Dual booting w/Vista and XP?

Question

I bought a HP Pavilion dv6000 w/Vista Home Basic, I want to dual boot Windows XP, is there any way? It came originally with Vista, I heard it isn't possible, if I uninstall Vista, would I lose the drivers for my laptop?

Answer 1

To dual boot you must install the OLDER operating system first. Vista will see and recognize XP and install around it as a seperate entity. XP, however, will see a wierd bunch of files it doesnt know anything about and think "well i dont need those so... DELETED!"

In order to downgrade to XP you will have to install over Windows Vista. Its likely that if you purchased your computer from HP that you were given drivers for Vista only (installing XP may or may not void your support warranty as well... best to check into that before doing anything). If the purchase is from HP and recent call them up and see about a return. Most companies arent too bad about that kind of thing, especially if you tell them "are all your computers this slow?". Give them the message that this one machine is dictating how you view the quality of their machines and they should give in.

Answer 2

I dont recommend dual booting Vista and XP. Pick one(XP or Vista) and dual boot kubuntu, instead. Reason: Its easier to dual boot Windows and Kubuntu, and gives you way, way more options and more security. If you have a massive hard drive, you could even boot 3 of these. To dual boot Kubuntu and Windows:
1. Load Windows. Insert Kubuntu CD and start loading it "live". Using qparted, available in Kubuntu for free, repartition your hard drives, as you see fit. Kubuntu works best if you have a swap partition, say 1 gig. Then install (MANUALLY) kubuntu. USE Kubuntu whenever you need security, stability, on the internet etc. Only use XP when you are trying to run a game that wont work on Vista or Kubuntu. Later you may want to get rid of Windows altogether when you find out how great Kubuntu is, but you may need Wine, a windows emmulator for some programs.

Answer 3

Vista is the best on the market right now and I don't see why you would want to uninstall vista, which the computer probably won't let you if you try, it'll just mess it up to where it probably won't even work. and vista takes most programs and games that XP did so I wouldn't worry.

Answer 4

farres, i've answered your earlier question & i now see signs of desperation !

dual booting is no solution

1. tell me purchase detail > internet or dealer ...
2. country
3. complete model number dv6000--?

lets check, find a solution

u can buy a win xp home with sp2 for $90
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2552182&CatId=672

Answer 5

版本较低的 应该先装。如XP ，装好后可以直接在XP里面装VISTA