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• How to install Windows XP on a Windows Vista using Vista workstation to install XP in a separate mode dual-boot partition.

  If you have a Windows XP workstation it is a piece of cake to install Windows Vista on the same workstation using the dual-boot using a separate on the same hard disk partition...  However, the main centre recently received a large number of donations new jobs Lenovo ThinkCentre with factory installed and perfectly running Vista operating systems.  Question: Is there a procedure that would allow using Vista to install Windows XP on these workstations dual-boot mode?  Workstations must be used in a class of main center where we need to teach using either XP or Vista depending on student needs.   A second hard drive would allow such a facility.  But we would like to use a 2nd partition on the existing hard disk of Vista to install XP.  However, Microsoft has always included features in its Windows operating systems that overcome by using the current operating system to install an older version of the OS.  There must be a work around there somewhere.  Thanks for your help.

  If you have any available records of vista, you could make a partition in disk management (right click computer, manage, enable the UAC and then go into disk management.)  Shrink the partition and format it with NTFS free space.)  Then boot from the XP disc and install it.  Once you have completed the installation of xp. Start the vista disc and go to the repair options.  Go to a command prompt and type "bootrec.exe /fixboot" (without the quotes) and press ENTER.  After restart, you should see a start with windows vista and xp listed menu.  If xp is not in the list, let me know and I can tell you how to add it.

• Remove dual-boot partition Ubuntu

  I recently installed Ubuntu 14.10 utopian Unicorn on my Y510p hoping to squeeze a little more FPS out of cs (VALVe announced that their games run better on OpenGL than DirectX11). However, I quickly realized that it's a HUGE pain to get support SLI on Linux, and I'd only stick with Windows. Is it possible to get rid of the Ubuntu partition without removing the bootloader Windows 8.1? I heard that if you just delete the Linux partitions you can not start up again. Oh and the reason why I want to remove it is I have a limited due to an SSD space, so I prefer not to be watsting from 37 to Ubuntu and the 15 GB for swap. Thanks for your help

  In the end (much later, of course) I opted to completely remove all of my partitions, convert my MBR disk and install Windows 7. My life is much better now. As a great man once said - "Windows 8? Welcome to hell. »

• recommended hardrive space for a dual boot between vista and xp?

  would like to help greatly appreciated.

  Hello

  Please see the following articles for more information on creating a dual boot partition:

  In a dual-boot configuration, Windows XP does not start if you then format or delete the partition on which Windows Vista is installed

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/922809

   

  Create a boot partition

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/create-a-boot-partition

   

  Set up a dual-boot system

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/set-up-a-dual-boot-system-from-Windows-Vista-inside-out

  I hope this helps.

• dual boot Windows 7 (remove the unauthorized partion of previous edition)

  Hi support them.

  I have a hard drive from my old laptop and used in my new laptop. My old laptop used win xp. And my new laptop uses Windows 7 Home premium. My new laptop was the installation in a way that I have a dual boot partition 2, one for the home premium (c :) and one for the old xp (g :).)

  Recently my c: is running out of space and I wanted to remove the xp (g) partition to get more space out of it, but the volume button of remove is grayed.

  If I m wrong, if I delete the (g), my computer will start with a missing ntldr error.

  It seems that my installation of windows 7 has derailed (g) unnoticed.

  Any help here?

  See you soon.

  Check the following links on how to remove the dual boot:

  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/210983-dual-boot-delete-OS.html

  http://www.SevenForums.com/installation-setup/183202-need-remove-system-partition-dual-boot-laptop.html

• Z220 SFF - want to dual boot, but you cannot create an additional primary Partition

  I want to install a second operating system, but I have more primary Partitions.  I want to install Win 8.1 Pro; I have an OEM Win7-Pro that came pre-installed on the original HARD drive and then I rebooted on a SSD drive, I used to replace the original HARD drive.

  The SSD has three partitions - all of the primaries, and I don't know if I can get rid of a (or merge with an existing one) in order to create the primary partition, I need for the new OS. My understanding is that Windows only allows three primary Partitions.

