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post #61 of 84
7/22/07 at 3:06am
I used disk partition and it was very easy. Both desktop and laptop
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post #62 of 84
7/22/07 at 3:19am
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hey tate...i used virtualpc...and it seems to be working fine...but xp isn't recognizing my external hdd...so wierd..

and commish, aw did provide w. a driver cd, vista dvd (oem I believe)
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post #63 of 84
7/22/07 at 12:22pm
well here is my suggestion (VT can eat a lot of RAM) Wipe all the partitions, install XP, then go back & then install Vista & you will not have any problems at all. Installing XP after Vista is just a PITA.
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post #64 of 84
7/22/07 at 1:44pm
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thanks for the suggestions sol...

ok newber question....how do I wipe all the partitions clean?

I'm going to do a fresh install of xp and then install vista....

hopefully I won't screw this one up hahaha
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post #65 of 84
7/22/07 at 2:03pm
well you can do it through XP setup when it askes you to select paritions you can wipe everything out into 1 hge unpartitioned space & then reparition it into whatever you want (of course you need 2 primary partitions for dual booting).

So usually a setup of 2 primary partitions & then an extended partition with logical drives ( how ever many you want) should be fine. how big is your HDD?
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post #66 of 84
7/22/07 at 2:05pm
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i have a 100 gb hdd (my 2nd 200gb hdd won't be in until later this week)

so how I do install vista after I installed xp? and what do you mean 2 primary partitions?

I guess I'll have re-read that stuff now hahaha...hope it works =P
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post #67 of 84
7/22/07 at 8:58pm
You should boot with the Vista install disk after installing XP, you will be given the option to install to a different partition.
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post #68 of 84
7/23/07 at 7:43pm
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well, I think I was one of the quickest to receive my laptop and the quickest to rma it =P

so as I was installing xp...something went wrong and now I have to send it back to the mothership =(

oh well I couldn't get vista working properly anyway...well I'll keep everyone posted haha =D
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post #69 of 84
7/23/07 at 7:50pm
uh oh ... sorry to hear that. At least we can count on you to test it to the limits
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post #70 of 84
7/23/07 at 8:17pm
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i think the hdd is fried, tech support wasn't able to help me get into bios...but then I tried booting w/ out the hdd installed...I could get into bios...

wierd
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post #71 of 84
7/23/07 at 8:46pm
Damn, sorry to hear that Yang .
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post #72 of 84
7/23/07 at 9:04pm
Yang fried his HDD trying to dual boot? Down with Vista!!!!
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post #73 of 84
7/23/07 at 9:44pm
better now than 3 months down the road once you have everything setup just right lol
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post #74 of 84
7/23/07 at 9:48pm
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hahaha true true...so I rushed over to frys to get a temporary hdd until I get mine from AW

thank goodness for 30 day return policy's =D

setting up XP now, hopefully I can just get 3dmark06...SLi and maybe some CSS haha until I get mine =P
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post #75 of 84
7/23/07 at 9:49pm
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what I'm also thinking is that b/c I didn't delete the partitions on the hdd and accidentally installed xp over vista...the boot.(whatever thingy that xp has but vista doesn't) might have jacked up my boot up...

so once I get everything figured out, i'm going to "nuke" the other hdd...that's if it will recognize the other hdd when I install it...I'll keep everyone posted =P
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post #76 of 84
7/25/07 at 1:10pm
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yay new replacement hdd on the way =D, should get it by the end of this week...w00pie!
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post #77 of 84
7/25/07 at 1:15pm
Congrats Yang
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post #78 of 84
7/25/07 at 1:43pm
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thanks boogie,

btw anything new w/ your sager?
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post #79 of 84
7/25/07 at 4:21pm
Is it possible to get a Respawn disk for both XP and Vista for the same lappy?
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post #80 of 84
7/25/07 at 4:26pm
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Originally Posted by scottwmp View Post
Is it possible to get a Respawn disk for both XP and Vista for the same lappy?

no, b/c it will only come w/ a respawn for whatever OS you have on the hdd.

when you select the Respawn option, it comes w/ respawn on a CD as well as on the hdd...

so if you ordered your laptop/pc w/ vista * you used a xp respawn...it wouldn't work...& vice versa
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