The only known workaounds for the Vista restore points problem
are listed here:
[url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html[/url]

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Gary VanderMolen


"broccolibeef" <broccolibeef@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FA94A27B-4D2D-449D-8C82-9512C7C64C65@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Thanks for the replies! However, I am getting conflicting responses! So do
> I still lose my restore points in Vista every time I boot into XP with the
> VistaBootPro or not?
>
> I know I could try, but still would like to know ahead, because if I still
> would lose restore points in Vista with the bootloader of VistaBootPro, there
> is NO reason for me to even try that! As I've said, I am currently using
> Vista's built-in bootloader, dual booting XP and Vista! The drawback, of
> course, is that I am losing the restore points in Vista every time I boot
> into XP!
>
> Another thing I need to clafiry is that I do not have multiple HD's in my
> system. I only have a single hard drive with multiple partitions on it!
>
> Would like to hear more info on this!
>
> Thanks again to those who replied!
>
>
>
> "neonsox" wrote:
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>> "broccolibeef" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Have a question about this bootloader: If I were to use it to dual boot XP
>> > and Vista, would I still lose the restore points and the shadow copies in
>> > Vista every time I boot into XP?[/color]
>>
>> I wouldn't think so if you set up XP on a different drive and tell them both
>> which drives to create restore points. I have Vista on C: and XP on I: and
>> they each only create restore points on their own individual drives.
>>[color=darkred]
>> > I have found the restore points in Vista useful sometimes, and would,
>> > therefore, like to keep them. I currently have an XP and Vista dual boot set
>> > up in my single HD, using Vista's built-in bootloader. Partition C is for
>> > XP, Partition D is for some apps for XP, and Partition E is for Vista. So on
>> > which partition should I install VistaBootPro? On the Vista partition, I
>> > guess?[/color]
>>
>> You can install it on either or both. It worked on either one for me as long
>> as it knew where to find Vista.
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Is the current beta version of VistaBootPro(3.1) stable?[/color]
>>
>> It worked great for me, even fixed my pathing for me. I'm going to throw a
>> third OS at it this weekend (Linux) and see how it handles that. I don't
>> expect problems.[/color][/color]