  The 256 GB SSD has the following primary partitions:

  1. System (drive G :) - 2GB in size (NTFS) - I have no idea what it is.)  The disc contains two folders (recovery and Remote Programs - two of them empty) and a file of 1 KB called System.  But when I check the properties of readers, he says it has 376 MB of space used.

  2 HP_Tools (l: car) - 105 MB (FAT32) - the interesting thing is that this player does not actually appear in the computer management/Win7 disk management tool.  I see it only when using a third party tool (Partition of AOEMEI).

  3. C: drive -l' remaining space (I actually now it split into another D: drive which is where I want to install the new OS, but since the other three disks are primary partitions D: drive appears as a logical partition).

  What are the options I have to configure a dual boot on this drive?

  Thanks for any help.

  After much research I could identify that I could safely get rid of the HP System Tools partition and use the resulting Partition of Primay free for the second operating system.

  I've not found an option to load the HP tools on a USB key. But I don't use really anyway, so not a great loss.

  Thanks for all the help.

• create partition for dual boot XP and Vista

  follow the guide step by step to install XP already installed Vista I chose option 3 and created a new partition unallocated
  of the main C: partition
  Install XP from my CD does not work, the 'install' option is disabled (write transparent)
  I tried to assign an E: to the "new volume" and followed the footsteps of th GUI, but when it came to 'Finish', says assistant "it will change the primary disks selected dynamic disks, which are unable to accommodate any other operating system than the one existing". When I confirmed, I had the opinion that "this operating system admits no dynamic disks". Close.
  Now did I have to distribute and formats the volumen again?
  How can I install XP-Home Edition my CD and after that, go to the step by step guide to create the dual boot?

  Hi Sescenti and thanks for posting.

  There are a few problems with the senario that you describe. First of all, you can not install XP on a dynamic disk. You will need to format the dynamic disk to basic disk and install from there. After loaded XP you can then convert the basic disk to a dynamic disk, but you have to be careful because if you convery the OS main partition as dynamic you can never return to the base.

  The second issue with your senario is that you first loaded Vista. If you do not load XP Yes, you can start, but because Vista was on the system, first you will need run the Vista startup repair whenever you start to XP (if you don't have some kind of Boot Manager).

  I hope this helps. Let me know id, you have any questions and let us know if it did or did not solve your problem.

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• Remove dual-boot windows partitions 8

  Hi, I have a Hp probook 4530 s with windows 7 64 bit and I want to dual-boot windows 8 but I have the authorized maximum of partitions and I bought the recovery disc for windows 7 so I don't no if I should remove the recovery partition or the tools of hp, hp is pretty much empty is only using 1 mb to 5 GB , but I've heard that there a few updates to the BIOS, so safely remove one of these parties (recovery, tools, or both) to dual-boot windows 8?

  

  What I do is get a 3 TB external hard drive, or a size larger than your 500 GB. Create a widnows system repair disc 7. Use Macrium reflect free, all partitions (snapshot of the disk) backup, delete the ones that aren't needed. Tools and recovery are not necessary (but you should keep a copy so that you can go back to where you are now). The first partition contains startup information so don't get ride of that one. But even if you did and only restored the great OS partition, you could always use the system repair disc, do a startup repair and replace the boot on this single partition files and you're on your way again (it's just an extra step).

  After you remove the 2 partitions have not yet enough space to install windows 8. Go to disk management in windows 7 and shrink the partition and create a new partition in the remaining space.

• How much better the partition of the HARD drive for dual boot: Windows 8 and Linux

  Hello

  I am a newbie in Windows 8, linux, Partition...

  I want to use my new laptop with windows 8 pre-installed on the following:

  Create a Dual Boot Windows 8 / Ubuntu
  Create on my drive C (single disk on my laptop):

  * a partition for the system
  * one for Windows 8
  * one for data and
  least for Ubuntu OS

  My goal is:

  -to install VmWare on Windows 8 and run Splat Checkpoint with virtual machines to make the FCTC laboratories.

  to install GNS3 on Ubuntu for CCNP Labs but with GNS3 to access the files in the data partition

  I have a Toshiba Satellite with 750 GB and 8 GB of RAM.

  According to you, what is the best size for my scores?
  Is there a better way to partition my C drive on my goal?

