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rahul2008 · Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 12

hi,

I am sure that this question has been asked many times but here goes is it possible to dual boot vista and WindowsXP ?
What I have is Vista Ultimate 32bit now and would like to have Xp also for gaming but unsure if I can add xp to the vista MBR . thanks for the help . and I don't really want to format.
Thanks.
With Regards.
Rahul

jamil · Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 10

hi friend,
XP is good for gaming because XP as an operating system places less demands on your hardware so your games can run a bit faster, so I can see why you're trying to do this, but the thing is although it certainly is possible to manually configure your boot config using bcdedit.exe from Vista or boot.ini from XP,

XP doesn't really play nice with Vista and installing XP after Vista will corrupt Vista's boot config, causing you a hell lot of trouble unless you should know what you're doing. So, avoid installing XP on a system with Vista, but if you really want to do it just make sure you are prepared to tackle the boot config yourself.
Wish you best luck

giantmonster · Joined: 11 Jan 2010 Posts: 2

I have the problem with windows XP and the windows server 2003 working together...
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BrotherBill · Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 28 Location: KCMO - USA

Rahul,

Try this link for the XP/Vista issue.

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_xp__stepbystep_guide_with_screenshots.htm

Monster,

The folks over at DaniWeb had an answer for the XP/2003 issue. See if it works for you.

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread21639.html#

Hope this helps at least one of you. Good Luck.

Bill
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