i8gtmf

Anyone done it i need to set this up as i have a shiney new piece of guitar gear and the software for it will not run on a 64bit operating system be it Vista or Xp which although it works fine standalone i missing ot on a lot of functionality.
So as i run Vista 64 bit i'm screwed unless i can dual boot with Xp on the same drive. The manufacturers are in no rush to bring our compatible 64bit software and drivers checking the online forum people have been on at them for at least 6 months so i figured dual booting with xp would sort me problem.So i repartitioned my C drive which Vista 64 is installed on, made a 30gig partition called it Xp and it's partition E and i have a second drive which is already D which i just use for extra storage etc.
Fine so far but when i re boot to install Xp on the newly partitioned E the xp setup screw doesn't see the new partition just the two hard drives C and D
Any ideas folks or even if theirs another way round the problem.

boxst

Hello

I can't answer your problem directly, but I use Microsoft Virtual Machine (which is free) to run the things that will not run in Vista. It is working well on all the things I've thrown at it so far.

Steve

mike1210

odd that it doesn't see a partition, I would say though check the size of the partition, XP setup may label it differently from what you have set it up. Is the XP disk with service pack 2?

Edited, sorry I slightly misread this just now, how did you make the extra partition?

Mick

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Could you not just install XP on your D data drive?

I have run a machine with quad boot - Win98, XP, Vista32 and Vista64 when trying out the RC1 versions of Vista. You might find VistaBootPRO useful... VistaBootPRO - Go PRO with Microsoft Windows Vista Boot Manager

Mick

bioforger

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Mick, thats a great app, thx for the link

i8gtmf

Thanks folks, all sorted. Main reason Xp couldn't see my new partition was it was a very early Xp disc with no service packs. Tried again using Xp service pack 2 and it found the new partition straight away. Installed Xp, then ran Vista boot repair from the Vista Dvd and job done.
Also installed Linux Ubuntu as well just for the hell of it and to have a play with Linux, all works a treat.