Dual Boot XP and Vista Walkthrough

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Note- Vista has ability to manage and shrink partitions->Start->right click 'Computer"->manage->Disk Management->click drive (C)->shrink volume
If you have XP or need to partition a space bigger than Vista will allow, follow this walkthrough with MEPIS:

Step One

download Simply MEPIS 3.3 here:
http://iso.linuxquestions.org/mepis/
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Step Two (requires DVD/CD burner -/+ R/RW)

Burn it to CD/DVD as an ISO image

Vista's Default burner does not include ISO imaging software, It can be downloaded here:
32-bit version
64-bit version

Step Three

Boot from the CD drive, put Linux CD in drive and boot. It will run Simply MEPIS from the CD, but it will not install

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Step Four

Sign in as: root, password: root

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Step Five

Click on "Run QTParted"- that will open a box showing your partitions. The main Windows partition is usually /dev/hda1

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Step Six

Right click on your Windows partition, and choose RESIZE

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Step Seven

In the box labeled FREE SIZE AFTER, type the size (in MB) that you want the new partition to be. That will create free space.

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Step Eight

Right click on the free space, click on create

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Step Nine

Select partition type (NTFS or FAT32), click OK

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Step Ten

Click on file(top left), then commit- changes will take effect

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Step Eleven

Click close, then click on the K in the lower left of screen and logout, restart computer

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Step Twelve

remove CD and it will boot to windows, check your partitions.

Insert Vista OS to install on new partition
OR
For XP installation on new Partition, see page 2@ http://www.syschat.com/dual-boot-vis...eady-1946.html)