dual boot Vista 32 bit & Vista 64 bit 2

[xit]

Hi all; I have a customer who bought an new laptop for his business, which has Vista Home Premium 64, so low and behold, his business software will not work on this system, it requires 32 bit system. So here is where we stand, he had additional software installed when he bought his laptop and wants to keep it, can I install Vista home premium as a dual boot setup? I have done tons of this prior to Vista, but never Vista, is there a special procedure.

Thanks for any input

xit

 

[linney]

Has he got separate Partitions, if so it would be a "doddle" to dual boot 64-bit and x86 Vista. Just like any Operating System prior to Vista.

Otherwise he may have to Resize an existing Partition and create a new Partition.

How to dual-boot Vista with XP - step-by-step guide with screenshots

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_...talled_first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm?page=2

Have a look at "firewolfrl's" links at the end of this thread.
Dual Boot Problem..
thread1583-1476598

 

[firewolfrl]

lol

The XP link is not all that great for the vista issue

what I would do is create a second primary partition and load the vista business on that partition. you will need to correct the BCD maybe on both partitions
I know you are not cloning but you may still need the walkthrough for the BCD

http://www.multibooters.co.uk/cloning.html

this is the whole site you should read most of it before you start

http://www.multibooters.co.uk/

I would recommend Bootit NG as the Bootmanager

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm

just to note its not free

don't use the vista boot manager as it sucks...but if you do the site above will walk you through how to set it up

 

[linney]

The XP link is for the resizing and making room bit. Let's hope he has separate partitions and doesn't need to go down that track.

I would have guessed that a Vista/Vista dual boot would have sorted the booting by itself and list both operating systems at the booting screen. I assumed it is only XP/Vista, with XP going in last that problems may arise with boot options?

This is a handy program to use when having Boot problems in Vista dual booting with XP. It can be run from XP or Vista and may correct the booting problem, if you have one.

VistaBootPRO

http://www.vistabootpro.org/

Used EasyBCD

http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

 

[xit]

Ok, this turned out to be the most simple dual boot I have ever done, bar none. Just using Vista's built in tools it was a snap. I will try to make it short.

After clicking start, type in compmgmt.msc, this will take you to computer management, now select disk management, select your desired drive, up to all tasks, select shrink or extend to your liking, set as primary now it will format, shut down, restart with OS disk, select your partition, its done.

I first did this on a bench computer before trying it on a new laptop, the bench computer has some strange hardware but every last driver was found.

When the system boots, the first boot choice will be the one you just completed, the second choice will be the original install

thanks
xit

 

[firewolfrl]

that is great...I am glad you have it working

 

[xit]

I almost forgot to thank you for your time, to guide me in the right direction

thanks
xit