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Vista MBR vs. XP MBR
Just curious, but how much of a price difference would you be paying if you have them install XP for you? If the price change is more than you would have to pay for XP, you might be better off letting them put Vista on it, then replace it with a self-purchased copy of XP after you receive the machine.

Vista now needs CD to boot after installing XP on slave--suggestio
So when you install xp after vista, the key point is to restore the boot sector. If you don't, you can write all the MBRs you want, they won't fix your problem. No one has said that only the MBR had to be changed to "fix your problem". (Please note that it is not I who has the problem of the inquiring poster.

Unable to install Vista.. (ERROR After Installitation.)
The problem is that your XP was installed on completely different hardware. If you move the hard drive into another computer, at the very least you would need to do a Repair Install of XP - which doesn't always work, necessitating a full Clean Install. And it is much tricksier to install XP after Vista because the

Sql server 2005 in vista ultimate
EDIT: I don't have Vista's DVD, and I'm trying to avoid installing XP again. If there's any way around...I would be gratefull! However, this KB Article (not for the faint of heart) explains how to repair the Vista boot process after installing WinXP: Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier

Should I use 64 bit Windows XP?
Installed Vista on a seperate NTFS partition. When Vista first booted up it ran Chkdsk on my XP partition .. dunno why. After running Chkdsk it looked as if I wish to remove Vista and its Boot Manager. After that I'm fairly certain I can repair my XP installation. Will someone please advise me on how to remove

Vista now needs CD to boot after installing XP on slave--suggestio
Malke ma...@invalid.invalid microsoft public windows vista general family4602 wrote: When i try to install XP it can not find my hard drives. its on an Acer 5315 If there are drivers, download them and store on a CD-R or USB thumbdrive; you'll need them after you install XP. 2. Check with the OEM - either from

MB Upgrade
So, I would really like to know if, say installing XP after Vista necessitates restoring Vista's version of the MBR as well as the Vista system partition's boot sector. If you have the means, John John, a byte-for-byte comparison of XP's and Vista's MBRs would really be a help. Absent that, just seeing if they are

Vista printing to shared XP printer
After that my e-mail and usenet client could not access servers. All the browsers worked fine. Redoing all the networking after uninstalling it all did not fix it. A reinstall of the clients wouldn't fix it either. I did a repair install of XP Pro and that didn't fix it. I cleared my second drive, swapped cables to

Simple Question
After I had backed up my settings and documents I blew away everything of my old XP install and did a clean Vista install. I then installed all my usual apps and got them all working. Finally I used the installed Vista version of Easy Transfer (Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Windows Easy Transfer) and did

Putting XP on a Vista Machine
I was getting access denied, until I booted to safe mode on xp home workstation and enabled the gues accoutn. Now i get an 0x00000d error when trying to connect to the shared Anyway after installing the drivers I put the printer back on the XP system and followed your instructions. It works....... THANKS!

Vista now needs CD to boot after installing XP on slave--suggestio
The repair install for XP would potentially work for what, only a set number of key elements replaced, beyond that and you will be required to get an authorization/activation, which, after support ends, ...... then what? Here is the nagging question and the *reluctance point*/argue point found [even by XP and VISTA

Downgrade to XP
Booting 'Windows Vista' ACPI Vista Loader 2.0.0 Done! Fall back1 Find-- Set-root /bootmgr Error 17: File Not Found Booting 'Windows NT/2000/XP' Fallback2 Find-- set-root /ntldr Error 17: File Not Found Booting 'Enter Command Line' Boot Failed! If its a defective Hardware Y will it install Xp in first place....????

vista ultimate x64 install
So, I would really like to know if, say installing XP after Vista necessitates restoring Vista's version of the MBR as well as the Vista system partition's boot sector. If you have the means, John John, a byte-for-byte comparison of XP's and Vista's MBRs would really be a help. I could post the MBR's but it would

XP to vista
Anyways, any tips from those of you that have set up a dual boot between Vista and XP would be greatly appreciated. I just put in my new hard drive I got for Vista. Booted with the Vista DVD and told it to format and install on the new hard drive. After awhile it was all done. Vista took care of everything.

How to undo failed install
Obviously, I wouldn't do this unless I was confident about what I was installing and that my system was clean to begin with. And my OS is XP. Does that...<avoids eye contact>...matter? Who knows? ; ) The posters in this thread seem to be using Vista so your result might at least be an example of "YMMV".

VISTA PREM BACK TO XP
When you install the Cert on Vista you need to start IE AS Administrator: To do this: Right click on Icon and run AS administrator When you must MANUALLY Install the Cert in the Trusted Group. (Do not DO auto Placement like on XP Pro) After you do this Close IE Start as Regular Clicking then make sure that

xp formatted a sata drive, any way to recover?
Not to sure about Vista but with Microsoft you need to install the old OS before the newer one. 98 before 2000, 2000 before XP.... However, after a quick Google I came across this. http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp Also from Wikipedia: On a computer with both Windows Vista and either Windows XP or

Frontpage won't open after installing Expression Web!
If you wish to install XP on a computer just be sure you have the XP hardware and drivers available. It would be foolhardy to downgrade to XP on a computer .... One of my customers decided he wanted a few more and bought three or four more, just after Vista was released. These machines came with 512mb RAM and Vista

Problems in Office 2007 After Vista install
If you set the XP drive as the boot drive and then boot the system with the Vista dvd you will get variation of the drive lettering (no real problem) and will have the boot menu after you install Vista on the second drive or partition. You may only have to create one registry key in order to protect the Vista

Install 3 of 3 loop hang vista crash
Andy 1...@2.3 microsoft public windows vista general Bios settings, Hard Disk Boot Priority (Award) or Hard Disk Drives (AMI), Move the second hard drive to the top. On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:12:00 -0800, tomjonesrocks <tomjonesro...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: For work I need a XP install to run a VPN client.