Dual Boot XP Vista

noreply@blogger.com (CJI Computers is CJI Ministry) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:41:00 +0000

Dual Boot With XP Add Vista.
First things first, you need to re-partition or shrink your current XP partition.
So you will have free space for Vista installation.
{But if you already partition your hard drive with XP, then you can skip this}
You can just load Vista on the 2nd partition:

How to Shrink Current XP?

1.Boot up your computer with Vista DVD. At the part where it ask you for product key, press SHIFT+F10 simultaneously. It will bring up command prompt.
2.Type DISKPART.
3.Type LIST VOLUME.
4.Select the volume where XP is installed by typing SELECT VOLUME 0. If somehow the XP volume is other than 0, then just change the number at the end.
5.Type SHRINK and it will automatically shrink your XP partition. Close command prompt and continue with Vista installation. You should install Vista on “Unallocated Space” when you get to the part where it ask you where do you want to install Windows.
Note: If you get an error message that says “Access is denied” when shrinking your partition with diskpart,

boot up with Hiren’s BootCD and use either;

Partition Magic, Acronis Disk Director Suite, Paragon Partition Manager, or any disk partition tools that you like to resize your XP partition.

Now Load Vista.

Minimum Vista hard disk requirement is 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space.
Once Vista is installed and the system reboots, you’ll be presented with a boot menu with two options: “Microsoft Windows Vista” and “An Earlier Version of Windows”.
Booting to an earlier version of windows will boot up Windows XP. If you want to change the name “An Earlier Version of Windows” to Windows XP,

You can not manually edit boot.ini file in Windows Vista.
It gives error message “Access is denied“.Startup and Recovery from System Properties,
there is no Edit button which allows you to edit boot.ini.
There are 2 free utility which is able to edit Vista boot manager.
1.EasyBCD-Click Change Settings button,
Select=Earlier Version of Windows from Entry-Based Settings drop down menu.
You can change the text that says “Earlier Version of Windows” at Name. Click Save Settings.
[ Download EasyBCD ]
2.VistaBootPRO-Click Manage OS Entries button,
Select=“Earlier Version of Windows”,Check=Rename OS Entry and type the name that you want it to display and click Apply Updates.
[ Download VistaBootPRO ] There you have it. Now you can have both XP and Vista on one hard disk.
I hope this helps. CJI Computer.

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