installation without removing xp

Hi there
can anyone give me or direct me to installing the Vista without wiping XP?
Also can I simply boot from the ISo on a DVD?
Thanks
Poopsie -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated

Alternative install methods can be found here - option 4 :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?getstarted
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Poopsie" wrote in message

Hi there
can anyone give me or direct me to installing the Vista without wiping XP?
Also can I simply boot from the ISo on a DVD?
Thanks
Poopsie -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated

Thanks Zack
Still not sure? Doea that mean that i install to a seperate 'partition' thus meaning at boot I can choose either XP Or Vista? -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

Alternative install methods can be found here - option 4 :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?getstarted
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Poopsie" wrote in message Hi there
can anyone give me or direct me to installing the Vista without wiping XP?
Also can I simply boot from the ISo on a DVD?
Thanks
Poopsie -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated

yes you want to install it on a seperate partition then where xp is located and it "should" give you the option of booting to one or the other(at least mine does)
"Poopsie" wrote:

Thanks Zack
Still not sure? Doea that mean that i install to a seperate 'partition' thus meaning at boot I can choose either XP Or Vista? -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:
Alternative install methods can be found here - option 4 :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?getstarted
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Poopsie" wrote in message Hi there
can anyone give me or direct me to installing the Vista without wiping XP?
Also can I simply boot from the ISo on a DVD?
Thanks
Poopsie -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated

How should I install Windows Vista BETA 2? This is very important, ensure you are installing on a clean logical partition with enough free space. If you have a spare installation of Windows XP SP2 you don't mind ruining, you can upgrade from that or you can start the new installation by booting from the DVD drive, (make sure your boot drive in your BIOS is set to the optical drive). I launched setup from within XP, type in my Product Key > Accept the EULA > click Custom > select the partition you created for Windows Vista.
Note: If you want to upgrade Windows XP make sure you launch setup from within Windows XP SP2, upgrades are not supported by booting from the DVD. Upgrades are not supported for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition at all.
Most important of all, back up any important data you might have on that computer you plan on installing Vista.
Vista will create its own bootloader, you XP install will still be accessible by select the Earlier Version of Windows boot entry. http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/andre/archive/2006/06/08/3002.aspx -- -- 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
"Poopsie" wrote in message

Hi there
can anyone give me or direct me to installing the Vista without wiping XP?
Also can I simply boot from the ISo on a DVD?
Thanks
Poopsie -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated

Hi Krush
That is really helpful. Sorry but can you give me a few simple steps that i need to consider to do this? E.g. when the disc is in and it starts to install, what exactly do i do to install in the correct partition please? I am frightened that I make a mess of it. I know updating the XP would be easier, but then I loose all the settings and data etc.
Do I add to the same partition? If so how do I allocate more space etc?
is it worth all this effort? I quite like the XP, but the Vista seems intriguing
Thanks very much -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated
"Krush" wrote:

yes you want to install it on a seperate partition then where xp is located and it "should" give you the option of booting to one or the other(at least mine does)
"Poopsie" wrote:
Thanks Zack
Still not sure? Doea that mean that i install to a seperate 'partition' thus meaning at boot I can choose either XP Or Vista? -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:
Alternative install methods can be found here - option 4 :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?getstarted
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Poopsie" wrote in message Hi there
can anyone give me or direct me to installing the Vista without wiping XP?
Also can I simply boot from the ISo on a DVD?
Thanks
Poopsie -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated

ok for example you have several partitions...
Xp - C: Drive Vista - D: (or whatever you have labeled the UNUSED drive) you go through the install and you get install now you will have two options
Upgrade (which overwrites the xp but keeps all the files but xp would be gone) Custom (you can select where you want to install vista and select the drive you want)
once thats completed it will install the files on the drive you have selected...and the rest vista does no more work needed...(at least this was the case for me, because it is beta it can behave differently on other machines)
If you dont have any partitions you can attempt to make a partition on xp (using partion magic and or search for some freeware apps but use at your own risk) if you already have a seperate partition (meaning completely unused no files whatsoever on it) make sure the partition you are putting on has AT least 25 gig of space so you have some to work with
"Poopsie" wrote:

Hi Krush
That is really helpful. Sorry but can you give me a few simple steps that i need to consider to do this? E.g. when the disc is in and it starts to install, what exactly do i do to install in the correct partition please? I am frightened that I make a mess of it. I know updating the XP would be easier, but then I loose all the settings and data etc.
Do I add to the same partition? If so how do I allocate more space etc?
is it worth all this effort? I quite like the XP, but the Vista seems intriguing
Thanks very much -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated
"Krush" wrote:
yes you want to install it on a seperate partition then where xp is located and it "should" give you the option of booting to one or the other(at least mine does)
"Poopsie" wrote:
Thanks Zack
Still not sure? Doea that mean that i install to a seperate 'partition' thus meaning at boot I can choose either XP Or Vista? -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:
Alternative install methods can be found here - option 4 :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?getstarted
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Poopsie" wrote in message Hi there
can anyone give me or direct me to installing the Vista without wiping XP?
Also can I simply boot from the ISo on a DVD?
Thanks
Poopsie -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated

Hi Krush
Does this mean i could actually install on an external drive which connects to the notebook by USB? It is then a seperate drive completely and has about 110GB free?
I can't see how the PC would boot from this though?
Sorry to be so niaeve.
B -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated
"Krush" wrote:

ok for example you have several partitions...
Xp - C: Drive Vista - D: (or whatever you have labeled the UNUSED drive) you go through the install and you get install now you will have two options
Upgrade (which overwrites the xp but keeps all the files but xp would be gone) Custom (you can select where you want to install vista and select the drive you want)
once thats completed it will install the files on the drive you have selected...and the rest vista does no more work needed...(at least this was the case for me, because it is beta it can behave differently on other machines)
If you dont have any partitions you can attempt to make a partition on xp (using partion magic and or search for some freeware apps but use at your own risk) if you already have a seperate partition (meaning completely unused no files whatsoever on it) make sure the partition you are putting on has AT least 25 gig of space so you have some to work with
"Poopsie" wrote:
Hi Krush
That is really helpful. Sorry but can you give me a few simple steps that i need to consider to do this? E.g. when the disc is in and it starts to install, what exactly do i do to install in the correct partition please? I am frightened that I make a mess of it. I know updating the XP would be easier, but then I loose all the settings and data etc.
Do I add to the same partition? If so how do I allocate more space etc?
is it worth all this effort? I quite like the XP, but the Vista seems intriguing
Thanks very much -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated
"Krush" wrote:
yes you want to install it on a seperate partition then where xp is located and it "should" give you the option of booting to one or the other(at least mine does)
"Poopsie" wrote:
Thanks Zack
Still not sure? Doea that mean that i install to a seperate 'partition' thus meaning at boot I can choose either XP Or Vista? -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:
Alternative install methods can be found here - option 4 :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?getstarted
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Poopsie" wrote in message Hi there
can anyone give me or direct me to installing the Vista without wiping XP?
Also can I simply boot from the ISo on a DVD?
Thanks
Poopsie -- Cheers
Any help or advice would be appreciated