Once again, thanks to those who have replied!

Yes, I have to have XP on my machine, because I've got some software that is
NOT compatible with Vista. Tried them in Vista. They won't be compatible in
Vista in the distant future, either. So I have to have XP in my system.

If I still lose restore points in Vista with the the bootloader of
VistaBootPro, I shall forego it and stick with the built-in bootloader of
Vista.

One thing I hope for is that Microsoft will come up with a patch to solve
this problem, as many people might be affected by this. The reason why
people are dual booting XP and Vista is, like in my case, the software or
hardware compatiblity issues with Vista.

Thanks again!



"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
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> The only known workaounds for the Vista restore points problem
> are listed here:
> [url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html[/url]
>
> --
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "broccolibeef" <broccolibeef@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FA94A27B-4D2D-449D-8C82-9512C7C64C65@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > 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:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> "broccolibeef" wrote:
> >>
> >> > 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?
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> > 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?
> >>
> >> You can install it on either or both. It worked on either one for me as long
> >> as it knew where to find Vista.
> >>
> >> > Is the current beta version of VistaBootPro(3.1) stable?
> >>
> >> 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]
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