Dual Booting Vista and XP

blue4paper · 08-21-2008, 02:12 PM

Well the title i wrote isn't exactly what i want to do, but its part of the process.

Well heres the problem, my sister is fed up with vista and she wants to install windows XP on it, the only problem is, she has over 8000 songs.

Now my question is...what would be the best way to transfer her music to my computer?

The only ways i could think of doing this was, create a small network sharing folder, then transfer it over to my computer like that.

Second option was use my crossover cable and creating a shared folder and direct transfer.

My last idea was just to partition her last 90 gig off he hard drive to a separate partition then install windows xp and transfer her music over from the virtual drive.

Is partitioning and dual booting with vista as easy as just installing it? Or is there something more to it?

Anyways just curious which one would be the safest way to do this.

Also, i forgot to mention the only reason i didn't create a small network, is because everything is in french, and i know nothing of vista. I'm fluent in french lol, but we never learned computer terms

Thanks

Mak213 · 08-21-2008, 02:14 PM

Hello,

It isnt as easy as just installing Vista. the partition tables have to be set up right before you can undertake that task. I would think that just transferring the files to your PC and then formatting hers and installing XP would be your best option.

Cheers,
Mak

carnageX · 08-21-2008, 08:02 PM

May want to make sure there are XP drivers available for her computer before you start, as well.

EricB · 08-21-2008, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by carnageX

May want to make sure there are XP drivers available for her computer before you start, as well.

there isn't a driver out there that xp don't have. the problem is actually finding them since the companies aren't showing them. this simplifies it

How to install Missing Drivers.

Mak213 · 08-21-2008, 10:15 PM

I have checked that site and they dont support HP. I was looking for a SATA driver for a HP system and they dont have it. Neither does HP. So it is tough to find hte drivers as that site doesnt have them all.

If the system is supported then yeah. But i looked and they dont have HP on their list for Drive controlers.

EricB · 08-21-2008, 10:35 PM

what system are you looking for the sata for?

Mak213 · 08-21-2008, 10:42 PM

It is a HP a1440n. The only thing i found via the Driver Pack and the HP site was a RAID driver. DP didnt even have support for HP on their list for Mass Storage. HP just stinks when it comes to drivers.

Cheers,
Mak

EricB · 08-21-2008, 10:55 PM

try this. i had another hard to get hp sata driver around here, but I can't find it

can you get to the desktop on that machine?

Send big files the easy way. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!

HP don't make sata controller even though they do make computers so you can that no hp support with a grain of salt