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Vista and XP Media Center Dual Boot

Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by bennypatti, Dec 5, 2006.

bennypatti Notebook Enthusiast

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Has anyone tried installing Vista (Final) and XP Media Center on different partitions?

bennypatti, Dec 5, 2006

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qhn Notebook User

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don't know about XP mce but it is fine dual-booting XP home Sp2 and vista rtm

cheers ...

qhn, Dec 5, 2006

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I have XP Professional and Vista RC1. My Dell E1505 came with a 17.2 Gig partitioned D Drive. Im sure you could try XP Media Center and a RC of Vista to see if it works. It shouldn't mess up you main OS. Just make sure when installing Vista, don't upgrade (my system crashed when I did this). Put it on the partition you want. Tell us how it goes.

Dell E1505
Intel Core Duo T2400 @ 1.83GHz, 2GB Ram, 256 MB ATI Raedon Mobility X1400 Hypermemory, 80GB Hard Drive, Creative Sound Blaster 24bit USB, Windows XP Professional & Windows Vista RC1 (Dual Boot)

avalanche33x, Dec 6, 2006

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JadedRaverLA Notebook Deity

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Yes. No probs with either OS, but if your machine is an HP, you won't have access to your QuickPlay partition any more.

JadedRaverLA, Dec 6, 2006

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