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Dual Boot Vista XP
21-01-2008 12:24 PM
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I intend to install Vista 64 bit and once that is running properly recycle the parts from my old computer. At this point I will be adding XP to the new computer (transferring the license) in dual boot mode. In itself that isn't a problem although getting the Vista boot back again is a bit messy.
My problem is that I have never used dual boot before and I have no idea as to the disk space for each boot partition. I was thinking of allowing 100GB for the Vista partition and 50GB for the XP partition leaving about 300GB for data and games which would only be used on one or other of the systems. Would there be any real advantage in creating a 4th partition only for swap files or should I stay with my usual system of manually setting the swap file with a minimum size of about 8GB (installed ram 4GB)
Some of my programmes would need to run under both systems which would need two separate installs but 50GB in XP should be OK for that.
Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
21-01-2008 12:37 PM
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Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
21-01-2008 1:11 PM
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At least that way the swap files can be accessed at the same time as accessing program files/dlls/data files or whatever on your other hdd.
If its not feasible to have a seperate physical disk, I'd do as you suggest. 2x boot partitions, and 1 x shared data partition with a 4th partition for swap files.
Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
21-01-2008 1:32 PM
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Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
21-01-2008 1:52 PM
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Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
21-01-2008 2:44 PM
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My main disk on my desktop is a 72G 10,000 drive (couldn't afford 15000 rpm)
Also a much slower 250G SATA (only 7200 rpm) which is adequate for backups and very large files.
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Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
21-01-2008 3:04 PM
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Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
22-01-2008 12:00 AM
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http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp
Whane ever I have duel booted I have always used System Commander as this lets you have 100 O/S and it will setup the drives for you and add XP to the boot manager. It also lets you have xp and vista on drive c as it can hide the partitions from the other O/S. Partition magic boot manager is good as well.
I dont see there is any gain from having the swap file on the same drive as the O/S even if it is in another partition as its still using the same drive. I wouldnt have the swap files for both O/S on the same partition as one may corrupt the other. Never tried it with vista but it used to corrupt win98, xp and win2k.
It goes back to the old question do you duel boot or use a virtual pc? Virtual pc is a lot simpler to use and setup unless you are using some memory.CPU hungry software on the virtual pc.
I just got the intel quad pc and I run a virtual pc, email, sidebar, emule, create a dvd with video rendering and the cpu doent get over 31% use with all that running.
Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
24-01-2008 9:01 PM
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Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
24-01-2008 10:38 PM
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Quote from: samuria ...It goes back to the old question do you duel boot or use a virtual pc? Virtual pc is a lot simpler to use and setup unless you are using some memory.CPU hungry software on the virtual pc.
That is true but what I don't like about Virtual machines is that if the 'base' OS plays up then all your 'virtual' Oses are kaput.
With a dual-boot you could at least google on how to fix the kaput one if needed for problems not related to MBR records anyhow.
Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
25-01-2008 11:08 AM
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Quote from: geezer
Quote from: samuria ...It goes back to the old question do you duel boot or use a virtual pc? Virtual pc is a lot simpler to use and setup unless you are using some memory.CPU hungry software on the virtual pc.
That is true but what I don't like about Virtual machines is that if the 'base' OS plays up then all your 'virtual' Oses are kaput.
Actually its far simpler to put right. Just reinstall the base OS OR move the virtual machine to another machine on your network with the appropriate emulator installed.
Fixing partitions that have gone wrong on the other hand is a very painful and tedious experience. I destroyed a 17GB partition once using XOSL boot loader - It was a very nasty experience.
On that note though I will recommend XOSL boot loader as it is one of the most advanced I've ever seen/used. You just have to be careful if you install it into a dedicated partition though as by default it targets the c: partition and completely destroys it. Suprisingly there is no warning screen to avoid this either...
Re: Dual Boot Vista XP
31-01-2008 10:35 AM
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31-01-2008 8:43 PM
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