Hi there i just want to know if i can install windows XP with my vista because i have my studies that i need to do but i cant load it on to vista but it will on XP.

So what i want to do is to load XP on and then daul boot it with vista how can i do that? do i just insert my XP CD and boot from the CD or what do i do?

Please i need help because i need to get mystudies done aswell.

Thanks in advance

Dual booting with preinstalled Vista is trickier than if you had XP already installed and wanted to add Vista. BUt here is what you need to do.

Make sure you have a second hard drive or partition to install XP onto.

Install XP on your second drive/partition. Once your system reboots it should automatically load XP. Do not panic and think you have lost Vista. It's still there but you need to fix the bootloader. To do this you will need a program called VistaBootPro, which you can get here:

http://www.vistabootpro.org/

So install VistaBootPro while running XP and repair the Vista boot loader, like this:

Open VistaBootPRO, ignore the prompt to backup your BCD. Go to the Bootloader tab and "Reinstall the Vista bootloader". Like this:




Next, go to the Diagnostics item on the menu bar and select "Run Diagnostics". VistaBootPRO will default back to the Manage OS Entries page and you will see that you now have entries there for "Earlier versions of Windows" as well as "Microsoft Windows Vista. Here you can change the default OS, edit the boot timeout period, and rename "earler version..." to "Windows XP" if you want to.

Source: http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/about88231.html

Now reboot!

Now you should see the dual boot options!

Thanks i will try it

hi i do not mean to step on anyones toes here but the way that dual booting has just been explained is the long way round for your issue
try this it may be easyer for you here it goes..

just go to microsoft website and download virtual pc then install xp on that then run your apps that wont run on vista on xp in vpc this means if the dual boot messes up you wont lose every thing on your harddrives does that sound better??

The following made it easy for me: Best Link! Also Good...

Hope these great guides help you like they helped me. I really enjoyed the challenge of configuring the dual-boot !