Partitioning help.. +REP

[cocaine]

Ok, so I have a laptop with Vista on it, and I'd like to dual boot with XP on a separate partition. I'll only be using one program on this new XP partition, so space isn't an issue.

Here's a look at my computer atm:

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/14129faa9fd05d1HD.png

Would there be any room to put the XP install on - also, whats the 94MB thing about? Thankss

[Jordy]

Try Windows Virtual PC instead of partitioning to run a programme in XP. Virtual PC will emulate XP in a window on your Vista PC.

It's also free I believe: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/overview.mspx

[N!ck]

Right click that 3.52GB unallocated one and click format. Use that as your XP partition.

[Delatory]

Right click that 3.52GB unallocated one and click format. Use that as your XP partition.
I doubt 3.5GB would be enough space, I'd go for atleast 10GB before you install XP on

[cocaine]

Thanks to both above ^

and how much space does an XP install roughly take up? anyone?

& i need to spread rep, will do it when i can :)

[Leetzgirl]

Thanks to both above ^

and how much space does an XP install roughly take up? anyone?

& i need to spread rep, will do it when i can :)

Which XP you going to install? i know some that are tiny..

[cocaine]

XP professional SP1

[N!ck]

About 2GB i think.

[cocaine]

thankss everyone, hopefully it'll work - I owe you all rep

[Technologic]

Virtual wont work on vista home premium, only enterprise, business and ultimate

[cocaine]

Right click that 3.52GB unallocated one and click format. Use that as your XP partition.

Ok, then I boot from XP CD, and choose it to be installed on that partition?

[N!ck]

Ok, then I boot from XP CD, and choose it to be installed on that partition?

Yeap, just make sure you do install it on the 3.5GB one or you're screwed.

[cocaine]

thankss,

I had to delete the 2.50GB one as my laptop told me that I had the maximum number of partitions, now I've got 61MB of free space floating around aha. But thanks anyway, its formatting now

[Jordy]

Virtual wont work on vista home premium, only enterprise, business and ultimateIt does run on Home Premium, Microsoft won't support you though if you have any problems.

[cocaine]

Ok I tried it - unsuccessfully

I pressed ENTER to install Windows XP onto a harddisk, and I got this message:

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/40694c60ec88f0cIMG_0536.JPG

Yet My Computer displays the partition set aside for the XP:

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/8071c60ec88f0c2harddisks.png

Whass going on :(

[Decode]

I use XP and my system32 folder is 13GB, so you will need a bigger partition for XP.

[Delatory]

What you need to do is find out the chipset of your laptop and find out the drivers needed for your harddrive, I'm guessing your harddrive is a SATA drive which requires drivers for it to run, XP disc's don't have these drivers so you need to download nLite, Put XP Disc in and slipstream drivers into the XP disc and burn off a new XP disc. I had to do this to put XP onto a laptop, It took me a while to get it done but it did work in the end.
I used this tut to help me http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/resolving-setup-did-not-find-any-hard-disk-drives-during-windows-xp-installation/