I already have Windows XP on my laptop and wanted to install Windows Vista Ultimate on the same drive. I got to the section where it says install a partition and the button to highlight "new" for new partition does not highlight. If I go the the small partition that is on the drive as a backup/recovery it will highlight but it is much too small to hold Vista. Also I tried this twice and now when my computer boots it goes to a screen asking which operating system I want. The first system is my XP the second read Windows Vista but that is a error because the operating system was not installed. If you click one of them you do not get an operating system to load. Help. Why can't I partition the disk and how do I get rid of the two phantom systems on the boot menu.?
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1 Daniel T // Jul 17, 2008
Y do u whant 2 os anyways, oh maybe it is for using old programs? if that is so i would totaly unpartition my hd and install vista and then Get microsoft vurtual pc, witch lets u install a OS to a Vutual Computer and use your REAL hardwar like a cd player and floppy or a iso and imiges
multi boot is a pain also for dos games got dosbox great emulation program
Good luck and i hope this helps
ps i forgot two mention back up your laptop if u whant all your old programs on it
2 HVS // Jul 17, 2008
On your laptop there is only one hard drive and a smaller size partition is created for backup. And the rest is for WinXP. If you want to install Vista at the same time XP, you have to get a partition manager to resize your XP partition size first, which you can install Vista to that partition.
3 bill b // Jul 17, 2008
You need to resize your partition. There are many programs that can do this. Here is a free one!
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