"Andy" <andy@indigo.ie> wrote in message
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> "Ian Betts" <ian.betts******.com> wrote in message
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>> "Andy" <andy@indigo.ie> wrote in message
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>>> Will be getting a new Dell PC soon with Windows Vista preloaded on it
>>> (Doubt if it will come with a Vista installation CD). What I want to
>>> know is if I can easily install Windows XP and leave the Vista intact
>>> and just chose at startup of PC whether to use Vista or XP? - I think
>>> they call it dual booting isn't it?
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>>> But I don't really want to go formatting and partitioning the hard drive
>>> if I can avoid it to do this.
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Andy.
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>> Andy, as usual here you have several answers and lots of the political
>> issues attached to any purchase you make but Dell's that I have bought
>> and friends have received in the last year have all been OK.
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>> You did not say if you were to buy laptop or desktop but either way you
>> will get a full restore CD included. You have the choice at Dell to have
>> XP or Vista pre loaded. Because of the price differences I would have
>> Vista.
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>> Rather than disrupt in anyway the installation of the original Vista
>> system, because of warrantee considerations, I would think about a second
>> hard drive for the XP and maybe go for the cheaper option now that XP
>> will be available at greatly reduced prices. If you get a laptop a USB
>> hard drive would do the job.
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>> --
>> Ian
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>> With patience there is always a way.
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>> Please Reply to Newsgroup so all can read.
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> I really have a feeling the new Dell PC will not have a full restore CD
> included. In the US you may very well get a full restore CD included but I
> reside in Ireland, and in the UK & Ireland (and the rest of Europe I
> think) for the last 2 years anyway no full restore CD are included on the
> Dell PC's now (please correct me if I am wrong though)[/color]

I got a Dell E520 in late April and it came with
a Reinstallation DVD Vista HP32bit.

I used it immediately to rebuild the system from
ground zero with no crapware and the system runs
really well.