worked by typing list partition. Now, we must make the XP partition active.
Type select partition 2 , and then type active to make it active. Type exit to exit diskpart. Insert the XP CD and boot from it. When prompted to select the location to which to install Windows, choose "C: Partition2".
Format the partition as NTFS. Application compatibility remains one of the most annoying issues for Windows Vista users. The ability to upgrade the software to a new Vista compatible version is not always an option. The company that developed the application may no longer be around or the cost to upgrade is too high. In my case, I have a lot of classic PC games that will not run at all under Windows Vista no matter how I configure the compatibility options.
In order to play my old games I need to install Windows XP. However, I am not exactly ready to give up all of the advances in Windows Vista just so that I can play my old games once in a while. The answer is to dual boot Windows Vista and XP. Dual booting Windows XP and Vista on the same computer will allow you to select from a boot menu what operating sytem you want to run. This menu is shown right after you power on your computer.
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