Dual booting

Jimmy1983 · 2 May 2007 at 17:49

Just reading the sticky and is says

'You should install each operating system on a separate logical drive. If you install multiple operating systems on a single drive, you may experience problems when you attempt to run those operating systems.'

But its dated 2002, I was hoping to dual boot with win xp pro and vista can I use the same HDD? I was going to create three partitions 1 for xp 1 for vista and 1 for data.

Advice on this would be great

gareth170 · 2 May 2007 at 18:04

yes u can dual boot with win xp pro and vista using the same HDD..

just make 2 or 3 partitions then install xp first then vista...

mike1210 · 2 May 2007 at 18:05

yep you could do that, I install xp on first partition then vista on the next. Other part can be left for data

google gives guides but to be honest they use 3rd party tools which are not really needed, XP can partition the drives as can Vista on the initail setup

edited, beat me to it

gareth170 · 2 May 2007 at 18:08

mike1210 said:
edited, beat me to it

lol..

Jimmy1983 · 2 May 2007 at 18:10

Thanks guys, why does the sticky say install on different HDD's? Also how much space (GB) do I need to leave for xp and vista?

Will I get the option when I boot up my pc asking what os I want to boot into?

gareth170 · 2 May 2007 at 18:14

Jimmy1983 said:
Also how much space (GB) do I need to leave for xp and vista?

to install vista and xp.. vista minimum 15gb.. xp minimum about 5gb

Jimmy1983 said:
Thanks guys, why does the sticky say install on different HDD's?

i think it's because it saves time making partitions..

Jimmy1983 said:
Will I get the option when I boot up my pc asking what os I want to boot into?

yes

Jimmy1983 · 2 May 2007 at 18:54

Cheers gareth

gareth170 · 2 May 2007 at 18:56

Jimmy1983 said:
Cheers gareth

your welcome..

Gas Panic! · 2 May 2007 at 19:02

Speaking from experience (HDD with XP failed today!) I'd personally put OS' on separate drives. Then if one drive dies (like mine...) you always have the fall-back option of using the other one. Definitely a MUCH better idea.

Jimmy1983 · 2 May 2007 at 19:09

Just got into the setup for xp pro and the unpartitioned space is 131069 MB but ive got a 250GB seagate HDD, anyone know why this is?

gareth170 · 2 May 2007 at 19:11

Rivey said:
Speaking from experience (HDD with XP failed today!) I'd personally put OS' on separate drives. Then if one drive dies (like mine...) you always have the fall-back option of using the other one. Definitely a MUCH better idea.

hdds don't die often... i had my 80gb hdd for over 1 and a half years.

gareth170 · 2 May 2007 at 19:13

Jimmy1983 said:
Just got into the setup for xp pro and the unpartitioned space is 131069 MB but ive got a 250GB seagate HDD, anyone know why this is?

have u made any partitions?

Jimmy1983 · 2 May 2007 at 19:16

gareth170 said:
have u made any partitions?

not yet no, ive just got into the xp setup page and asks you to enter=install c=create partition F3=quit.

.walls · 2 May 2007 at 19:21

Jimmy1983 said:
Thanks guys, why does the sticky say install on different HDD's?

It doesn't say install it in different HDDs - it says "You should install each operating system on a separate logical drive"

a logical drive is different to a physical drive...

marc2003 · 2 May 2007 at 19:25

don't worry about xp setup not seeing the whole drive. when it's installed, install service pack 2 and it will see the rest of the disk.

Jimmy1983 · 2 May 2007 at 19:27

marc2003 said:
don't worry about xp setup not seeing the whole drive. when it's installed, install service pack 2 and it will see the rest of the disk.

Are your sure, I don't want to sound rude Marc. Its just that I don't want to have to bother with this setup again. Have you had this before?

gareth170 · 2 May 2007 at 19:33

does your xp disk include sp2?

marc2003 · 2 May 2007 at 19:35

infact you only need sp1 to see the whole drive. it's just the original xp can't see it all.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303013

gareth170 said:
does your xp disk include sp2?

obviously not otherwise he wouldn't have this problem.

Jimmy1983 · 2 May 2007 at 19:38

gareth only got sp1, will have to download sp2

Marc, does this always happen with HDD's over 130GB? Ive not install win many times.

Can I create 3 partions in the win setup, I think you only have the option to create 1?

marc2003 · 2 May 2007 at 19:42

Jimmy1983 said:
Marc, does this always happen with HDD's over 130GB? Ive not install win many times.

yes. but you could create yourself a new xp disk with sp2 integrated if you like. you just need your original xp cd, the full sp2 download, a blank cd and a cd-writer.

Jimmy1983 said:
Can I create 3 partions in the win setup, I think you only have the option to create 1?

just create the one partition for xp and continue to install it. then when xp setup is complete, install sp2, then use disk management within xp to create your 2 other partitions.