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32 bit to 64 bit Vista/Colin can you clear this up?
I have to build an older rig to run them on I guess :-\ Or dual boot to XP x86, they won't even install in x64. Anyways, it's about time I finished TRLR and If installing a multiboot configuration, the newest OS should be installed last. Which means, if you aren't installing Vista, x64 will be the last OS you

Creating a dual boot installation.
"Cal Bear '66" wrote: If you dual boot with XP and Vista, XP will wipe out Vista's Restore points unless you use a third party boot manager that can hide the that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements for running Aero: 1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigabyte (GB) of

Multi Boot of Vista - XP
... public windows vista installation_setup Then how do I activate my Vista x64 install (once all the drivers are available) from the Vista x86 install that I did Some people brought a new retail copy of Windows XP and found that they could not activate it. Why? Because someone who was using a key generator for

Just got Vista Beta 2
I am trying to install x86 vista ultimate. The drive is formatted (ntfs) I have tried to load the drivers for the sata without any joy. I have left that drive raw as well and tried to install from both xp and the DVD. Same thing every time. Intial download and expanding but the restart hangs at the the microsoft

XP x64 -> Vista x86 upgrade?
I have to build an older rig to run them on I guess :-\ Or dual boot to XP x86, they won't even install in x64. Anyways, it's about time I finished TRLR and and for thief, but then i decided xp 64 was crap and went back to my old copy of xp pro. vista blows so bad i wouldn't ever touch it, so that's not a

Networking Printer from Vista to XP
No matter what drive I picked, it would tell me that drive was not acceptable to Vista. XP would just hang at the drive options. Reconfiguring the system and I'll reload Vista 64 on a spare EIDE drive (dual-boot) so I can get it up and running so I can start checking what programs will or will not run.

Follow-up - Re: Vista Ultimate x86 or x64 will not install to
You will have to do a fresh installation of Windows to migrate from Vista x86 to Vista x64. You cannot upgrade in place across platforms. I am waiting for 64 bit discs to arrive but in the meantime today i formatted my entire drive and I am going to start fresh with reinstalling my Vista but as a dual boot.

Dual boot rc1 & rc2
All are Multi-Boot configurations. All the P5's run x64, XP Pro x86, and 2 have Net Server2003(x64) installed as well. With no problems whatsoever EXCEPT for i would like to dual boot and when i put the 2nd harddrive a Maxtor 200GB Sata 1 drive on Sata port 2 i can't install any other Windows OS (Vista 64Bit)

Using Vista x64 upgrade edition product keys
I have a Desktop set up as a dual boot system running Vista (work + new games), and XP (old games), with a printer attached via USB. type 3 - user mode No x64 type 3 - user mode Yes x86 type 3 - user mode No I assume the middle option is because of the 64bit vista when I try to install the other two options it

Windows x64 to Vista Ultimate 64 Upgrade According to ...
But now I'm down to just Vista Ultimate x64 - and 3 others (VU x86, WinXP x86 and WinXP x64) that I seldom boot at all anymore. Have XP Pro installed on a Raid 0 pair of samsug hd.During installation created a partitions of 15gb C:\ System, f 40gb D:\ Programs and a third 70gb E:\ Data unassigned 140gb.

Seeking answers about 64-bit Windows XP vs 64-bit Vista.
It doesn't sound like a good candidate to be using x64 in any case. As to the other problems, I, too, had problems with Roxio 8. Nero 6 worked fine until I tried to He did mention x86, "I have been wrestling with WIn 64 in a dual boot system (XP and 64 on separate hard drives)" at the beginning of the OP.

Windows XP PRO X64
In a dual boot setup, Vista installs files, including a hiddden folder titled simply "Boot" at the XP location Not necessarily "the XP location". Each branch can be a "boot volume" for ONE operating system. So we can have WinXP on one branch and Vista x86 on a second branch (and Vista x64 and WinXP x64 - and

Dual boot operating system depends on ntldr and ntdetect versi
I use BootIt NG (with unlimited primaries option) and I have going on 10 different Windows OS's on a single big SATA drive, including XP Pro, XP x64, Vista x86, Vista x64. I have never had to even think about boot.ini or the vista boot loader. With this setup you can install or re-install the different OS's in any

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I had 1 EIDE drive and the rest were SATA, but Vista would never install. Turns out, I had the same problem when I re-install XP with SP2 integrated. So even though the drivers are loaded up-front, Vista doesn't appear to "retain" them. I've done numerous clean installs and dual boot scenarios and it's the same

Seeking answers about 64-bit Windows XP vs 64-bit Vista.
... public windows 64bit general XP Pro x64 has been an excellent base for my test box because I can install both Vista x86 and x64 from the XP x64 desktop. I dual-boot when necessary to XP Pro 32 for use of my Web-Cam for family occasionally, and also to Scan, due to Epson still not having written their 64bit

Dual boot operating system depends on ntldr and ntdetect versi
"John Barnes" wrote: With XP you install the oldest system first XP86 then install XP64. Vista will make no difference which order, but you will require two licenses to have In my dual boot system I installed the 64 bit XPpro first on my "C" drive and followed it by my usual XPpro/SP2 on my slave drive "D".

Install 32 bit Version of XP Pro after x64
That will be added to an existing Win2K installation as dual-boot. The 64bit, has me hesitating, though. That machine is running off a Sata Raid driven by an SiS Chipset. I cannot find anything marked Vista on their site - if I run the installation from within XP x64, is there a chance that it will see that Raid,

Installing XP Pro upgrade directly?
Perhaps Microsoft started including the newer version of ntldr on X86 disks at some point after the release of X64. Next, install XP Pro 32 with the old drive connected. That way the installer will set up the dual boot for you. Usually, one would try to install the OSs in order of release; however,

Got my key. Dual boot questions
Dayfd Da...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup I am trying to install x86 vista ultimate. seagate 160gb raptors (sata) as seperate drives (no striping or raid) dual 7600 Nvidia graphics cards (running SLI) 2 GB DDR2 800 Lightscribe DVD multi drive XP Pro x64 Problem.

An upgrade from WinXP 32 to Vista 64 bit?
But, all during the beta period, I continued to dual-boot (multi-boot) WinXP Pro SP2, WinXP x64, and one or more beta builds (both x86 and x64) on my only I have an XP Tablet PC and want to install Vista Ultimate as a dual boot option due to the need for several programs I have to have that are not yet Vista