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Want 2 install XP in my dell 1525 laptop?

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evewin89
evewin89 Original post #1
Aug 1, 2008 at 6:56 PM
I want to install in my dell 1525 laptop. I have vista home premium in my c:\ & d:\ is the recovery drive I have already partitioned my HDD & allocated 10 GB for XP, now I want a dual boot. So can anybody please guide me the safest way 2 install xp without loosing vista..:confused:
Sukhdeep Singh
Aug 1, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Right Click My Computer > Manage > Disk Management

Right Click XP Disk > Then Activate that Partition and install XP.

After that, Use VistaBoot Pro or EasyBCD on Dual Booting both OS :)
evewin89
Aug 2, 2008 at 11:28 AM
according 2 u 1st i should
"Right Click My Computer > Manage > Disk Management

Right Click XP Disk > Then Activate that Partition and install XP.

After that, Use VistaBoot Pro or EasyBCD on Dual Booting both OS"

bt i want 2 know dat after installing Xp, vista boot menu will not appear on the screen so i can only log on 2 xp bt
EasyBCD is not working on xp. so wat i'll do next
Sukhdeep Singh
Aug 2, 2008 at 12:37 PM
When XP is installed

Right Click My Computer > Manage > Disk Management

Right Click Vista Disk > Then Activate that Partition.

On next reboot, Vista will boot. Install EASYBCD then :)
evewin89
Aug 2, 2008 at 2:29 PM
i'll try..
S
Oct 25, 2008 at 2:39 PM
@evewin89, I too have a Dell 1525 laptop and am looking for how to create a new partition to separate my data files from the program files of Vista... Please let me know how to repartition the disk space... I tried Vista's built-in partitioner, but it is unable to create a new partition from the newly formed free space since 4 primary partitions already exist and this free space comes in the middle...

Thanks in advance
Arun