does beta2 installation safely create dual boot c

If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D partition and
1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition and 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just observing what the installation already did correctly.
Thank you. -hazz
otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the next 9 months.

Being that this is beta software, no one can be certain how it will react. Always back-up before installing. As far as installing it onto your D drive, you shouldn't have to much problems.
-- Jason
http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878

"hazz" wrote in message

If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D partition and
1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition and 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just observing what the installation already did correctly.
Thank you. -hazz
otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the next 9 months.

Windows Vista recommends you have a minimum of 11.3 GBs free disk space on the target drive. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"hazz" wrote in message

If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D partition and
1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition and 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just observing what the installation already did correctly.
Thank you. -hazz
otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the next 9 months.

Have setup several dual boot computers e,g, XP/Server 2002 and XP/Vista. Installed Vista from within XP - dual boot prompts automatically created - first option is Windows Boot manager providing option of "legacy (XP)" or "Vista" - select "legacy" and boot.ini offers option of "XP" or (in my case) "Lonhorn".
"hazz" wrote in message

If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D partition and
1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition and 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just observing what the installation already did correctly.
Thank you. -hazz
otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the next 9 months.

Thank you Jason. Have you accomplished this yourself with no problem? Yes, I am currently saving all my files onto the external drive I thought would become the drive I dedicated to Vista. -Greg
"Jason" wrote in message

Being that this is beta software, no one can be certain how it will react. Always back-up before installing. As far as installing it onto your D drive, you shouldn't have to much problems.
-- Jason
http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878

"hazz" wrote in message If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D partition and
1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition and 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just observing what the installation already did correctly.
Thank you. -hazz
otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the next 9 months.

Fantastic. Thank you so much for letting my know. -Greg
"AJR" wrote in message

Have setup several dual boot computers e,g, XP/Server 2002 and XP/Vista. Installed Vista from within XP - dual boot prompts automatically created - first option is Windows Boot manager providing option of "legacy (XP)" or "Vista" - select "legacy" and boot.ini offers option of "XP" or (in my case) "Lonhorn".
"hazz" wrote in message If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D partition and
1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition and 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just observing what the installation already did correctly.
Thank you. -hazz
otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the next 9 months.

Thank you Andre. I have 40 gig now available in addtion to the 33 gig available for the WinXP C: partition. -Greg
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Windows Vista recommends you have a minimum of 11.3 GBs free disk space on the target drive. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"hazz" wrote in message If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D partition and
1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition and 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just observing what the installation already did correctly.
Thank you. -hazz
otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the next 9 months.

I have installed Vista 5308 build on a 2nd partition listed as drive D and my primary has XP Pro. I had no problems with the install.
-- Jason
http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878

"hazz" wrote in message

Thank you Jason. Have you accomplished this yourself with no problem? Yes, I am currently saving all my files onto the external drive I thought would become the drive I dedicated to Vista. -Greg
"Jason" wrote in message Being that this is beta software, no one can be certain how it will react. Always back-up before installing. As far as installing it onto your D drive, you shouldn't have to much problems.
-- Jason
http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878

"hazz" wrote in message If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D partition and
1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition and 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just observing what the installation already did correctly.
Thank you. -hazz
otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the next 9 months.

Great ! Thanks Jason. I'll be careful. The Vista installation process was good about asking where you want to install it and putting the files where it said it was going to put them.....
"Jason" wrote in message

I have installed Vista 5308 build on a 2nd panrtition listed as drive D and my primary has XP Pro. I had no problems with the install.
-- Jason
http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878

"hazz" wrote in message Thank you Jason. Have you accomplished this yourself with no problem? Yes, I am currently saving all my files onto the external drive I thought would become the drive I dedicated to Vista. -Greg
"Jason" wrote in message Being that this is beta software, no one can be certain how it will react. Always back-up before installing. As far as installing it onto your D drive, you shouldn't have to much problems.
-- Jason
http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878

"hazz" wrote in message If I free up room on my development laptop by moving all my files from my D: and E: partitions onto an external drive, can I safely assume that I can use my DVD that contains the ISO image to safely install Vista on my logical D partition and
1. not corrupt the current XP pro installation on my primary C partition and 2. have the Vista installation create a working dual boot prompt without me having to resort to ever looking at the legacy boot.ini or 3. having to use ProNetWorks VistaBootPro for anything other than just observing what the installation already did correctly.
Thank you. -hazz
otherwise it looks like I need to buy a new laptop solely dedicated to Vista, something I want to avoid due to the current state of drivers and graphic card support what will most likely improve dramatically over the next 9 months.