If the XP boot files are on the Vista partition and you format it then fixmbr will not bring XP back. In which order did you install the OSes? Did...
How do you have your dualboot configured? Do you know if XP’s bootfiles are currently on the Vista partition and do you know how to rearrange...
Can’t be done I’m afraid, you have to download the entire integrated Vista DVD from Microsoft, but you need to have a Technet plus subscription...
Hi Tarheelfan The aim was to have all his Windows installs see themselves as the C: drive, something that is not straight forward to achieve with...
I have not had to try this yet myself since I stumbled across it a few months ago so I cannot vouch for it. http://www.zhangduo.com/udi.html
Boy, I would never have figured that one out. It’s been bugging me for weeks. The converter thing done the trick for now. Are Microsoft...
Hi Folks, I can't figure this one out. I want to download the latest update of the Microsoft word document on this page....
Great stuff, and another useful fact to file away in my limited and failing memory, (wish I could slot-in a couple of more gigs sometimes! For...
Install time for Vista can be as little as 20mins depending on hardware spec, no more than 40 I’d say for your laptop. The only things I’ve...
I’ve not personally had that, and I’ve installed Vista hundreds of times (no exaggeration) on various hardware. What I’d try first is from...
My apologies dishon, I had you pegged as a young hothead that was just going to blunder on regardless and not really listen to advice. Hits of the...
If you are planning on doing a new install of Vista then you should check this out first. http://directedge.us/node/24 It will allow you to...
I had just gave up on you and then noticed you were a fellow Scot, so another go. Do you want or use the MediaDirect facility? If not then delete...
The last partition will be for the MediaDirect function. http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/vista.htm
The main thing is to set the partition for the install as the Active one on the drive. Use Acronis Disk Director to create and format the...
I always used Antecs until I fitted one of these about a year ago and I now use nothing else. They have a speed control on them that when turned...
Vista does not try to take over C: any more than previous Windows. If you install in the way that leaves out the MS bootmanager then you can do...
If you install without allowing the inclusion of the Microsoft bootmanager you can have all your OSes seeing themselves as the C: drive. You can...
I wouldn’t say I was a Vista hater but that’s certainly funny and it’s hard to argue with a lot of it.
All but your first partition on the 40gig are logicals, which means they will be numbered consecutively, so G is indeed number 3. You can’t...
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