  Best regards

  I don't know if this is the right section, sorry for that. Feel free to move this thread in the appropriate section *.

  I think the size of partitions depends of the you want to use and install other software.
  So if you have a lot of software which runs under the Windows System I recommend to choose a larger size to win 8 partition.

  However, given that you have a 750 GB HARD drive, you could take 200GB for Win 8, 100 GB to Linux and the rest of the HARD drive size, that you can use for data.

  By the way: I found Nice YouTube video how to create a dual boot using 8 Win and Linux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Yd2jK-7Jg

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• Upgrade to El Capitan has replaced the boot on Configuration partition dual boot

  I've been using find for a dual-boot my Macbook Pro with OSX and Ubuntu.  Today, I decided to upgrade my OSX Yosemite to El Capitan.

  After downloading all the 6G, which took about six hours, and the installation program, I received a prompt to restart my computer.  After that, and waiting more than 10 minutes staring at a blank screen, I pressed the power button, but nothing happened.  After doing this several times and get in trouble in the meantime, I pressed and held.  To my surprise the blank screen is having a background slightly shine completely black color.  Then, I realized that the computer was actually still on, and I interrupted probably something I shouldn't.

  Then I turned on my computer, and instead of being presented to the screen where I choose which operating system to load, I got OSX loading screen with the Apple logo and progress bar.  After some time, the OSX installer appeared and told me that it would take 19 minutes to install OSX.  However, after a minute and a half, the installer left with the message:

  OS X could not be installed on your computer

  A partition of start-up assistance is required when working with the storage of carrots.

  Exit Setup to restart your computer and try again.

  
  

  Product restarts the same result, as described above.

  Using the disk utility program, I see that I still have my Ubuntu partition, although not like OS X doesn't shows being available and has no information about it other than its size.

  As a customer, I am pretty upset by this situation.

  Why don't/that the installer should overwrite the MBR?  It's totally useless!  Why the installation program could not upgrade the OS that he treated and leave the rest alone computer?  If someone at Apple has not considered the possibility that some of their users will want to double to start their systems?

  Why are there not warnings or other information displayed during the preparation phase indicating that this would happen?  Why me staring at a screen empty while something, probably important, took place in the background and leading me to believe that my computer had hung up?  Surely a window could have been displayed saying something like "do not turn off your computer.

  Now that I have my setup porked, I need to recover from an old backup, get kind of rEFInd running again, back up my Ubuntu installation and probably delete the partition.  Then try to upgrade to El Capitan again after the download of an another 6G.  Once El Capitan is at work, I'll have to recreate the EXT4 partition and restore Ubuntu top and install rEFInd.  This seems to be an arrangement rather STUPID having to cross in 2016.

  Has anyone else had this problem?  If so, advice on how to get all this done effectively?

  New user account is not happy!

  
  

  Well, it seems that the recovery of my Time Machine backup is not so simple...

  In the setup of OS X, utilities disk is available, so I ran it.

  I've selected the partition where OS X is installed and choose the editing command-> restore from the menu, and then set the "restore from:' location to my partition backup (located on an external USB drive) and press ."

  This produces a message saying "restore process has failed. Press OK to continue.  (Continue where?)

  Open the details view showed me:

  Validation of targets...

  Validation of source...

  Could not unmount volume "/ Volumes/Image . (No end of quote)

  " Volume" (busy resource) (Who's using it?  (Not me!)

  Operation failed...

  
  

  I installed the following devices:

  SM0512F SSD APPLE (disk0)

  MyOSX (disc 1)

  HGST (disk4) external drive

  OSX_Backup (disk4s2)

  Apple Media (DIS3) disk image

  System basis of OS x (disk3s1)

  Apple Media disk image (2)

  OS X install ESD (disk2s2)

  What volumes cannot be disassembled?  Apple media disk image?  Why?  What these volumes As make me writing disk4s2 to disk1?

  I'll try to disassemble the Terminal and see if disk utility can help you.

  
  

• How can I create new partition for dual boot (Windows 7/Ubuntu)?

  My Z580 came with 4 primary partitions: the Windows boot partition; Windows OS & data (C drive); a "Lenovo" partition which seems to have the drivers and software pre-installed (drive D). and an OEM partition that is used for key recovery.

