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XP & Vista on the same machine
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XP & Vista on the same machine
Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Posted by Mick Allen
(46 messages posted)
I wonder if anyone knows if it is feasible to have XP and Vista on the same machine.
The reason I ask is that I prefer XP and my new PC has Vista installed, but I am
having severe problems finding the correct drivers for XP. I thought that by installing
the Vista drivers on the Vista partition, XP would not have any trouble with the
hardware?
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re: XP & Vista on the same machine
Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Posted by Steve
(19025 messages posted)
Lots of information posted on the Internet on to setup a Dual Boot system, but it
won't solve your Driver problem.
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re: XP & Vista on the same machine
Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Posted by Ricer46
(19579 messages posted)
That's not how it works. Vista drivers will do no good at all in XP. If you can't
find XP drivers, you are stuck with Vista. Don't you just love Microsoft?
On Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 1:12 pm, Mick Allen wrote:
>I wonder if anyone knows if it is feasible to have XP and Vista on the same machine.
> The reason I ask is that I prefer XP and my new PC has Vista installed, but I am
>having severe problems finding the correct drivers for XP. I thought that by installing
>the Vista drivers on the Vista partition, XP would not have any trouble with the
>hardware?
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re: XP & Vista on the same machine
Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Posted by Leroy
(2 messages posted)
I just purchased an HP Pavilion laptop which has Vista (of course). Before the purchase,
I queried the sales rep regarding dual boot so I could have XP. I was assured this
was possible. How wrong I was. I spent hours trying the dual boot thing, and of
course, the lack of a driver seemed to be the problem. Then I heard about the Virtual
PC. Found out I could download the "Virtual PC" software directly from MS. Then,
I was able to load XP. Now, I can access XP just fine, but the mouse is erratic
and jumpy. (I am using a logitec wireless mouse.)
But, I do have XP on my Vista machine, and I can run programs. This isn't as good
as a "real" XP OS, but it's better than nothing. I ran into an additional problem
with the transfer wizard between XP and Vista, but I'll post that separately.
On Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 1:29 pm, Ricer46 wrote:
>That's not how it works. Vista drivers will do no good at all in XP. If you can't
>find XP drivers, you are stuck with Vista. Don't you just love Microsoft?
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