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Can I have both Vista and XP on my computer?
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07/01/2007 11:41:37
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Windows
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Computing in general
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>>Hi Denis.
>>
>>Dual boot is indeed a great way to do it.
>>
>>But if you only want to test it in your XP machine, you can install it in a Virtual PC 2007, there's a beta available that will let you install Vista in it. If things don't go well, you can easily delete the Virtual Machine created.
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>>http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2006/10/11/virtual-pc-2007-beta-free-and-available-now.aspx
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>>Cheers.
>
>Thanks for that info Ivan but the thing is that I have XP Home and I can't install virtual PC on it :-(

Hi Denis.

It looks like your way is chosen. When you install Vista you will have it as the primary boot OS, and XP will be in the "Others" category, so if you don't do anything at boot time, the Vista will run. There seems to be some tools out there to help you change that.

Cheers.
Ivan
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