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| 1178472 | 2011-02-15 06:45:00 | OK ... I have a Toshiba Portage M801 belonging to a student from China who stayed with us last year. OS is Vista Home Basic - Chinese version. I also have an old comp with XP discs and key - English version. The XP comp is not worth keeping except for the case and a few bits and pieces. Question ... Is it possible to use the old XP OS and dual boot it on the Toshiba along with the Chinese Vista ?? Probably plenty of problems associated with it, but thought I'd ask anyway. TIA ... Dave. |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1178473 | 2011-02-15 06:52:00 | You could but you may have to format the lot. Then install XP / Vista. I suppose if XP has been on the hdd for 3 mths or so, you should be able to activate it. May pay to get the drivers for XP first. Before you format the hdd | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1178474 | 2011-02-15 06:56:00 | Before you do it however, check that there is no hidden partitions anywhere. I bought a Lenovo laptop, and the salesman told me that the partitions cannot be changed, otherwise the hidden partition will corrupt and Win7 cannot be restored. |
LynX (14542) | ||
| 1178475 | 2011-02-15 07:27:00 | I also have an old comp with XP discs and key - English version. The XP comp is not worth keeping except for the case and a few bits and pieces. If it is a full retail version of XP (i.e purchased independently of the hardware), then yes. If it is OEM then the licence will prohibit moving it to other hardware. and the salesman told me that the partitions cannot be changed, otherwise the hidden partition will corrupt and Win7 cannot be restored.:waughh: Well if you delete or move the partition with the reimage tool on it - yes, otherwise you should be fine. Grabbing an image of it before you start messing about with the partitions would be prudent. You should be able to resize the Vista partition, install XP & use a bootable media (Vista disk or other such tool) to do a "Startup Repair" for the existing Vista install. (may also be another step to add an XP boot option to the Vista bootloader). Been a while since I used it, but EasyBCD may do the lot. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1178476 | 2011-02-15 08:40:00 | The easiest order of installation is oldest to newest. You will be adding the oldest second - this will mean editing of a boot loader to get both going. It is easier to install EasyBSD (neosmart.net) from Neosmart - this will sort the booting out for you. It is a brilliant product IMO. I would use Parted Magic (partedmagic.com) to make space first. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1178477 | 2011-02-15 11:13:00 | You can install XP after Vista or Windows 7 but the procedure is a little more complex: apcmag.com _first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1178478 | 2011-02-15 18:30:00 | If it is a full retail version of XP (i.e purchased independently of the hardware), then yes. If it is OEM then the licence will prohibit moving it to other hardware. . It will install. You are just not supposed to re-use an OEM license. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1178479 | 2011-02-15 19:07:00 | Thank you all for your comments and they are duly noted .... gonna give this sucker a go .... expect to hear more from me in the near future ... it is not yet known whether it is the computer or myself who will break first .... :D | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1178480 | 2011-02-16 06:18:00 | You can install XP after Vista or Windows 7 but the procedure is a little more complex: apcmag.com _first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm True - but the complexity goes if you use EasyBSD. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1178481 | 2011-02-16 06:31:00 | EasyBCD is what that tutorial uses... | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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