bomba6 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Hi all. I'm new to this forum, but read neowin on a weekly basis? Here is my question: I have windows xp pro installed on my hda. I also have a free NTFS partition on my hdb. I would like to install there windows vista (build 5231), to dual boot with xp. I would like to test this system (vista) for couple of days, and after that simply erase it off my hdbDo you think it will be possible to simply format the partition on hdb from windows xp's Disk Management, and then run the FIXMBR from recovery console?b> I'm asking this because I only got 512MB RAM on my computer, and running Vista from VirtualPC uses 256MB tops, so I want to install Vista as another OS, and use the fully 512MB. Is there an easy way to install Vista on a physical HD, and get rid of that couple of days later without and problems? Thank you very much, Guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted October 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 17, 2005 well wasn't no problem for me when i installed it on another partition. Just format it later from Windows XP then changed the boot.ini to always boot to XP. You can change that in XP under System Properties, Advanced Tab then startup and recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomba6 Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 well wasn't no problem for me when i installed it on another partition. Just format it later from Windows XP then changed the boot.ini to always boot to XP. You can change that in XP under System Properties, Advanced Tab then startup and recovery. Oh, Thank you so very much!! hmmm.. Just figuring out that I will have to install it with Daemon-Tools (no DVD on my comp). This can cause any problem? (I mean, there is a restart somewhere at the end of the installation...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 ^ daemon tools will not let you boot from cd/dvd. it only emulates the image in the os. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 ^ daemon tools will not let you boot from cd/dvd. it only emulates the image in the os. 586692763[/snapback] Alcohol 120 will, I've done it :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomba6 Posted October 20, 2005 Author Share Posted October 20, 2005 Thanks. I wasn't sure either that I will be able to do that with dameon, so I just copied all the files to an HD, and isntalled from there. Went great. Another question: after running "fixntfs.exe -xp" I can't boot to Vista (unless running again "fixntfs.exe -lh".. Is there a way to fix that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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