You're welcome.

"Vic" wrote

> Thanks for your informative reply!

> "Rock" wrote

>> "Vic" wrote
>>
>> >I have plans to purchase a laptop soon. Looking at the local Staples
>> >(office supply store) noticed VISTA is already coming preloaded. I
> >> >installed (at the very least, preferably Win98SE) for backward
>> >compatibility with software.
>> >
>> > My questions are:
>> >
>> > 1. Does anybody know if XP can be installed on a PC with Vista
>> > preinstalled without reformatting?
>> >
>> > 2. Can dual-boot be setup for an older OS (i.e. XP) if Vista is
>> > preinstalled?
>>
>> Contact the computer manufacturer such as Dell or HP, etc, to get a
> machine
>> with XP pre-loaded. You can still get them.
>>
>> No, to install XP and have that as the only OS, you'll need to do a
> clean
>> install.
>>
>> Yes you can dual boot XP and Vista. The normal procedure is to
> install the
>> older OS first then the newer, but it can be done the other way
> around.
>> Install XP to it's own partition or drive, then use VistaBoot Pro to
> restore
>> the Vista boot loader. This will have entries to boot Vista or the
> legacy
>> OS. Choosing the Legacy OS brings you to the XP boot loader where you
> can
>> boot into XP.
>>
>> You should post to one of the Vista newsgroups if you want to do this
> and
>> need more help such as
>> microsoft.public.windows.vista.general.


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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]