Topic: xp install on vista machine

[eric.B]

The guy in the office next door told me that you can't install a copy of XP OS on a new computer that has vista installed on it..  true/false?

[spott]

False, you can dual boot both XP & Vista (with Vista installed first)

http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

[sygdwm]

so is it not possible w/o dual booting?

[KLowe]

Its possible but a complete pain in the ass.  I tried and gave up.

[JackoRoses]

format drive, format MBR
install XP 

[kskreider]

Typically when you do a dual boot install you really want to make sure you install the oldest OS first.

Ironically, I type this from my lappy as I wrapped up my new build last night and it is humming next to me as it installs a clean XP.   7 MInutes to go...

Q6600 (G0)
GA-P35C-DS3R
2GB Crucial Ballistix PC6400

[stantheman1976]

I tries installing XP on my Toshiba laptop and there they don't even offer XP drivers for most components in my laptop.  There were several devices I could not get to work properly so I reinstalled Vista.

[kskreider]

I find that pretty crazy that there are hardware manufacturers that won't support XP.  I have yet to see anything like that. 

[momule]

It is no different than installing any OS.  It may be a bit tough if ya don't have a Full install disc from Microsoft and just have the "recovery disc's" that came with your PC/lappy. 

I purchased a HP lappy with XP media center edition.  Then a few months later I received a complete install of Vista premium shortly after it came out in the mail from HP.  I ran it for about 2 weeks and decided to scrap it and go back to XP pro.  They didn't have much of the bugs worked out and I needed a stable lappy. 

I just about a month ago put Vista back on the machine after I found out they had made a few big steps with it already.  So far so good. The only program I am having trouble with is Wavelab 5. 

[terrapinj]

i installed a OEM copy of XP on a 2nd hard drive on my friends new Dell which could only be sold with Vista.

I got all the drivers etc loaded after some research and everything runs great in XP!

problem now is I cannot get it to boot in Vista. I tried booting from the HDD with vista installed from the Boot Menu but it says no bootable drive and then goes to XP.

Do I need to reinstall Vista?

Edit:

Should read that link before typing 

I repaired the Vista Boot and boots up now, thanks for the link!