  I want to create a dual boot system, as if I had on my old laptop, so I guess I need to delete one of the existing partitions and create an extended partition. The best candidate seems to be the 'Lenovo' partition with the drivers and applications. Can I backup the data on this partition and transfer it to the C drive... or put it on a new logical partition?

  Alternatively, it would be preferable to save the OEM DVD recovery partition, and then delete and create a new extended partition? I guess that means abandon OKR, but I'd still be able to recover Windows of DVDs (?).

  I would appreciate anyone's help. I am far from being an expert or computer whizz, so if you can help, please keep it simple!

  In fact, you can get if you only change the size of the D: drive. I guess that your D: drive occupies about 25 GB. You can delete this partition and shrink the C: drive as 100 GB (or any size you like) and you can create a new D: drive. This way you can use OneKey Recovery and install the second OS on a larger partition and yet once again, I suggest you create Factory Default disc before you do all this

• I want to dual boot with linux, but already have 4 primary partitions

  I want to dual boot Linux (Ubuntu) along with Win 7 64 bit. The problem is that I already have 4 primary scores on the HARD drive, so I have to delete/clean one of them. HP_TOOLS can be moved to a partition existing (C for example), all while keeping features?

  I have a DV6-2112sa

  Thank you.

  Hello

  There is an excellent guide to Daniel_Potyrala this topic on the link below.

  http://h30434.www3.HP.com/T5/other-notebook-PC-questions/how-to-REPARTITION-HDD-of-HP-notebook-with-pre-loaded-Windows-7/TD-p/742019

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• Dual-booting Win XP Pro SP3 - best practices of size Partition

  Hello. I want to create a dual-boot installation, both using Win XP Pro SP3 on a large hard drive while having an extended partition available for data. I expect in the next two years, going to upgrade to Windows 7 Pro. Put the two primary partitions to 20 GB enough or should I go ahead and do 40-50GB each in preparation for a future upgrade. Thank you!

  20 GB is too small to install and run Windows 7 well.  I'd go with 40 to 50 GB. Boulder computer Maven
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• Drivers for Photosmart C410 not install on Win 7 x 64 second partition (dual boot)

  I create a partition on Win 7 x 64 dual-boot.

  The C410 is seen by the system, but this error occurs:

  

  However this partition ('b') has more than 100 GB of free.

  Help!

  Hi ckm1956,

  Try the following steps.

  When you get to the window system requirements check, click the button cancel while now the keys Ctrl + Shift. It will bypass the sys. Req. check and continue with the installation. You may need to do this several times for the installation to continue.

• After removing the Dual Boot, I can't delete the old partition

  Some time ago I installed an SSD and I have Windows 7 installed in Dual Boot with the Windows 7 system.
  So, I had two versions of Windows 7, which worked well.

  Now I no longer use the old system, I disabled the function of Dual Boot. I want to format the old drive, but it does not work because Windows still sees it as active system partition. In addition, I can't delete the partition.

  How can I format or delete the old partition?

  

  I already tried Msconfig, Bud that did not help. Default Msconfig begins with 'selective startup' and an operating system that is displayed in the Startup tab. When I select 'Normal Startup' there are two operating systems that are listed in the Startup tab. When I delete the old and reboot, it is back again...

  Who has the solution?

  (1) create a system repair disc (if you do not have an installation disk for Windows 7 for the version of Windows you have installed).
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-a-system-repair-disc

  (2) then remove the hard disk you want to format. Now try to start the remaining version of Windows. You should see a missing bootmgr message. Proceed to step #3.

  (3) Bootmgr is missing, message or black screen with cursor flashing
  (See method #2 in this Wiki article)
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/wiki/Windows_7-system/Bootmgr-is-missing-message-or-black-screen-with/73fef5b7-5a7f-4910-a2b0-7219e9ec1646

  (4) after you have created the BCD store on the remaining drive (to step #3 above), it should start up on Windows and also be the partition 'Active'.

  (5) shut down the PC and set the old drive, turn on a load Windows and then delete all the remaining partitions on the old disk.

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com